Webarchives and OnRequest Images Partner To Provide Complete Solution For AEC Market : Strategic Alliance to Provide Combined Digital Asset Management and Custom Image Library Solution Webarchives and OnRequest Images today announced a new alliance that will bring a complete Digital Asset Management software tool and Custom Photography Library solution to the architecture and real estate industry. By combining the iDAM™ product of Webarchives, a leading provider of Digital Asset Management software for the AEC market, and OnRequest Images, the world's leading provider of custom image libraries, this alliance brings a complete solution to AEC customers and allows them to develop and manage imagery that helps the architects and developers connect with their clients. This combined effort will greatly enhance a customer’s ability to create and collaborate in a more effective way by utilizing the combined solutions of Webarchives and OnRequest Images. - 2008-05-13

Eldorado Stone's Idea Book ``The Allure of Permanence'' Now on Sale Eldorado Stone, a world leader in architectural stone veneer, has released a new idea book entitled, The Allure of Permanence. The coffee-table-style book is filled with a wide variety of authentic-looking stone and brick installations that are meant to inspire design and showcase the versatility and highly textural beauty that Eldorado Stone adds to any space. The book can be purchased at http://www.eldoradostone.com/walkthrough for $24.95. - 2008-04-30

Green Depot to Start Work on Green Living Manhattan Flagship Store May 1; Unique Showroom Experience to Open Late 2008: In the Heart of the Bowery, Showroom will be Sixth and Largest Retail Store for Leading Green Living and Green Products Supplier Green Depot(R) (www.greendepot.com), the Brooklyn-based supplier of environmentally friendly, green building materials, green products as well as green living services and solutions, today announced it will begin construction on a new flagship consumer showroom in Manhattan on May 1. Green Depot Manhattan will take over the ground floor space in the building that was The 1885 Young Men's Institute at 222 Bowery between Prince and Spring and will open in November 2008. - 2008-04-23

Green Depot to Open Long Island Showroom Late Summer 2008: Green building supplies, services and solutions soon to be readily available for commercial and residential builders and homeowners in Greenport, N.Y. area Green Depot (www.greendepot.com), the Brooklyn-based supplier of environmentally friendly and sustainable building products, services and solutions, today announced it will open its newest showroom space in Greenport, N.Y. in summer 2008. - 2008-04-16

Mills College Shatters the ''Glass Ceiling'': Women's College Challenges Workforce Gender Barriers The "glass ceiling" literally shattered at Mills College today, materializing the 22-year-old metaphor by breaking through the symbolic impediment to women's success and serving as a platform to announce a new name for the College's MBA program: the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business. The newly named Lokey Graduate School of Business is the first MBA program designed for women in the West, and one of only two in the country. - 2008-04-10

Collins College Interior Design Instructor Wins Project of the Year Award Matthew G. Trzebiatowski received Project of the Year from "residential architect" Design Awards (RADA) for his own home. Trzebiatowski, AIA, is the principal of his own architectural design firm blank studio and is an adjunct instructor for Collins College's school of Interior Design. - 2008-04-02

Jancik Arts International Celebrates 30th Anniversary: Stained Glass Artisans Create Thriving Global Business based on Old World Technique Jancik Arts International (JAI), creators of exquisite stained glass ceiling domes and vertical flat glass structures, is celebrating 30 years in business this year. The company is one of the few in the world to produce overhead compound curved (vs flat) domes. www.jancikarts.com - 2008-03-17

Cosmopolitan Continues to Move Forward Perini Corporation (NYSE: PCR), announces that Deutsche Bank has begun the foreclosure process on the Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino as a parallel track to its negotiations with Global Hyatt Corporation and New York-based Marathon Asset Management. The parties are actively engaged in discussions regarding a recapitalization of the condominium-hotel casino project. - 2008-03-17

The Risto Group Debuts at Architectural Digest Home Design Show: Leading NEW YORK CITY DESIGN FIRM will exhibit March 6-9 at Pier 94 in NYC Seanne Murray and Kathyann Saleem, co-founders of The Risto Group ("Risto"), a New York City based design and project management firm, announced today the firm's debut at the 2008 Architectural Digest Home Show. Risto designed a space (Booth #746) that highlights home entertainment and lighting. The Home Show features New York's most prominent designers and architects. - 2008-03-05

BLANKSPACES, a Modern Workspace Community Opens March 2008: Creative Office Space Opening for Entrepreneurs, Consultants and Freelancers BLANKSPACES, a modern workspace environment where entrepreneurs, consultants, and freelancers can work with all of the advantages of a professional office setting, announces plans to open in Los Angeles, March 2008. Individuals will have access to private offices and open workspaces with the latest in communications technology on a basis of hours, days, weeks, months or years. - 2008-02-26

The Siegel Group Nevada, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Las Vegas Hotel-Casino The Siegel Group Nevada, Inc., and Tippins Holdings, LLC, today announced that they have completed the acquisition of the Gold Spike Hotel & Casino located in Downtown Las Vegas. The purchase price was $21 million. The hotel, which is a non-restricted gaming facility containing 112 rooms, restaurant and bar-lounge is comprised of four parcels situated on approximately one acre and is contiguous to the former Travel Inn; a 58-unit hotel situated on 1/2 acre that was recently acquired by The Siegel Group Nevada in anticipation of the planned acquisition of the Gold Spike. The buildings, which suffer from years of deferred maintenance issues, are currently being renovated and the combined parcels master planned for the future development of additional structures for a large boutique hotel-casino which will further expand gaming and hotel operations and include the addition of retail components. A third-party gaming operator will continue to manage the Gold Spike casino which along with the hotel, restaurant, and bar-lounge will remain operational throughout the renovation process which will be completed in phases. Phase One, the renovation of The Gold Spike and former Travel Inn, will begin immediately and consist of installing new signage, remodeling the exterior facade and existing hotels rooms as well as the gaming, restaurant, and bar area. Additionally, a substantial streetscaping effort to create curb-appeal is planned which will focus on landscaping and lighting the surrounding sidewalks and parking areas. The additional phases to expand operations and combine the parcels are scheduled to be completed throughout the next few years. - 2008-02-04

