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Rich Van Tassel, president of Royal Oaks Building Group, LLC (royaloaksbg.com), has announced the company is now building in the residential neighborhood of Holland Farm. Located within walking distance of Apex Nature Park, Holland Farm features homes with a third-floor, walk up attics, three-car garages, first-floor owner’s suites and guest suites. All homes are ENERGY STAR® Certified. The homes, with prices starting from the $290s, come equipped with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, hardwood flooring and screened porches.

Select Commercial Funding, LLC Provides funding for Motel/Inn Loan for a $1,100,000 commercial property located at 632 South Hemlock St. in Cannon Beach, OR

Select Commercial Funding, LLC Provides funding for Apartment Building Loan for a $3,000,000 commercial property located at 1065-1095 South Quivas St. in Denver, CO

Select Commercial Funding, LLC Provides funding for Apartment Building Loan for a $2,600,000 commercial property located at 1005-1125 Glen Place in Duluth, MN

Select Commercial Funding, LLC Provides funding for Apartment Building Loan for a $1,341,000 commercial property located at 4510 Arlen Street in El Paso, TX

Select Commercial Funding, LLC Provides funding for Apartment Building Loan for a $500,000 commercial property located at 263 West 70th Street in New York, NY

Select Commercial Funding, LLC Provides funding for Office/Retail Loan for a $1,800,000 commercial property located at 5777 Sienna Parkway in Missouri City, TX

Select Commercial Funding, LLC Provides funding for Motel/Inn Loan for $892,500 commercial property located at 487 S. Hemlock St. in Cannon Beach, OR

Select Commercial Funding, LLC Provides funding for an Apartment Building Loan for a $1,965,000 commercial property referred to as Westport Holding Texas LP in Missouri City TX.

Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties (http://www.cbctmp.com) has announced that Michael Wright, a real estate advisor at the firm, represented both the buyer and seller of Townes at University Pointe, a 420,000-square-foot, 428-unit class C apartment complex located at 336 Blackhawk Road in Charlotte, N.C. Michael Wright represented the seller, Paragon Commercial Bank. The property was a REO foreclosure. An offer was chosen within 60 days of listing the property. The final agreed-upon sales price was $7.4 million.

Accor, the world's leading hotel manager and market leader in Europe, have set an ambitious goal of operating thirty additional hotels in Vietnam by 2013.

The natural environment at Rainton Bridge Business Park has seen it beat off stiff competition to win the Best Commercial and Industrial Effort category at the Sunderland in Bloom Civic Awards 2010.

Global property group Goodman is over-seeing a new £500,000 office fit-out for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) at its Scottish headquarters, in Glasgow due to an increase in staff at the organisation.

Acting on behalf of Thames Luxury Charters, Christie + Co is marketing the freehold of Thames-based Dixie Queen, Britain’s largest boat for parties and events, with offers in excess of £2.6 million sought.

Brady, a company that provides energy systems and comprehensive building solutions for commercial and industrial facilities across North Carolina, announces today that Phil Kirk, director of Brady Energy Services, has been reappointed to the UNC-TV Board of Trustees.

Brady a company that provides energy systems and comprehensive building solutions for commercial and industrial facilities across North Carolina, announced today a $500 scholarship in honor of Don Martin PhD., superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools. The scholarship will be given to a Forsyth County high school senior who plans to enroll at Forsyth Tech.

Lanier Parking selects Value Energy Solutions for parking garage lighting retrofit at Lindbergh Center in Atlanta

The Government’s announcement of £1.3 billion funding towards the reform of the Post Office network will further increase demand for businesses in the sector, according to Christie + Co, the leading property agent.

Value Energy Solutions recently completed a large parking garage lighting retrofit project for Laketown Wharf in Panama City Beach, Florida. Value Energy Solutions, one of the largest lighting installation and lighting retrofit companies in the nation, has been active in a number of recent lighting retrofit assignments. Laketown Wharf is one of the newest vacation condominium resort communities located in the heart of Panama City Beach. Lighting is central to the many amenities available to guests at Laketown Wharf. The resort is known for its signature water feature -- a massive lighted fountain within its namesake lake, choreographed with dancing water, lights, and music.

Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties has announced that Mark Howe and Sonya Wagner, real estate advisors at the firm, represented both the buyer and seller of a 7,600-square-foot building and land, located at 1005 and 1007 Investment Blvd. in Apex. The 4.1-acre property is located near downtown Apex and U.S. 1, and includes a flex building as well as an additional vacant lot. The property sold for $600,000.

Christie + Co, the leading property agent and advisor, reports a 126% rise in distressed asset sales in the six months to the end of September, compared to the same period in 2009, as insolvency cases attracted a large number of buyers.

Avila Business Center (a company that manages Office Centers and Virtual Offices solutions) developed the first worldwide virtual offices application to the iPhone.

Billie Redmond, CEO of Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties (http://www.cbctmp.com), has announced that the firm has merged with and absorbed the brokers and clients of Capital Commercial Realty, LLC of Cary effective Oct. 18, 2010. Transferring from the latter firm are Mary Lobdell, who will serve as Director of Retail Services and lead in the growth of this important component of the merged firm’s core services, and Hank Lobdell, Sheila Shang and Nathaniel Pettiford, who will serve as Real Estate Advisors. Their clients include Super Cuts, Kimco Realty Corporation, Inland American Retail Management, JDH Properties and more.

Energy Solutions recently completed a parking garage lighting retrofit project for the Gables Midtown Apartments in Atlanta, GA. Value Energy Solutions is one of the largest lighting installation and lighting retrofit companies in the nation. For the past 30 years they have provided multifamily owners, developers and property managers with turnkey lighting solutions that exceed customer expectations and reduce lighting and energy costs. Gables Midtown is one of the newest apartment communities in the Morningside/ Ansley Park neighborhood of Atlanta and offers residents numerous amenities including Earthcraft and Energy Star certified apartments.