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Brian Foster of Meridian Commercial is marketing 201 Alameda del Prado for lease or sale. The asking price for the three-story office building is $9.84 million, or about $300 a square foot.
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Marin Freeholders LP, which built 139,000 square feet of office and flex space in the Industrial Marinship District of north Sausalito in the 1960s and 1970s, wants to sell it as a portfolio, according to Orion Partners' Jerry Suyderhoud, who is marketing the property with part-owner John Greene of R.H. Greene.
The 11 buildings sit on seven parcels totaling 5.42 acres along Colma Street between Bridgeway and Gate Five Road. The complex is totally full with 80 tenants, including Sausalito Mini Storage and Pacific Laser.
The owners are taking bids on the portfolio and may sell the parcels individually, according to Mr.
TheStar.com | Business | Halal flexes its marketing muscle
Several Canadian delegations and government officials attended the forum, at which Maple Lodge Farms was awarded "most creative marketing campaign" by Malaysia's king and prime minister. Forum organizers estimate the industry's global market is 1.6 billion people and worth at least $580 billion per year. Canadian purchasing power lies in a population of 850,000 Muslims, according to statistician Daood Hamdani. Half live in Ontario, and half of those reside in the GTA. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the country. But numbers don't tell the whole story. Money makes the industry chirp, but adherence to its religious principles makes it sing. And while the food market is growing like gangbusters, the potential for others – like the Muslim women's market, including makeup and toiletries – is just waiting to be tested.
Web gamblers betting on Barack Obama
If you needed one more sign that Barack Obama is on a roll, the futures trading markets have decided he's a very good bet. According to several overseas online exchanges, Obama is now a virtual lock to win all the upcoming primaries, including Texas and Ohio — the states Hillary Clinton is pinning her hopes on. And he's the even-money favorite to be elected President in November. "Obama has all the momentum, and the betting odds reflect that," said Steve Budin, an oddsmaker at sportsinfo.com who puts Obama's likelihood of being President at 4-5, with Clinton and John McCain both at 3-2. And the payoffs can rival any race track. Gabriel Weil, 22-year-old college student, has made about $1,500, much of it by shorting Rudy Giuliani — selling shares in the former mayor that he did not yet own and assuming he could buy them later at a lower price and pocket the difference.
Budget or splurge?
Is your wallet more blue than flush with green these days? It seems many of us don't feel so affluent anymore. Whether it's from credit card debt, an escalating mortgage, or a long-overdue raise, finding finances are tight. And one of the first things to get axed from the budget is often a vacation.
A spate of time away from home provides us perspective, rest, renewal and family (or spousal) bonding -- essential tools in the game of life. But with the dollar shrinking in value against many world currencies, the cost of a foreign vacation has increased dramatically.
One solution: the Caribbean and related Atlantic getaways. Although we're headed toward the region's high season (mid-December through mid-April), most islands have maintained value against the U.S.
August 2006 Archives
Not so much. 7:18: Kurt Lowder still works for MTV? Didn't he like found that channel or something? 7:24: Marilyn Monroe , Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera arrived! I love watching the girls try to get out of the superhigh SUVs in their tight dresses. Better them than me. 7:29: Jennifer Lopez looks like a mummy -- wrapped head to toe. Truth be told, she is so glam. I could never pull most of that off. .
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