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Hodgdon Group Represents Ashley Furniture in Purchase of Former Circuit City Building in Hawthorne
Aaron Hodgdon of Hodgdon Group Realty represented Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. in the acquisition of a former Circuit City building in Hawthorne, CA. The Hodgdon companies have been working with Ashley for a decade on various real estate and construction projects. Located in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County at 14600 Ocean Gate Avenue in Hawthorne, the 33,952-square-foot retail building faces the 405 Freeway, and is just off of Rosecrans Avenue, a major thoroughfare and freeway off ramp. |
The Muller Company Adds Two Commercial Real Estate Industry Veterans to Expand its Corporate Ranks
The Muller Company, specializing in managing, investing and developing commercial real estate in the western United States, has added Lori Ann Haigh as the new Director of Business Development; and Susan G. Rosenblatt as Director of Asset Management. Previously, Haigh was the Vice President of National Sales at First American Title; and Rosenblatt was the Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo Bank. These additions will assist The Muller Company in expanding its business platform and growing its current portfolio of nearly 11 million square feet under management in California and the Phoenix markets. |
KTGY-Designed Quality Workforce Housing in Irvine to Celebrate Grand Opening
The Arbor at Woodbury Apartment Homes at 300 Regal Avenue in Irvine, Calif. will celebrate its Grand Opening on February 11, 2010. Developed by Jamboree Housing Corporation, The Arbor at Woodbury provides high-quality workforce housing to 90 families earning between 30% and 60% of the area median income. Ranging in size from one- to three-bedroom units, rent is currently $523 to $1,450 per month based on family size and income level. |
ShortSaleGA.com Has Found A New Home To Better Help Sell Homes
ShortSaleGA.com has now joined with Keller Williams Community Partners to expand its territory and bring quality, professional realtors closer to the people in need. By teaming with a larger network of realtors, ShortSaleGA.com hopes to help more people avoid foreclosures. |
Mission Realty, Inc Continues to Grow, Expands to Larger Office Space in Leon Valley, Texas
Mission Realty is growing and to meet it's needs is proud to announce the relocation to our new Northwest San Antonio location on Wurzbach Road, one block west of Bandera Rd, just outside Loop 410. |
Home Bar Details Often Glossed Over
Barina Craft, a manufacturer of home bar furniture, announces additional finish choices for the Spring of 2010. |
KTGY Principals Invited to Speak at International Builders Show (IBS) in Las Vegas
Two KTGY principals David Senden and Manny Gonzalez, AIA, LEED AP have been invited to speak at the International Builders’ Show (IBS) held January 19-22, 2010 in Las Vegas. KTGY principals are frequent guest speakers and panelists at the most prestigious industry events including the IBS, PCBC, ULI and NAHB. Senden and Gonzalez will also be available for Architectural Plan Reviews at the IBS. |
Broten Garage Door & Gate Earns Coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award For The Third Consecutive Year
Award reflects Broten Garage Door & Gate’s consistently high level of customer service |
Mike Holmes and The Holmes Group Support Bluwood Canada
Bluwood is The Revolutionary Wood Treatment Product Improving Homes Across Canada |
Mike Holmes and The Holmes Group Support Bluwood Canada
Bluwood is The Revolutionary Wood Treatment Product Improving Homes Across Canada |
Coolil.com Introduces Studio Luka's Wall Graphics Decals
Coolil.com, a Web site dedicated to bringing unique Israeli-designed products to consumers worldwide, is proud to introduce Studio Luka, Israeli design studio that is focused on wall decals and graphics brought into modern interiors. |
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Uncle Sam Looks Like Santa This Year By Extending Federal Home Buyer Tax Credit
Uncle Sam is looking a lot like Santa this year by giving away thousands of dollars in tax credit to new AND current home buyers until April 2010! |
KTGY-designed Homes for Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Celebrate Opening
KTGY designed and completed Habitat for Humanity of Orange County's first homes built in Yorba Linda, Calif. KTGY has been committed to working with Habitat for Humanity throughout California. Recently, KTGY was called upon to develop the next series of homes for Habitat for Humanity in northern California, which will be going after LEED Platinum status. Last year, KTGY designed and assisted with the building of Habitat for Humanity Orange County's four homes in Anaheim on East Julianna Street. |
Thompson | Dorfman Partners Development Wins ULI Workforce Housing Award
Casa del Maestro in Santa Clara, CA has received ULI’s 2009 Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Award. Casa del Maestro, which provides affordable, high quality workforce housing in order to recruit and retain staff in the school district, was developed by Thompson | Dorfman Partners and designed by KTGY Group . |
Maryland Home Remodeling Contractor BT Martin Contractors Selects Frederick Web Promotions As It's Agency of Record.
