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Second Line Stages set to expand with added office space

Jim S — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:52:25 +0000

It is expanding its office space with the renovation of a 30,000-square-foot building on Constance Street in the Lower Garden District.

Second Line Stages set to expand with added office space.

» Developers bullish on demand for downtown New Orleans apartments

Jim S — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:48:22 +0000

By the end of 2012 almost 500 new apartment units will have been opened for residency in the past two years, with hundreds more planned.

» Developers bullish on demand for downtown New Orleans apartments.

Using gardens to exploit the solar potential of the roof

Jim S — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:56:26 +0000

Usable space is normally thought of as mainly being under roof. But now more attention is being paid to all that space on top. We all know that rooftops can house solar energy plants.

Now the growing urban farming movement is using solar energy the old fashioned way, showing how rooftops can be transformed into gardens and even fish farms.

US-based BrightFarms is building greenhouses for growing produce on the tops of supermarkets.

The Rooftop Farms project has transformed a vacant flat factory roof into a small community garden in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Efficient City Farming is designing and implementing urban garden and fish farms on flat roofs in Germany and elsewhere in Europe.

Fear your roof can’t handle all that weight? CitySoil offers a light weight growing medium specially designed for rooftops.

The Neuroscience of Direct Mail

Jim S — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:20:17 +0000

Physical mail pieces seems to make a greater impact on subject’s brains than do online media, according to a study commissioned by the UK’s Royal Mail. The study used fMRI scanning to measure emotional processing. And we all know that marketing (and art for that matter) is most effective when it elicits an emotional response from viewers.

Using Neuroscience to Understand the Role of Direct Mail.

New Orleans business: Most improved in 2011 – MarketWatch

Jim S — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:18:51 +0000

New Orleans business: Most improved in 2011 – MarketWatch.

We’re far from #1, but boy did we move up in the rankings.

Rising Rents Improve Investors’ Returns

Jim S — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:48:50 +0000

Rising Rents Improve Investors’ Returns.

Trends favor investment real estate, especially residential. Looking for investment property? Please contact me for help.

Renters Outspend Owners on Housing

Jim S — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:42:17 +0000

Renters now spend five percent more of their household budgets on housing costs than do homeowners, and the difference is growing as rents rise.

via Renters Outspend Owners on Housing.

Are Sellers Withdrawing?

Jim S — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:34:47 +0000

A decline in inventories is normal at this time of the year as real estate markets buckle down for the fall and winter season. But the 20 percent plus drop in inventories from last year at this time suggests something else is going on.

via Are Sellers Withdrawing?.

NOLA one of top metros for gain in real estate values

Jim S — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:34:01 +0000

According to Zillow the New Orleans metro area is one of the top 10 metro areas for gain in real estate values over the past five years. Read about it here:
Daily Real Estate News.

Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD)

Jim S — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:27:14 +0000

Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD).

Click link above for access to all you need to know about the new appraisal rules promulgated by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.