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Adult Daycare Facility
Plymouth county, MA
Non-profit adult daycare operator wants to build a new facility in Plymouth county. They provide services for adults with developmental problems. They have been in business for 40 years serving their clients and community. The new facility will provide employment opportunities to benefit the community it will be serving.
The project is in the planning stage for approval providing opportunities for architectural, design and prime contracting firms. Architectural and contractor packages to be sent to the attention of the owner or owners representative for consideration.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Law Suit Amended "Killing Project Schedule"
LYNN - City attorneys Thursday amended a complaint against Salem by alleging a member of its Planning Board attempted to convince two outspoken Lynn residents to withdraw their opposition to a proposed big box retail development on Highland Avenue.
According to documents filed at Salem Superior Court, Lynn residents Katerina Panagiotakis and Calvin Anderson claimed Salem Planning Board member Timothy Ready advised them to side with the project.
Panagiotakis in a sworn statement told the Lynn Law Department this week that Ready motioned to her with a finger at the close of a hearing in Salem, suggesting he wanted to speak with her privately in a nearby hallway.
She quoted Ready as saying, "You are very good in what you say and are very persistent, but will not win on this. It is better if you ask them what they (the developer) or this project can do for you instead," according to the lawsuit.
Panagiotakis said Ready indicated the hearing's outcome was a foregone conclusion. "I left that conversation with Mr. Ready certain that (he) and the Salem Planning Board had already determined that the project was going to be approved," she stated.
Attempts to contact Ready for comment through the Salem Planning and Community Development Department were unsuccessful. Anderson offered a similar account in his sworn affidavit.
"Mr. Ready recommended that rather than opposing the project, we should each attempt to elicit concessions and benefits from the developer on behalf of the city of Lynn and the neighbors to the project," he stated.
Attorney James Lamanna, a Lynn Law Department staffer, said Thursday that Panagiotakis and Anderson "signed statements under the pains and penalties of perjury. Both swore they were called out by a member of the Salem Planning Board and told the deal was going through, one way or another, and that nothing would stop approval, so they would be better off supporting the project."
Lamanna said the amended complaint restarts the clock, giving the defendants - the city of Salem, the Salem Planning Board and the Kennedy Development Group - 20 days to respond. The original complaint will be disregarded.
The controversial project near the Lynn-Salem line includes construction of a Lowe's Home Improvement Center, expansion of the existing Walmart store and the Meineke automotive repair shop, erecting a municipal water tower for the city of Salem and making improvements to Camp Lion. A series of public hearings has discussed concerns over potential drainage and traffic problems, the decrease of property values for nearby residents and quality of life issues.
"These are new allegations," said Lamanna, noting the fresh complaint also amends the charges related to Salem Planning Board Chairman Charles Puleo.
The original complaint alleged Puleo should not have presided or participated in the hearings on the project because he owns a restaurant and other properties nearby, and as a result could benefit from its construction.
Puleo owns a dairy bar and restaurant on Highland Avenue and the land on which the adjacent St. Jean's Credit Union stands. The lawsuit contends a conflict-of-interest exists because Puleo could benefit from proximity of the retail development.
By David Liscio
According to documents filed at Salem Superior Court, Lynn residents Katerina Panagiotakis and Calvin Anderson claimed Salem Planning Board member Timothy Ready advised them to side with the project.
Panagiotakis in a sworn statement told the Lynn Law Department this week that Ready motioned to her with a finger at the close of a hearing in Salem, suggesting he wanted to speak with her privately in a nearby hallway.
She quoted Ready as saying, "You are very good in what you say and are very persistent, but will not win on this. It is better if you ask them what they (the developer) or this project can do for you instead," according to the lawsuit.
Panagiotakis said Ready indicated the hearing's outcome was a foregone conclusion. "I left that conversation with Mr. Ready certain that (he) and the Salem Planning Board had already determined that the project was going to be approved," she stated.
Attempts to contact Ready for comment through the Salem Planning and Community Development Department were unsuccessful. Anderson offered a similar account in his sworn affidavit.
"Mr. Ready recommended that rather than opposing the project, we should each attempt to elicit concessions and benefits from the developer on behalf of the city of Lynn and the neighbors to the project," he stated.
Attorney James Lamanna, a Lynn Law Department staffer, said Thursday that Panagiotakis and Anderson "signed statements under the pains and penalties of perjury. Both swore they were called out by a member of the Salem Planning Board and told the deal was going through, one way or another, and that nothing would stop approval, so they would be better off supporting the project."
Lamanna said the amended complaint restarts the clock, giving the defendants - the city of Salem, the Salem Planning Board and the Kennedy Development Group - 20 days to respond. The original complaint will be disregarded.
The controversial project near the Lynn-Salem line includes construction of a Lowe's Home Improvement Center, expansion of the existing Walmart store and the Meineke automotive repair shop, erecting a municipal water tower for the city of Salem and making improvements to Camp Lion. A series of public hearings has discussed concerns over potential drainage and traffic problems, the decrease of property values for nearby residents and quality of life issues.
"These are new allegations," said Lamanna, noting the fresh complaint also amends the charges related to Salem Planning Board Chairman Charles Puleo.
The original complaint alleged Puleo should not have presided or participated in the hearings on the project because he owns a restaurant and other properties nearby, and as a result could benefit from its construction.
Puleo owns a dairy bar and restaurant on Highland Avenue and the land on which the adjacent St. Jean's Credit Union stands. The lawsuit contends a conflict-of-interest exists because Puleo could benefit from proximity of the retail development.
