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Buildings built after 2005 can withstand magnitude 8 quakes, says OBO
THE Cebu City Office of the Building Official (OBO) admitted that some buildings in the city are vulnerable to strong earthquakes. Acting Building Official Josefa Ylanan pointed out that even in Japan, where advance technology is used in construction projects, some buildings are still not stable enough to withstand strong earthquakes.

COPT Reports 2011 Results; Affirms 2012 Guidance
Corporate Office Properties Trust , an office real estate investment trust that focuses primarily on serving the specialized requirements of U.S. Governmen

REITs to avoid
Investors are racing into REITs that promise higher yields than equity REITs. But be forewarned, the higher yields of these other types of real estate vehicles come with very real risks.

Week of February 9, 2012
EXPANSION ADDS JOBS: Samsung at Doral Costa Office Park, 9850 NW 41st St., has extended and expanded its lease from 10,400 square feet to 11,600. The multinational conglomerate will expand staff at the location from about 60 people to around 80, said Mort Fetterolf, senior commercial associate of Colliers International South Florida, who represented Samsung in the transaction.

Lawmaker: Shine light on who is managing state buildings
SPRINGFIELD — A suburban lawmaker cited felon William Cellini’s business “empire” Thursday in pressing to end decades of state-sanctioned secrecy surrounding how much Cellini’s family makes managing government office buildings.Driven by stories in the Chicago Sun-Times, state Sen. Susan Garrett (D-Lake Forest) called on the state Procurement Policy Board to pursue legislation that for the first ...

High commercial assessments shock owners
Assessments for some Summerland commercial properties were up by more than 30 per cent over last year's figures.

Industrial park planned for Everett’s Associated Sand & Gravel site
The old Associated Sand & Gravel site in Everett near Paine Field will be home to a 25-acre industrial park.

Cities With The Most Expensive Office Space: Report
The global economy may still be in dire straights, but if demand for rental office space is any signal, things could be looking up. Asian cities saw particularly strong growth, most notably in China where a housing and construction bubble continues to be one of the main economic drivers.

Apple adds to its leased Sunnyvale office space
Apple has taken out a new lease for space in a neighboring city that will hold some 400 of its employees ahead of when the company's new headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., takes shape.

Little Horn State Bank building new bank
Little Horn State Bank is about to get smaller, in terms of locations, not assets. Instead of running two branches, one in Lockwood off Johnson Lane and the main office at 2209 Central Ave., the bank is consolidating.