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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Thursday Jan. 1 -- Got news or a question?
If you have news or a question, leave it in comments. . .
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Re: Miami Herald land sale: Interesting tidbits right from the horse’s mouth, or patooty. Who could tell?
There is a “rendering of the City Square retail complex that would rise on the Miami Herald parking lots,” it probably needs updating to the year 2020. ------------------- -Miami Herald land sale won't close by Dec. 31- Excerpts:
Indicative of how dramatically the market has changed is the sale of six acres of well-located land near Miami's Brickell Avenue. It sold in November for about [$7 million an acre.] Siffin is still agreeing to pay [$19 million an acre] when the deal closes.
Siffin has already won approval from city officials to put City Square, a shopping center with big box retailers, on the site, though the [builder was met with resistance] when it became public that [Wal-Mart could be among the tenants.]
Archer05 -- The value of the property is worth less than the agreed-on price of $190 million... I have trouble believing the buyer will pay that amount when all is said and done. IF the buyer gets financing.
Re: Shoe tossing cartoon, and a curious mention of McC. W. I am suspicious of someone who doesn’t seem to know about blogger templates. ---------------- Oh That Evil Rex Babin By Rob Tornoe
“After the cartoon and Banin's comments were posted on the blog [McClatchy Watch] (suspiciously similar in look and tone to Jim Hopkin's Gannett Blog, right down to the blogger template), one Anonymous poster had an interesting thought:”……
4 comments:
Re: Miami Herald land sale:
Interesting tidbits right from the horse’s mouth, or patooty. Who could tell?
There is a “rendering of the City Square retail complex that would rise on the Miami Herald parking lots,” it probably needs updating to the year 2020.
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-Miami Herald land sale won't close
by Dec. 31-
Excerpts:
Indicative of how dramatically the market has changed is the sale of six acres of well-located land near Miami's Brickell Avenue. It sold in November for about [$7 million an acre.] Siffin is still agreeing to pay [$19 million an acre] when the deal closes.
Siffin has already won approval from city officials to put City Square, a shopping center with big box retailers, on the site, though the [builder was met with resistance] when it became public that [Wal-Mart could be among the tenants.]
http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/832223.html
Archer05 -- The value of the property is worth less than the agreed-on price of $190 million... I have trouble believing the buyer will pay that amount when all is said and done. IF the buyer gets financing.
Re: Shoe tossing cartoon, and a curious mention of McC. W.
I am suspicious of someone who doesn’t seem to know about blogger templates.
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Oh That Evil Rex Babin
By Rob Tornoe
“After the cartoon and Banin's comments were posted on the blog [McClatchy Watch] (suspiciously similar in look and tone to Jim Hopkin's Gannett Blog, right down to the blogger template), one Anonymous poster had an interesting thought:”……
http://tornoe.blogspot.com/2008/12/oh-that-evil-rex-babin.html
I wonder what Rob Thornow will say when he finds out I have the same Blogger template as Jammie Wearing Fool, too.
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