By David Liscio
Grocery Chain Planning Expansion with 20 New Store
Texas based grocery store operation plans opening 20 new stores by 2012. The expansion is part of the companies growth plans where they opened 18 stores last year. They opened 6 stores the previous year so all indicators show this grocery operation to continue growth during the next couple of years even during soft economic conditions. The stores tend to be in the 100,000sqft plus range in size.
Business development and expansion is in the executive decision making phase providing opportunities for architectural, design and prime contracting firms. Architectural and contractor packages to be sent to the attention of the owner.
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Business development and expansion is in the executive decision making phase providing opportunities for architectural, design and prime contracting firms. Architectural and contractor packages to be sent to the attention of the owner.
This is a marketing and communications type opportunity to introduce your company for consideration. Use this data to introduce yourself to the key decision makers in order to secure negotiated contracts and to be invited to bid on the project. More information to follow.
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Grocery Store Planning 20 New Stores for 2012
Whole Foods Market is planning to expand by opening 20 new stores in 2012. The company has 56 stores in the pipeline. The company has 10 leases that are currently in negotiations and 15 sites that are queued up for real estate committees.
The company has a great business expansion pipeline in place and plans on increasing the rate at which they expand past the initial 20 stores as they become filled. But I would say beginning in 2012, at least 20 stores and then increasing from there.
Expansion plans are in the executive decision making phase providing opportunities for architectural, design and prime contracting firms.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Housing Smackdown
Illinois’ 13th District Republican Representative Judy Biggert, Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, is looking forward to joining with other committee Republicans to quickly extract the federal government from its role as primary financial risk taker in the housing market in this country. Joining in the Obama Treasury Department attack on any continuing role for federal housing subsidies in the form of residential mortgage guarantees, Biggert said in her E-mail message to constituents yesterday: “Taxpayers cannot continue to shoulder the financial risks associated with [federally chartered mortgage guarantors] Fannie [Mae] and Freddie [Mac]. … Our goal should be to choose a path that will quickly and prudently wind down the government’s role and restore stability to the housing market.”
In other words, Republican leaders are climbing aboard the Obama Treasury train of proposed measures which will raise home mortgage interest rates, cut back availability of 30 year fixed rate mortgages to even the most creditworthy borrowers, and altogether eliminate availability of low down payment lending to first time homebuyers. If you don’t already own your home, the American Dream may be pulling out of your station and rapidly receding into the distance as the train whistle hoots its demise. In a long awaited white paper released yesterday by Treasury, the Obama administration proposes cutting the size of mortgages Fannie and Freddie can purchase from private lenders, from the present $729,750 down to $625,500 as soon as the third quarter of 2011. Minimum required down payments will go up to 10% for conventional loans, and rise from the current 3.5% up to 5% for FHA first time buyer mortgages.
Finally, Treasury proposes increasing the fees Fannie and Freddie charge conventional lenders for guaranteeing the mortgages these lenders underwrite.
In a related Obama administration attack aimed specifically at lower income home owners, the administration proposes a $2.5 billion reduction in the LIHEAP home heating fuel assistance program. What’s the point in owning your home if you can’t afford to heat it?
While, admittedly, excesses in home mortgage lending, and the securitization of home loans into derivative instruments, contributed heavily to the near collapse of worldwide financial markets and drove the U. S. economy into the worst recession in decades, it is beginning to look like the Obama administration’s use of a purgative on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be the cure that proves worse than the disease. Available credit for both the construction and purchase of new homes has already dried up into a syrupy consistency clogging the arteries of any hope for quick recovery in the construction sector of the American economy, and the Obama Treasury Department recommendations for home mortgage market reform will keep construction workers, trade contractors and home builders on the sidelines of the economic recovery for years to come.
James G. McConnell
Attorney at Law
Construction Law Services
P. O. Box 3875
Lisle, Illinois 60532-8875
Blog: http://chicagoconstructionlaw.blogspot.com/
In other words, Republican leaders are climbing aboard the Obama Treasury train of proposed measures which will raise home mortgage interest rates, cut back availability of 30 year fixed rate mortgages to even the most creditworthy borrowers, and altogether eliminate availability of low down payment lending to first time homebuyers. If you don’t already own your home, the American Dream may be pulling out of your station and rapidly receding into the distance as the train whistle hoots its demise. In a long awaited white paper released yesterday by Treasury, the Obama administration proposes cutting the size of mortgages Fannie and Freddie can purchase from private lenders, from the present $729,750 down to $625,500 as soon as the third quarter of 2011. Minimum required down payments will go up to 10% for conventional loans, and rise from the current 3.5% up to 5% for FHA first time buyer mortgages.
Finally, Treasury proposes increasing the fees Fannie and Freddie charge conventional lenders for guaranteeing the mortgages these lenders underwrite.
In a related Obama administration attack aimed specifically at lower income home owners, the administration proposes a $2.5 billion reduction in the LIHEAP home heating fuel assistance program. What’s the point in owning your home if you can’t afford to heat it?
While, admittedly, excesses in home mortgage lending, and the securitization of home loans into derivative instruments, contributed heavily to the near collapse of worldwide financial markets and drove the U. S. economy into the worst recession in decades, it is beginning to look like the Obama administration’s use of a purgative on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be the cure that proves worse than the disease. Available credit for both the construction and purchase of new homes has already dried up into a syrupy consistency clogging the arteries of any hope for quick recovery in the construction sector of the American economy, and the Obama Treasury Department recommendations for home mortgage market reform will keep construction workers, trade contractors and home builders on the sidelines of the economic recovery for years to come.
James G. McConnell
Attorney at Law
Construction Law Services
P. O. Box 3875
Lisle, Illinois 60532-8875
Blog: http://chicagoconstructionlaw.blogspot.com/
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