11/29/2006

The latest news that's apparently fit to print:
California Real Estate Journal (11/27) seems most intrigued in sports this week since it offers up a plethora of articles: the Raiders lost their $34+ million jury award against the Alameda on appeal; Senator Feinstein is contemplating introducing a bill to keep the 49ers in San Francisco (their lease expires in 2008); the A's and Cisco Systems have come to an agreement to build a stadium in Fremont; and the City of Berkeley is planning to sue UCB to stop upgrades and development at the University's Memorial Stadium. In non-sports news: Disney is concerned that a housing plan backed by the City of Anaheim that would put1500 condos and apartments next to Disenyland would be an "eyesore" [The article includes a memorable quote from City Councilwoman Lorri Galloway -- "...time and society have altered... Disney is just going to have to change with the times."]; the Nut Tree mixed use development is finally underway in Vacaville; Hemet is losing retail revenue to other places in Riverside County; Liberty Station (formerly the Naval Training Center in San Diego -- BRACed in 1997)is beginning development as a retail-arts district
Orange County Business Journal (11/27) has a detail-laden piece on Dana Point ocean lots in The Strand at Headlands. Details of the sales for the initial lot offering are included
Los Angeles Business Journal (11/20) has an article on the future of KB Home's downtown convention center hotel project given the departure of KB's CEO
Business Week (12/4) offers an article on the fighting tactics of retail developers in an increasingly land-scare world.
Tourist Attractions and Parks (Nov) includes coverage of: merchandising at large parks; Chicaog's first indoor waterpark hotel, Chula Vista Resort in the Dells; the basics of an fec; the demographics of bowling
The Economist (11/25) catches us up on the gossip and troubles surrounding the costs of the prep for the London Olympics
American Indian Report (Nov) In a historic turn, the Eastern Shoshone (Wind River reservation, WY) have become the first Indian tribe to join the NAACP; Richard West has resigned as head of the NMAI
New Orleans City Business (11/13) reports that Mayor Nagin has a plan via his 2007 budget to upgrade the city's bond rating. NO had fallen to "junk Bond" status after Katrina; it has risen to a rating of "stable," but still hasn't reached the necessary "investment grade." Also there's a thoughtful, but not data-driven piece on redevelopment of post-tsunami Indonesia v. post-Katrina NO.

ULI is now 89 days late with Dollars and Cents of Shopping Centers.