BT Martin Contractors chooses Frederick Web Promotions to handle it's search engine marketing, social media consulting, offline advertising and marketing consultancy. After poor return on investment from conventional media advertising and wasting money on past internet marketing endeavors from less experienced online advertising agencies BT Martin Contractors found effective representation. |
Maryland Home Remodeling Contractor BT Martin Contractors Selects Frederick Web Promotions As It's Agency of Record.
BT Martin Contractors chooses Frederick Web Promotions to handle it's search engine marketing, social media consulting, offline advertising and marketing consultancy. After poor return on investment from conventional media advertising and wasting money on past internet marketing endeavors from less experienced online advertising agencies BT Martin Contractors found effective representation. |
Brand New Fire Station in Parkland, Florida Has Rolling Steel Doors Installed By Broten Garage Door & Gate
Broten Garage Door & Gate installs doors in the new Parkland fire station that are able to withstand Category 5 hurricane. |
BIA/SO CA 50+ Housing Council Names KTGY's Manny Gonzalez, AIA, LEED AP, SAGE Person of the Year
BIA/SO CA 50+ Housing Council has named Manny Gonzalez, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CAASH and Principal of KTGY Group 2009, SAGE "Person of the Year." This prestigious award honors an individual for their commitment, personal compassion and professional contributions to housing and related services to residents 50+. In his more than 25 years of practice in residential development, Gonzalez has been responsible for the design, construction and renovation of nearly 6,000 active adult housing units including the design of more than 50 active senior communities. Gonzalez's dedication to excellence and sustainable design solutions have set new industry standards and have earned him more than 70 national, regional and local design awards including 25 for work in the 50+ Housing market alone. This year, Gonzalez won his fifth NAHB 50+ Housing Gold Award, which was for the Echo Park Senior Community. Echo Park is currently a 2009 SAGE Award finalist. |
KTGY Principal Damian Taitano Invited to Speak at Building Industry Show 2009 at Long Beach Convention Center
KTGY Principal Damian Taitano, Architect, has been invited to speak at the 21st Annual Building Industry Association of Southern California’s Building Industry Show (BIS) 2009 on November 19 at the Long Beach Convention Center. This is Taitano’s third consecutive year speaking at the BIS. In past years, Taitano has covered topics from cost implications of new building codes to practical applications of sustainability. This year he returns with the timely discussion, “Lessons from Past Tough Times Applied to Current Conditions” from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm in Room 103B. Taitano will provide an analysis of residential and mixed-use projects to demonstrate the successes and failures in planning, product and market program. Attendees will learn how to develop solid “rule of thumb” guidelines for future development. |
Bespoke Home Bars by Barina Craft Get Bronzed
Barina Craft, a manufacturer of home bar furniture, introduces bronze tailoring for 2010. |
Investec Celebrates Opening of First Ground-up Smart & Final Extra! Store and Staples at New $17.5 Million Shopping Center in Palm Springs
Investec Real Estate announces the grand opening of the first ground-up 30,000 sq. ft. Smart & Final Extra! store in Palm Springs at Gene Autry Plaza, Investec's new $17.5 million, 60,000 sq. ft. shopping center. The addition of Gene Autry Plaza to Investec's retail portfolio brings the company's total to nearly 2,000,000 sq. ft. of retail space in California, valued at over $600 million. |
MPD Development Corp Launches Company Blog Discussing Trends in Real Estate Development
Premier real estate development firm MPD-development.com has announced the launch of a new blog discussing the latest trends and developments in the real estate industry. |
Blinds Express Offers 25% Off And $50 Cash Back on Levolor Blinds
Leading blinds, shutters, and window coverings e-tailer, Blinds Express is offering special deals on Levolor Blinds. The blinds superstore is offering $50 cash back with the purchase of selected products and a 25% discount on other Levolor products. |
Top Las Vegas Trade Show Display Firm, Skyline Exhibits, Unites Its Retail And Service Operations
Premier provider of trade show displays in Las Vegas, Skyline Exhibits, now offers a corporate retail center and service center in a single location to increase customer satisfaction and support. |
KTGY Principal Manny Gonzalez, AIA, LEED AP Invited to Speak at Several National Industry Events
Manny Gonzalez, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CAASH and Principal of KTGY Group has been invited to speak at several key industry events including the Multifamily Executive Conference, Big Builder magazine’s pioneering virtual program and two sessions at the International Builders' Show. |
KTGY Principal David Senden Invited to be Speaker at BIA/OC Event
KTGY’s Principal David Senden has been invited to participate in the Orange County Chapter’s Building Industry Association (BIA) and Urban Infill and Multifamily Housing Committee Workshop panel, “It’s Process, Not Project.” Panelists will discuss the development challenges they have faced and will feature an in-depth case study on “The Crossing” in Anaheim. Attendees will get to learn about the development process from pre-development due diligence through project/land planning and design, as well as sales and marketing. Attendees can take a tour of The Crossing, which is currently under construction and will feature 312 apartments and 39 live/work units at 3530 E. La Palma Avenue, a former industrial location, in Anaheim. |
Downtown Walnut Creek to Debut First New Live-Work-Shop-Play Condo Homes
Downtown Walnut Creek's first live-work-shop-play residences, 555YVR, are nearly completed. Developed by Thompson | Dorfman Partners with KTGY as the project architect, 555YVR is a modern, environmentally-friendly, transit-oriented development featuring 87 spacious one-bedroom, one-bedroom plus den and two-bedroom homes, as well as townhomes and live-work units, all featuring luxury finishes, stainless steel appliances and expansive floor-to-ceiling windows. This exclusive address offers an innovative blend of stylish and sophisticated living in a central location within steps of downtown's hippest restaurants, trendiest boutiques, various cultural activities, and transit links to the rest of the Bay Area. |
Hodgdon Group Completes $3.5 Million in Improvements as Project Manager at CHW Medical Plaza in Fontana, Calif.
