Archive for January 26th, 2008

The Grimes Companies
PR.com - The Grimes Companies, through its subsidiaries, operates both public and contract warehouses in Florida and Maryland, as well as providing transportation and packaging services to its clients. A subsidiary of The Grimes Companies, FileSafe, Inc

Money Questions: Tasty tidbits on your dollar menu
St. Petersburg Times - They are considered high risk because often they’re unproven startup companies or companies that have fallen on hard times. Next week’s question What will you do with your share of the tax rebate? To ask a question, make a comment or answer the Money

New York Attorney General Probes Merck, Schering
Street.Com - The New York attorney general Saturday said he has issued subpoenas to the two drugmakers as part of an investigation into whether they deliberately concealed negative results from a Vytorin trial called ENHANCE. The results, which the companies made

Pipe dreams: why we all want to be plumbers
Observer - The research was carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of Stepstone, a company that provides on the web talent management services to 20,000 companies, including the Royal Bank of Scotland and Cadbury Schweppes. ‘This research shows

Who’s Blogging
Washington Post - For others, it would connect workers with their jobs along a booming corridor of technology companies, law firms and other employers. And for others, it would create an opportunity to redesign at Tysons Corner, a sprawling 1,500-acre shopping and

Pointing fingers at the plutocrats
Daily Telegraph - An annual review by Income Data Services showed that the median total earnings of the chief executives of the FTSE 100 companies - the UK’s 100 largest quoted companies - in the financial year 2005/06 was £2m, up 20pc on the previous year. By

Shaquille O’Neal and our $600 stimulus
St. Petersburg Times - 4 Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work for” ranking is out. While no Tampa Bay company made it, Publix in nearby Lakeland did. It’s one of 14 U.S. companies to make the list every year since the ranking began in 1998. 5 We still can’t

FDA to review Vytorin cholesterol drug study
Reuters - The Food and Drug Administration said it was not advising physicians to cease prescribing Vytorin, but the agency’s announcement unnerved investors and sent shares of the two companies lower. The FDA stated it could take up to six months to review

Saving Sears Doesn’t Look Easy Anymore
New York Times - For the first nine months of 2007, the most current period for which figures are available, sales fell 3.4 percent and operating income declined 31 percent for the combined companies. Same-store sales, a closely watched measure of financial performance

Large Mac and a degree to go?
Observer - Who needs A-levels when you can have a Massive Mac degree? Plans to allow McDonald’s and other companies to run national qualification schemes will be unveiled by the government tomorrow, despite misgivings among some education experts. It is hoped that

Beware - the black holes are back in your pension
Guardian Unlimited - According to pension experts Aon Consulting, Monday’s fall alone cost the pension funds of the top 200 companies £15bn; add in the decline in the previous week and the fall rises to more than £40bn. That wipes out the gains of 2007, which had put

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I’ve been lucky to find homes with great woodwork lately. This one in Bellevue, Washington is one of the most breathtaking I’ve seen. It is a four-bedroom home designed to invoke a zen-like serenity. The home was designed by architect Curtis Gelotte, who calls it Wood, Stone and Water on his site. Rough stone fireplaces and huge windows as well as an indoor waterfall help complete the feeling of rustic calm. The staircases here are just astounding but the most stunning piece of design in the home is the custom designed tea-house canopy over master bed. What a place to sleep. It is listed at $3.5 million.

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It’s not exactly a Frank Lloyd Wright home but it is definitely inspired by the legendary architect. This home near Jackson, Wyoming was custom built for someone who definitely has a taste for the Arts and Crafts style. The woodwork here is stunning, especially the chandelier in the dining room. If you aren’t a fan of this style it can all be a bit much but the overall theme is very consistent and rather restful. The four-bedroom home has an exterior of pressed brick, elaborate cornices, and wrap-around terraces. It sits on 5.37 acres and is listed at $11.4 million.

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We visited North Bay Road in Miami Beach last month for an estate of the day but a reader, Marie, sent me the link for this one. I figured it was worth sharing with you. I’m not quite sure what sort of happy money cocktail designers are sipping along North Bay Road but it makes for some interesting decorating decisions, especially as newer owners with lots of money try to bend older homes to their will. The last estate we saw in this area was a strange amalgam of modern and absurd baroque. This one is a less obvious and more lavish case, but there are still some interesting juxtapositions here. The current owners seem to have a hankering for the modern, hence the new spare and bare contemporary kitchen and bathrooms, but this home still has the particularly Miami affliction of gold paint details on the walls. The home is over 10,000 square feet with nine bedrooms and it has a nice chunk of bay frontage with a dock. This estate is listed at $18.9 million.

