Found in my pile of magazines and folder of e-newsletters:
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Apartment REIT Stocks Fall to Five-Year Lows
Industry is hurting, but not as badly as other commercial sectors.
The stock market is falling to levels not seen since 1997-and apartment REITs are not immune. A number of leading firms-BRE [...]
Found in my pile of magazines and folder of e-newsletters:
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Apartment REIT Stocks Fall to Five-Year Lows
Industry is hurting, but not as badly as other commercial sectors.
The stock market is falling to levels not seen since 1997-and apartment REITs are not immune. A number of leading firms-BRE Properties in San Francisco, Chicago-based Equity Residential, Apartment Investment and Management Co. in Denver, Essex Property Trust in Palo Alto, Calif., and AvalonBay Communities in Alexandria, Va.-have all seen their stock values plummet to five-year lows.
Read the full story at Multifamily Executive.
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UL begins certification of green products
January 14, 2009
Building Design and Construction
Underwriters Laboratories, the 114-year-old organization known for consumer product safety testing, has begin offering assessment and certification of environmental product claims.
UL’s two new programs launched in January 2009.
“The question of what’s green and what’s not green is being asked more and more,” Christopher R. Nelson, UL’s director for corporate development, said at Greenbuild in Boston.
“UL consumers really have been asking us how do you fit into this space, they look to UL for credibility, and retailers have been asking us (the same questions) as well.”
Get the complete details from Building Design and Construction.
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