Hodgdon Group recently completed three medical construction management projects at the newly built CHW Medical Plaza in Fontana, Calif.: St. Bernardine's Urgent Care Center, Inland Healthcare Group and San Bernardino Medical Group's medical offices. The build-outs encompassed everything required for an operational medical facility -- converting a raw shell to a finished product. The Hodgdon Group team coordinated with the architect and engineers, obtained City permits, and coordinated competitive bidding through the landlord. Improvements included waiting areas, procedure and exam rooms, x-ray room, and physician and administrative offices. |
Green School Conquering Autism Earns EPA’s Rare DEES Designation & Saves $170,000
The EPA's ENERGY STAR® program last week recognized The Monarch School's new green building as exemplary with the EPA’s rare and coveted "Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR" (DEES) designation. The school’s Chrysalis building achieved a score of 86 out of 100, meaning it ranks among the top 14 percent of buildings in the United States. This building is designed to use 33 percent less energy and carbon than an average, comparable building, saving more than $170,000 and nine million kilowatt-hours in energy over the next 25 years. The efficient design also qualified The Monarch School as the first private school to receive a cash rebate -- $2,300 -- in CenterPoint Energy’s SCORE program. |
New Green Affordable Senior Housing Community to Enhance Revitalization of Downtown Martinez
Nonprofit developer Resources for Community Development (RCD) and KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, are proposing an environmentally- and pedestrian-friendly, transit-oriented community, which would provide 49 affordable one-bedroom apartments for qualifying active seniors 55 years of age and over. |
Hodgdon-Miank Construction Commences Construction on $4 Million Extensive Remodel of 30,000 Sq. Ft. Academic Building at Azusa Pacific University
Hodgdon-Miank Construction has commenced as the Design Build contractor on the $4 million extensive remodel of the Carl E. Wynn Academic Center at Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles County. Hodgdon-Miank Construction and its parent company, the Hodgdon Group, are handling the design, entitlements, construction and construction management of the new 30,000 sq. ft. project, which includes gutting and remodeling the building. |
Kitchen Countertop Store ReplacementCounters.com Introduces Web Previews Of Countertops
Internet retailer ReplacementCounters has introduced an interactive shopping application that allows customers to view large images and view sample countertops in different applications. |
KTGY Earns Two Grand Awards in Gold Nugget Competition For Green Residential Community & World-Class Intermodal Mixed-Use Site Plan
KTGY has earned 12 high honors in the prestigious 2009 Gold Nugget design and planning competition including two Grand Awards. Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) in Anaheim, CA for "Outstanding On-The-Boards Site Plan" and The Glen at Hidden Hills in Napa, CA for "California Green Builder Residential Community" won Gold Nugget Grand Awards. |
Highland Homes Sells 27 Homes in Three Weeks at KTGY-designed Stone Bridge
KTGY Group, the architect for Stone Bridge at Higley Park in Gilbert, Arizona, reports that in less than three weeks, Highland Homes has sold 27 single-family homes at Stone Bridge. Previously owned by Randall Martin Homes, Stone Bridge is a new 72-unit fully-entitled master-planned community near Higley and Ray roads in Gilbert. |
MIETrak ERP Software by MIE Solutions Implemented at UCR/Precision Fleet Brakes
United Cryogenics Research (UCR)/Precision Fleet Brakes is one of MIE Solutions recently new customers. They purchased MIE Trak in January 2009. Precision Fleet Brakes is headquartered in Austin, Texas with operations in Austin and Gardena, California. |
Michael Seger Of Seger Realty, Inc. Named One Of America’s Top 400 Real Estate Professionals By The Wall Street Journal, REAL Trends And LORE
Seger, From Watkinsville, GA, Had an Impressive 341 Transaction Sides on His Way to Becoming One of Georgia’s Top Professionals |
Grus Construction Personnel Now Offering Free Construction Job Postings Online
Contractors can now use Grus Construction Personnel services to post construction jobs online for free. Grus is a one stop recruiting service connecting commercial and industrial contractors with skilled craftsmen. |
KTGY-Designed Affordable Apartments in Irvine to Celebrate Grand Opening in July