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What’s the cut-off for size for boutique hotels? I generally think it is under 150 rooms but a new multi-use project in Knoxville, Tennessee bills itself as having a boutique hotel although it’s got 200 rooms. The Metropolitan Plaza project is actually a fairly big project, including a 15-foor tower with as many as 32 condos above the hotel room as well restaurants, a bank and retail shops on the lobby level. There is also an office tower planned that would stand about 7-8 floors tall. The $78 million project from Knoxville-based Commercial & Investment Properties also includes an enclosed pedestrian bridge linking the complex to the Knoxville Convention Center.

The proposal beat out two other proposals for the redevelopment of the downtown state Supreme Court Building.The project does not have a hotel brand linked to it yet but the developer says that several are interested. Once approved, construction on the project could begin as early as this fall and be finished by early 2010.

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This one in Cohasset, Massachusetts is an interesting example of what happens when an older home meets a new owner with a taste for the modern. This home sits on a promontory called Cary’s Point, which overlooks Sandy Cove. The current owners purchased the home around 2003 for about $4.75 million and gave it a total renovation and expansion. Believe it or not, this home was built in 1903-04 but has been totally renovated with new floors, new windows, new heating, audio, video and lighting systems and more. The details here are pretty fantastic; the kitchen counter for example appears to be composed of agate slices. The windows are all custom made with curving metal accents. There is not just a heated three-car detached garage but also a two-car garage with a turntable floor so the owner never has to back out of the garage again. The reflecting pool has a big sculpture. The current owners have a taste for modern design and so the home is currently a showcase for all sorts of contemporary furniture and an expansive art collection. The property has a dining patio and gazebo with perfect views of the water. The property has access to two private beaches and two moorings. The owner is even offering his 46-foot Sunseeker powerboat along with the estate. The estate is listed at $19.5 million with Dean and Hamilton.

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Why this one? Because it’s a lighthouse, in Bigfork, Montana. Okay, it’s not so much a lighthouse as a house with a lighthouse-like structure appended to it. Still you’ve to admire the commitment to the nautical in this one. Most of the houses we see in Montana are full of antler chandeliers, roughhewn logs and western fabrics. Not so here. this one could easily be plunked down on an East Coast shoreline. Boat-shaped bookcases and nautical art add to the rather relentless theme decorating. The home is located south of Woods Bay and is perched above Flathead Lake for some truly beautiful views. The home is under 4,000 square feet and sits on one acre. It is listed at $2.95 million.

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Some people finally go for the dream of owning their own winery but don’t get to enjoy it for very long. Such is the case with retired executive director of Omaha’s Metro Area Transit Robert Curttright, Jr. who spent his very short retirement planning and creating the Whiskey Run Creek winery outside Brownville, Nebraska before he succumbed to cancer. Now the small winery is on sale for just $1.6 million. The winery is on 3.8 acres, and includes a 100-year-old barn, a 5,400 square-foot steel production building, a 100-year-old brick cave, a wishing well and a waterfall. The winery can produce up to 10,000 gallons of wine per year and there are around 60 vines of Chardonel and Chambourcin on a quarter acre just outside the barn. Eight miles away is another Curttright property which is 122 acres and includes a house and machine shed. This property is on the market for an asking price of $650,000.

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The Real Estalker Mama was a tiny harsh on this one but I don’t think the Westlake,Texas home of baseball player Mark Teixeira is all that bad. Especially if you are a golfer. It’s located in the posh Vaquero development which offers residents a Tom Fazio golf course, swim center, fishing ponds a fitness center and a clubhouse. The house itself has four bedrooms and is nearly 7,000 square feet. Teixeira, who is a first baseman, used to play for the Texas Rangers but currently plays for the Atlanta Braves (he recently signed up for a one-year contract so he’ll be there a while longer. He and his wife bought the home in 2005 for $3.99 million. His Texas home has a bit of that dreaded modern Tuscan look going on but it really isn’t terrible. It’s got a nice negative-edge pool with a nice outdoor entertaining area. Sure it’s a little stodgy and Pottery Barn catalog-like but it seems like a home that looks like it would be on MTV Cribs and many people would find it charming. Not my taste perhaps, but not bad at all. As the Real Estalker Mama did mention, the couple did show admirable decorating restraint when they could have really could have ridden the train to tackytown. And although the library has a staircase in it, the wood-paneled walls are delightful. It is listed at $5.75 million.

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Yesterday’s estate had 70 pics, today, just seven but what a lovely seven they are. This modern house in Phoenix, Arizona just hit the market. The five-bedroom home has around the same square footage as yesterday’s home but with less land and a far superior view. You couldn’t ask for a dreamier infinity pool than this one. The home has three levels, each with expansive decks.There’s a massive media room on the lower level that’s built into the mountain. The contemporary blue kitchen has Snaidero cabinets, Miele appliances and a Gaggenau pizza oven. It is listed at $7.9 million.

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