Archive for May, 2006

Punch to auction Spirit pubs

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

UK Auction Info
UK PUB operator Punch Taverns today said it will sell 380 of the outlets it bought from Spirit group in December for £2.7bn as it focuses on those suitable to be transferred to a tenanted basis.

Israeli city for sale on eBay

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Founded in 1878 by Jewish pioneers, Petach Tikvah (”gateway of Hope”) was the first Jewish village in Palestine and later became known as “mother of all settlements.” In 1937 Petach Tikva received the status of a city. Today the number of citizens amounts to around 180 thousand souls.
But, apparently, not all residents are happy with [...]

Taipei Acer Group auction off villa units

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Reflecting the bright real-estate industry outlook, Acer Group’s land auction on Saturday received an overwhelmingly positive response, with 80 percent of the units sold.
Acer commissioned DTZ Debenham Tie Leung (戴德æ¢Â行), a London-listed international real-estate advisory and consultancy firm, to sell off 30 villa units on company land located in the Aspire Park (é¾Â潭渴望園å€) at Longtan, [...]

US Civil War fort on eBay

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Auction Info
A US Civil War-era fort has been put up for sale on eBay. Fort Montgomery, built in 1844, has so far attracted a top bid of £780,000 ($1m) in an online auction that ends on June 5.
The limestone fort, which was manned during the war but never saw action, sits on a Lake Champlain [...]

LDA auctions Gomti Nagar plots

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

With the auction of the plots under Gomti Nagar Housing Scheme, The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) received an additional amount of more than Rs 5 crore. The amount was generated with the auction of three plots, each having an area of 4000 square metres. LDA collected more than Rs 8 crore against the price [...]

Fort Montgomery for sale on eBay

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

US Auction Info
A northern New York fort is up for sale on the online auction service eBay.
Victor Podd of Florida says his family has owned the Civil War-era Fort Montgomery for 23 years and this is the first time it’s formally for sale.
The fort is located on an island in Lake Champlain, in the Adirondack [...]

Weinberg Foundation to Auction Off Property

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

US Auction Info
Five properties on the west side of Baltimore owned by the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation will be auctioned off May 25. Joel Winegarden, the foundation’s vice president of real estate, said the sale is part of a restructuring of the foundation’s investment portfolio at the initiative of Shale D. Stiller, the [...]