Vetrazzo, Maker of Recycled Glass Countertops, Hires New VP of Sales: Seasoned Industry Executive Hired to Help Growing California Company Meet Demand In response to rapidly growing demand created in part by the explosive growth in the green building products market, Vetrazzo has hired Bob Paradiso, a seasoned industry professional, to be their new Vice President of Sales. - 2008-01-24

Trilogy by Shea Homes Sets New Green Home Building Standards Across the U.S.: Nation's Largest Privately Held Home Builder Creates Shea Certified Green(R) Program to Reduce Carbon Footprint in its Boomer Resort Community homes by as much as 29% in 2008 Trilogy by Shea Homes, Active Lifestyle Communities, is leading the industry with the launch of Shea Certified Green(R), a program that will set new green building standards while exceeding current industry benchmarks. The program will also reduce the carbon footprints of homes built in its active lifestyle communities by 20% to 29% per household. - 2008-01-24

ISM International Division, ISM Art & Design, Exceeds Sales Goals for the Fourth Quarter 2007, Looking Forward to Prosperous 2008 ISM International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ISML) (http://www.pinksheets.com/pink/quote/quote.jsp?symbol=isml) today announced that its wholly owned design division, ISM Art & Design, (http://www.ismdecors.com/) has exceeded its sales targets for 2007. ISM Art & Design surpassed its sales objectives for the fourth quarter. Final sales for 2007 reached $891,500 representing a substantial increase over the $850,000 projected earlier in the year. Year over year sales for all of 2007 are up 13%. - 2008-01-10

Akron's M/W International Awarded GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification(R) M/W International Inc. (MWI) announced today that its entire Forecast line of architectural demountable partitions has been awarded GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification(R), indicating that they meet the strict requirements of the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI). GEI is the leader in establishing independent standards for low emitting interior products and building materials for healthy indoor air. - 2008-01-02

Lagotek Home Automation Extends to Main Street!: The One Main Street 62 Unit Condominium Project is Installing Lagotek Home Intelligence Platform One Main Street Partners, LLC has chosen the Lagotek Home Intelligence Platform for its One Main Street project in Bellevue, WA. This is the first condominium located in Bellevue and Seattle area that will provide every homeowner with affordable whole home control functionality and one of the first multi dwelling unit developers in the country to implement Lagotek as a standard feature in every home. In addition, this project is the largest scheduled Z-Wave technology implementation in the United States to date. The construction will be completed in the Spring of 2009, but the residencies are selling now and future homeowners can see the Lagotek system in the One Main Street showroom located at 136 102nd Ave. SE in Bellevue, WA, where they can decide what elements of home automation they want to have. Every unit will include a Lagotek touch screen control panel that controls lights, climate and surveillance cameras. System upgrades at the sales center include audio video components, security control, remote access and much more. - 2007-12-21

Operation Love announces a Great Christmastime story...The Time for Peace Initiative.: Future Nobel Peace Prize Laureates? Perhaps so. The Time for Peace Initiative, a project by Operation Love, will be the establishment of multiple four-sided, vertical steel, sculpture-type structured clock towers, which will be located in any given city, in any given country, for the distinct purpose of promoting world peace. - 2007-12-20

Ferrari Capital Partners, LLC Makes Key Decision to Scale Back Proposed Real Estate Development Project in Semmes, Alabama Ferrari Capital Partners (www.ferraricapitalpartners.com), a large scale real estate developer in the southeastern United States, has announced plans to scale back a proposed 523 lot Planned Unit Development (PUD) subdivision in order to better serve the needs of the community. Although subdivision regulations allow for lot density of nearly twice that of the proposed 523 lot PUD, Ferrari Capital Partners will submit an amended request to the Planning & Zoning Commission of Mobile, Alabama for 133 Single Family Home (SFH) lots on approximately 60 acres of the 226 acre parcel. - 2007-11-27

Going. Going. Gone: Last Luxury Duplex Penthouses Left in Manhattan - for under $1 Million - at The Langston In New York City, for just under a million dollars, you can get 99 Martinis-on-the-Rocks at the Algonquin, 84 nights in the Presidential Suite at the St. Regis, or almost four Manhattan parking spots -- 8' x 18' each -- at $225,000* a pop. You would certainly never expect to be able to buy a Duplex Penthouse in a full service luxury building with valet parking, a private terrace and sweeping views. However, it's still possible -- albeit the opportunity fleeting -- in the country's most expensive city. - 2007-11-14

Vetrazzo Recycled Glass Countertops Expand Distribution in Midwest, Northwest: Recycled Glass Countertop Product Will Dramatically Increase Distribution Network Vetrazzo, the producer of an environmentally-friendly recycled glass surface material, has partnered with two new distributors, dramatically expanding their distribution network. Vetrazzo, a California-based company, has signed deals with both North Star Surfaces and Pental Marble and Granite to provide distribution of their product to more than 15 new markets across the United States. (Homeowners, architects, and designers that aren't in an area where Vetrazzo has a distribution network can still get the product directly from Vetrazzo.) - 2007-11-09

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