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  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • Rebosis Property Plans R1bn share sale

    Johannesburg - Rebosis Property Fund, a South African real estate company, plans a share sale to help fund the purchase of offices and a shopping ...

  • Teen guitarists jaw-dropping shredding skills

    "Teen Mom" and "Backdoor Teen Mom" star Farrah Abraham has successfully taught teenage girls everywhere a very bad lesson: If you get pregnant as an unwed teenager, star in a reality show, then a porno, you, too can be super ...

  • Blackstone Prologis said to buy warehouse portfolio for $960 million

    Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive officer of Blackstone Group LP. Prologis Inc. has joined Blackstone Group LP in a deal to purchase a portfolio of 17 million square feet of warehouse space for about $960 million, according to reports. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. owns 80 percent of the portfolio, Bloomberg reports. Blackstone is expected to operate 9.5 million square feet of the ...

  • Funding nearly fully restored for D.C. Water move

    The D.C. Council's budget skirmish over funding to move D.C. Water facilities out of the Capitol Riverfront is just about done. A couple of weeks after a council committee stripped the project of most of its funding, the full council on Wednesday restored enough that the work can move forward. Instead of $9 million in fiscal 2014, as Mayor Vincent Gray proposed, or $1 million, as the ...


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Cape Fear (1991) [DVD]

Cape Fear (1991) [DVD]

The character of Sam Bowden as played by Nick Nolte in Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear is a far different man than the one played by Gregory Peck in J. Lee Thompson's 1962 original. As played by Peck, Sam Bowden was a pillar of dignity, honesty, and rationality, a good-hearted Southern attorney and family man forced to unleash his inner animal when his family is threatened by an unst ... ...

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  • Negative equity still weighs on Sacramento home market

    Home sale prices are soaring in Sacramento, but more than a third of homes in the region are still under water, according to a Zillow analysis released Thursday. Home sale prices are soaring in Sacramento, but more than a third of homes in the region are still under water, according to a Zillow analysis released Thursday. In the first quarter of 2013, 37.5 percent of homes were worth less than ...

  • Walnut Creek approves downtown apartments

    The Walnut Creek City Council has approved a 141-apartment project that will include 18,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, the Contra Costa Times reports. Laconia Development is set to build the 164,615-square-foot project, called 1500 California, on a 1.23-acre site in the city's downtown. The development will consist of two six-story glass towers on California Boulevard, with ...

  • Good Stuff Eatery All Souls Tavern and Menchies in permits

    An interior remodel permit was issued for the incoming 60-seat Lime Fresh Mexican Grill at 726 Seventh St. NW The featured subject in this Thursday edition of permits: restaurants. We've got frozen yogurt, Mexican food, a new tavern in Shaw and Good Stuff Eatery in Georgetown. Read on for more permits issued May 21 and ...

  • Hunt Valley Towne Centre signs up new tenants

    Hunt Valley Towne Centre is welcoming three new tenants. Calvert Wine and Spirits is expanding into a larger building. The Hunt Valley Towne Centre continues to grow as Calvert Wine and Spirits gears up to move into an upgraded building and three new tenants take its previous spot. Pet Valu, Yolavie, a frozen yogurt place, and Pei Wei, a fast-casual Chinese chain, will occupy the soon-to-be ...

  • QB3 partnership to open new large life sciences incubator

    QB3 associate director Douglas Crawford, in the under-construction QB3@953: Helping life sciences startups through the 'valley of death.' A unique real estate partnership including the University of Californias QB3 institute will expand San Franciscos amount of biotech incubator space by 50 percent, providing enough room for 20 to 30 young companies. QB3 and Dewey Land Co. Inc. expect to ...

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