by Stefanie Murray | The Ann Arbor News
Friday January 02, 2009, 10:14 PM
The final tally of 2008 home foreclosures in Washtenaw County is in, and it is not pretty: A record 1,439 homes were sold at sheriff’s auction last year, according to statistics released Friday.
One bright spot is that the rate of foreclosure actually [.. more ..]

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by Dan Meisler | Ann Arbor Business Review
Thursday January 01, 2009, 7:00 AM
Data showing an overall regional office vacancy rate that stayed essentially flat in 2008 was a relief to the Swisher Commercial team that annually surveys the office/flex market.
However, what this year will bring remains an sobering question considering the state and national [.. more ..]

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by Dan Meisler | Ann Arbor Business Review
Thursday December 18, 2008, 4:30 AM
As a company that specializes in turning around distressed real estate properties, McKinley is focused more on the silver lining than the economic clouds overhead.
CEO Albert M. Berriz said the current downturn promises opportunities for the company, headquartered in downtown Ann Arbor, [.. more ..]

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A former United States ambassador and his wife have donated $10 million to the University of Michigan to study how democracies are created and to share that information with countries still struggling for political freedom.
Ann Arbor residents Ronald and Eileen Weiser will create a host of new academic efforts, including an academic center, a professorship [.. more ..]

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ANN ARBOR, MI - McMullen Company (www.mcmullencompany.com), an Ann Arbor commercial and residential real estate development and management firm, has signed Tecumseh Products Company (NASDAQ: TECUA) (NASDAQ: TECUB) (www.tecumseh.com) to a seven-year lease for new company headquarters in The Gables Office Center, one of multiple McMullen-owned buildings in the Valley Ranch Business Park on Ann [.. more ..]

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Although McKinley expects much of its future growth to be in Florida, the company is committed to staying in Ann Arbor, Berriz said, mainly because the University of Michigan makes this market economically stable.
Ann Arbor-based McKinley bets on Florida, shifts focus away from Michigan
Originally Posted by Stefanie Murray | The Ann Arbor News July 30, [.. more ..]

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The latest statistics for Washtenaw County show improvements in sales, pending sales, and dollar volume. Residential sales rose 25.21 percent and condominium sales rose 19.30 percent when compared to 2007.
Total residential dollar volume increased 11.60 percent and pending sales are up 33.98 percent when compared to the same period last year.  A modest gain in [.. more ..]

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ANN ARBOR, MI - McMullen Company (www.mcmullencompany.com), an Ann Arbor commercial and residential real estate development and management firm, has signed PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC; www.ptc.com) to a lease for new office space in The Ponds North Office Center, one of multiple McMullen-owned buildings in Valley Ranch Business Park on Ann Arbor’s south side.
PTC plans to [.. more ..]

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ANN ARBOR, MIGHIGAN - JUNE 14, 2008 - The 22nd Annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the Year Award Ceremony for the Central Great Lakes Division Announced Albert M. Berriz, Chief Executive Officer of McKinley, Inc., as Master Entrepreneur for 2008. The award ceremony was held at the Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn on June 12, 2008.
Albert M. [.. more ..]

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Albert M. Berriz, Chief Executive Officer and Karen Andrews, SPHR, Chief Development Officer of McKinley are pleased to jointly announce
today that McKinley has been named to the Honor Roll by The Center for Companies That Care for the third consecutive year.
Honor Roll recipients are selected for their strong commitment to elevating the quality of life [.. more ..]

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