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...Walnut Hill is a nondenominational, evangelical megachurch, with four campuses across the state....
...And many of Sidewalk’s innovations sound sensible, particularly given the parlous state of so much urban infrastructure....
...Nothing straight was made out of the crooked timber of humanity. So I am sceptical about linking one’s background to political preference. In my case, I come from a very Tory English family....
...Neighbouring states, such as Mississippi, offer more financial support, he said, but Arkansas has natural resources, including cotton and timber, which helped to bring in investments in textiles and paper...
...Illustrative plans featuring futuristic, mass-timber buildings were released in February....
...He later went on to found Timber Hill, an electronic market-maker in options, and Interactive Brokers, one of America’s biggest brokerages....
...The returns on timber, a favourite of founder Jeremy Grantham, are expected to average 4.8 per cent (but the valuation methodology is different due to the idiosyncrasies of lumber prices)....
...It includes much of its original detailing including old growth timber wood interiors, burlwood doors and a walnut staircase....
...Weyerhaeuser, the real estate investment trust that owns more than 6m acres of forest, said in June it would explore alternatives for the unit as it focuses on its core timber business....
...The timber and building products maker put its homebuilding unit, Wreco, up for sale in June, just as creeping interest rates cooled the sector rally....
...(Foreign Policy) “Tri Pointe Homes, a homebuilder backed by Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group LLC, is in advanced talks to buy Weyerhaeuser Co’s homebuilding division for about $2.7 billion, according...
...Mr Sternlicht, chairman of Tri Pointe, will retain a 45 per cent ownership stake....
...operator in China, today commented on the share price decline on June 2, 2011 as a result of the allegations made in a ‘report’ issued on a website by a short seller operating under the name Muddy Waters, LLC...
...Average value of properties: approx €5m Why: Timbers Resorts aims at the family market....
...The deal, which could be announced as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, will extend Cablevision’s reach beyond its core market in the New York tri-state area....
...This was because they had moved aggressively and early into alternative assets, such as private equity, real estate and “real assets” like timber, with less reliance on equities and bonds....
...In 1989 it acquired Columbia Pictures and its sister company, Tri-Star Pictures, for $3.4bn....
...Last year, the top two each added 2,000 rooms, compared with French-based Accor’s 449 rooms and Express by Holiday Inn with 356, according to research by TRI Hospitality Consulting....
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