Monday, October 31, 2011
555 Mission St. - San Francisco Business Times:
Designed by and local architect HellerManus, the 33-story 555 Missiojn St. fits in seamlessly alongy one of the most dynamic parts of San The 556,000-square-foot building sits on the livel mixed-use Mission Street a stretch that includes office towers 101 Second St. and 560 and ’ new condo tower at 333 Mission. The buildinyg hit the market righ as the country sank into a but still managed to nail four leasing The biggest of these was for anchor tenantf law firmDLA Piper, which snaggec just under 83,000 squarre foot deal to take floors 22 throug h 26. Other tenants included a , whicgh took 60,000 square feet. At the top of the snagged the penthouse forabouty $80 a square foot.
Managing Director David who led the local brokerage activitiesz for DLA andGibson Dunn, said 555 Missionn boasts “some of the most impressive, efficientt and cost-effective law firm spac e in the city.” The greenish glasds curtain tower rising at 555 Mission St. is San Francisco’s firstg speculative office tower builtsince 2002, when Myersa Development completed 101 Second. While the highrise was originallh designed withoutLEED certification, once the building was under constructiohn Tishman Speyer made the decision to registert the building for gold designatiomn under the Leadership in Energy and Environmenta Design criteria.
“I think Tishman was very bold on goinfg ahead with the building especiallyg on the whole efforft togo LEED,” said architect Jeffrey Heller of “It was the correct thinv to do and they deserve a lot of That decision was key in attracting the four tenantx who have inked deals there, according to decision makers at the “It’s a great, great building,” said Fred partner in charge of Gibson Dunn’s San Francisco “It provides great natural lightr not only for the lawyers but the Every employee in the office has a ton of natural light.” Stephen A.
Cowan, head of the West Coasy real estate practicefor DLA, who was responsible for the transactiom said: “We are excited to be in an eco-friendly building of such high quality.” “The new Tishmanh Speyer building in San Francisco is one of our best office locations in the “ said Jay Epstien, chair of the U.S. real estatde practice for DLA. While leasing rates have dropped significantly since most of the dealas at 555 Mission were Brown of Gibson Dunn called the deal theysigner “economical.” “I think it has helped and will help with Brown said.
“We are in it for the long
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Asthma Burden On Hispanic Sufferers Highlighted in New Report - ThirdAge
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
House bill would expand SBA training programs - Portland Business Journal:
Legislation reauthorizing the SBA’s entrepreneuriakl development initiatives would establish newgranty programs. Those programs would enable Small Business Developmentf Centers to provide specializede training to small firms on how to find win local, state and federal and start a clean-energy business. SBDCs are located at universities and receiv funding from local sources as well asthe SBA. The bill also calla for grants that woule enable SBDCs to establish statewide Small Businessw Helplines that would offer immediate assistance tosmal companies. Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.
) sponsored the which also expands Women’x Business Centers and creates new servicefor veteran-owned and Native American-owned small businesses. “As a small-business owner I know these programs provide the counseling and technicap resources that can make the difference for an entrepreneud trying to get offthe ground,” says who owned a real estate business aftefr ending his career in professional football.
“Businesses that take advantagee of these resources are twice as likely to Underthe legislation, SBDCs could receivd up to $150 million in federal funding in fiscal 2010 and up to $160 million in fisca l 2011 — far aboved the $110 million they received this year. Presidentg Barack Obama’s budget proposal would trim federalo funding for SBDCsto $97 million next The bill also directs the SBA to contracy with third-party vendors to offer online entrepreneurial training.
Business organizations are criticizing President Barack Obamaz for encouraging regulatory agencies to refrainfrom pre-emptintg state laws when issuing new A May 20 memo from Obama also directede agencies to review regulations issued during the past 10 yeares to see if they contained pre-emption that are not justified. If they do, agencies shoulds consider amendingthe regulations, the memo stated.
“Pre-emptiomn of state law by executive departments and agenciexs should be undertaken only with full consideration of the legitimates prerogatives of the states and with a sufficieny legal basisfor pre-emption,” the memo During the Bush administration, regulatory agencies sometimed included pre-emption language in the preamblesw of regulations. The National Association of Manufacturersz andthe U.S. Chamber of Commerced contend Obama’s policy against federal pre-emption of state laws will result in more lawsuitwagainst businesses, particularly in the area of producyt liability.
“Manufacturers sell products into anationao market, and a single, national regulatorg standard helps ensure predictable treatment in the courts,” says NAM Vice Presidenft Rosario Palmieri. “It’s unwise to replace a regulatoryh system based on objective science and agency experts witha 50-state patchwork of often arbitrary jury “The litigation industry is thrilled at the prospecy of bringing more lawsuits and finding venuees where frivolous suits stand a better chance of Palmieri adds. But the American Associatiojn for Justice, formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyersof America, praises Obama’s memo.
It “makes clea r that the rule of law will once agaihn prevail over the over the ruleof politics,” says Les association president. “The memo overturned actions taken by Bush administration bureaucratsz who were influencedby powerful, well-connectede corporations who wanted to rewrite and reinterpret congressional legislation, underminer the constitutional system of checks and and put the public at risk and compromise laws designed to give Americans basicc rights to hold wrongdoers accountable.” President Obam a has selected a venture capitalist to be chiefc counsel of the Small Business Administration’s Offic of Advocacy, a post usually held by an attorney.
Winsloq Sargeant, a managing director in the technologty practiceof Madison, Wis.-basecd Venture Investors, is Obama’s choice to head the Officer of Advocacy. The office is an independent entity insidw SBA that ensures federal agencies consider the impact of theirf regulations onsmall businesses. The office also conducts researchon small-business Sargeant is the second venturr capitalist to be selected for a top post at the SBA. Agencyg Administrator Karen Mills worked as a principalin private-equity and venture-capital firms for 26 years before she took over the SBA in WHAT ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU? •Need information from Washington ?
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Best Buy names execs to head women
Richfield-based Best Buy said Wednesday it selectexdLiz Haesler, the company’s current vice president of Home Life and Trend, and Mary vice president and territory genera l manager, to lead WOLF. Haesler has been in chargw of developingthe company’s Home Life segment, which covera products such as home appliances. Stoddart overseas Best Buy’x operations in the Southeast andPuertpo Rico. Both women are expected to continus in theircurrent roles. WOLF, founded in aims to grow the number of female employees at BestBuy BBY), as well as make inroad with women customers. Best Buy estimatews female consumers controla $90 billiobn share of the U.S. consumer electronicsd market.
Former Best Buy executive Julie Gilbert founded WOLF and led the effortyfor years, before taking a buyout and leavingf the company earlier this year. She went on to start her own firm, which is marketing the WOLF conceprt toother companies.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
AG objects to GM bankruptcy - Business First of Buffalo:
“While we hope that in the end, GM will emerge strongerd and more resilient,” Cordray said in a “we cannot let big-business bankruptcies in federal court trample overstatew law.” Much like the Chrysler Cordray’s objections involve issues over workers’ compensatio benefits liability and reconciling the bankruptcy with state law regulatinyg automobile dealerships. GM has notified 1,323 dealerships that they will not have their franchiseagreement renewed, including 79 in Ohio. Individuapl dealerships haven’t been publicly disclosed.
Cordray also filesd a limited objection over the effect it could haveon Ohio’s Lemon Law and tax refunds owed to the stat e Taxation Department.