Archive for June, 2006

52 Unit Michigan Shopping Center to be Sold at August 7th Auction

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Press Release
Higgenbotham Auctioneers International announced today that Mackinaw Crossings, a 52-unit boutique style shopping mall will be sold at auction on Monday, August 7th at 6:00 p.m.
Established in 1996, Mackinaw Crossings, with its shopping and entertainment venues has become the lynch-pin of Mackinaw City’s developmental success. The city, which had been known for decades [...]

DNG says two-thirds of properties don’t sell at auction

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Irish Auction Info
Less than a third of properties offered for auction sell under the hammer, according to new research by estate agents Douglas Newman Good (DNG).
In the last four weeks, 256 properties were auctioned in the Dublin area. However, just 83 of these – 32 per cent – were sold at auction.
The figures compare with [...]

Esporta to auction health clubs for £300m

Monday, June 26th, 2006

UK Auction Info
THE upmarket health-clubs company Esporta is in talks to sell its freehold property assets for more than £300m.
The group is believed to have received a number of unsolicited approaches about a possible sale-and-leaseback of its racket clubs. It has asked its regular adviser Citigroup to handle the inquiries.
The current favourite to clinch a [...]

Columbia County auction Costs Man 1,300 Acres

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

A courthouse auction in Columbia County had 1,300 acres up for sale with the going price of $1 million.
The auction is yet another legal step in a year of three separate lawsuits and three separate judgments against Frank Steedley, a Fort White landowner. The first lawsuit stemmed from an overtime pay issue, the following two [...]

Former Farmland Kansas City HQ for Bankruptcy auction

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

US Auction Info
Farmland Industries Inc.’s former headquarters near Kansas City International Airport will be auctioned for sale, the property’s auctioneer announced on Wednesday.
Sealed bids are due Aug. 17 to Sheldon Good & Co. Auctions LLC of Chicago. The bids will be evaluated and a decision will be made within 10 days.
The building at 12200 N. [...]

Bond Wolfe auctioneers win contract for Sandwell Council’s property auction work

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

UK Auction Info
Black Country auctioneers and property investment company Bond Wolfe has won the tender for all of Sandwell Council’s property auction work.
The contract was won in a competitive pitch and it means that West Bromwich-based Bond Wolfe is now the appointed auctioneer for Birmingham and Wolverhampton councils and British Waterways as well as Sandwell [...]

South African Estate for auction

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

SLAIN mining magnate Brett Kebble‘s luxury holiday compound in the Southern Cape – situated on the banks of the picturesque Breede River and worth approximately R7-million – will be auctioned off at the end of next month.
Described as “awesome” by the auctioneers, the property at Malgas, near Swellendam, includes a jetty, floodlit tennis court and [...]