Granite Court Apartment Homes in Irvine, Calif., designed by KTGY Group, will celebrate its Grand Opening in July, 2009. Granite Court provides safe, quality affordable housing to families earning between 30% and 60% of the area median income. Granite Court offers 71 thoughtfully-planned dwellings ranging in size from one- to three-bedroom units; 20 one-, 20 two-, and 31 three-bedroom apartment homes. Rent is currently $523 to $1,312 per month based on family size and income level. Jamboree Housing Corporation, a leading California nonprofit housing developer, is the developer. |
CEO Eugene Chaung, Garg Consulting Services Continue Work On Manhattan's East Side Access Project
Eugene Chuang of Garg Consulting Services announces the firm is making progress on Manhattan's East Side Access Project, due for completion in 2011. The project will improve Long Island commuter access with a new Grand Central connection. |
CEO Eugene Chaung, Garg Consulting Services Continue Work On Manhattan's East Side Access Project
Eugene Chuang of Garg Consulting Services announces the firm is making progress on Manhattan's East Side Access Project, due for completion in 2011. The project will improve Long Island commuter access with a new Grand Central connection. |
Twenty 7 Group Launches its Online Store
Twenty 7 Group Launches its Online Store offering modern interior doors, contemporary kitchen cabinets, and wood wall panels. |
Broten Garage Door & Gate Receives 2009 Best of Pompano Beach Award
U.S. Local Business Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement |
Horizons at Indio Receives National Award for Outstanding Senior Affordable Housing Community
Developers Urban Housing Communities and Heritage Community Housing, and architectural firm KTGY have received national award for outstanding affordable senior housing community, Horizons at Indio. Horizons at Indio is located at 45405 Monroe Street in Indio, Calif., near the new, state-of-the-art Indio Senior Center scheduled to open this summer. The community opened last year and features 47 one-bedroom apartments at 679 square feet and 33 two-bedroom apartments at 922 square feet. KTGY utilized design elements intended to create a healthy and active environment and to build a close-knit neighborhood. The award-winning architecture firm also incorporated green-building features and energy-efficient elements into the design of Horizons. |
Barina Craft's Home Bars are Bleached Blonde Optional
Barina Craft, a manufacturer of home bar furniture, is introducing a blonde accent stain treatment to join their standard optional choices for Summer/Fall 2009.
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DtiCorp.com Announces Memorial Day Promotion for Homeowners
DtiCorp.com are pleased to announce today the launch of their memorial day promotion for homeowners offering savings of up to 15%. |
KTGY Earns National Recognition with 12 Gold Nugget Merit Awards; Diverse Range of Capabilities, Excellence & Innovation are Praised
KTGY has earned 12 Awards of Merit in the 2009 Gold Nugget Award design and planning competition honoring the firm's wide range of capabilities, excellence and innovation in addressing complex design/build issues in attached, detached and sustainable communities as well as the critical planning of transit-oriented districts in California. The accolades were for: Cottonwood Creek Apartments in Suisun City; Diamond Apartment Homes in Anaheim; Granite Court in Irvine; The Ashton at Dublin Station in Dublin; Serenade at RiverPark in Oxnard; Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) in Anaheim; Lytle Creek in Rialto; Hidden Hills in Napa; Connemara - Plan 4 in Pacifica; and Vantage of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. |
ShortSaleGA.com Created To Reduce Georgia Foreclosures
Georgia had the fifth highest number of foreclosure filings in the first quarter of 2009. ShortSaleGa.com was created in 2008 to reduce the number of foreclosures in Georgia and has become a leader in the Georgia market of Short Sales. |
KTGY Designs & Helps Construct Three Homes for Habitat for Humanity Orange County & Receives 2009 Dream Builder Award for its Outstanding Contribution
KTGY’s latest designs for three single-family homes for Habitat for Humanity Orange County are under construction at Yorba Linda Avenue and Park Avenue in Yorba Linda, Calif. KTGY also assisted in the construction of these homes on "Build Day." Additionally, KTGY was awarded Habitat for Humanity's 2009 Dream Builder Award for its substantial donation of time and resources. |
Barina Craft Introduces Home Bars with Flush Bar Top Option
Barina Craft, a manufacturer of home furnishings, is marking the Summer of 2009 with the introduction of their flush bar top as a standard optional feature. |
