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- No benefit in REIT conversion, says AIM chief.(05 Finance)
- Trimble Fiscal Court receives cost of new courthouse addition
- Two designers left leafy north London to live and work in a tiny…
- Downtown sees growth in living spaces
- Sea kayaking

No benefit in REIT conversion, says AIM chief.(05 Finance)
Free with registration – Estates Gazette – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 29, 2007
(05 Finance) –> COPYRIGHT 2007 Reed Business Information Ltd. There is no incentive for companies listed on AIM to become REITs, according to the chief executive of AIM-listed self-storage group Lok’nStore. Andrew Jacobs said many AIM companies would lose valuable tax breaks if forced to join the FTSE to convert. He added that reform of the REIT regime,.

Trimble Fiscal Court receives cost of new courthouse addition
Madison Courier – Sep 29, 2007
, will send a formal letter to the Carrollton company and have the company complete a contract. “It’s fair on both sides,” county attorney Perry Arnold said about the contract. Once the contract is completed, the local construction company will have 180 days to complete the addition. As construction begins, the inside the new courthouse building will provide the county clerk’s office with additional office space for files and storage of deeds and records. The area will also have a break room, restrooms, a storage area for voting machines, wider corridors, an attic for more storage, new carpeting and vaulted ceilings in the entrance area of the building. The existing courthouse and the new courthouse expansion will be connected through a hallway. Once the county clerk’s office is completed, the circuit court clerk will move into the county clerk’s former office in the existing courthouse, and the sheriff’s office will expand into the circuit court clerk’s current office…
Once the contract is completed, the local construction company will have 180 days to complete the addition. As construction begins, the inside the new courthouse building will provide the county clerk’s office with additional office space for files and storage of deeds and records. The area will also have a break room, restrooms, a storage area for voting machines, wider corridors, an attic for more storage, new carpeting and vaulted ceilings in the entrance area of the building. The existing courthouse and the new courthouse expansion will be connected through a hallway. Once the county clerk’s office is completed, the circuit court clerk will move into the county clerk’s former office in the existing courthouse, and the sheriff’s office will expand into the circuit court clerk’s current office. In the meantime, the Fiscal Court will have the electricity disconnected from the old jailer’s office behind the current courthouse, so local preservationists can begin moving the building to its new location on the corner of Church Street and Meadow Lane. “We have the grounds to move forward,” Stevens said.

Two designers left leafy north London to live and work in a tiny…
Guardian Unlimited – Sep 29, 2007
There are still plenty of creatives around – architects upstairs, graphic designers next door – and the couple’s daily commute involves going down one flight of sturdy, early-19th-century wooden stairs to the street and entering another door two metres to the right that leads to their ground-floor workspace. Doshi and Levien met while studying design at the Royal College of Art, from which both graduated in 1997. They went on to work for various designers and companies (he for Ross Lovegrove and Habitat, she for London furniture company SCP and architect David Chipperfield), before setting up a company together in 2000. They’d shared accommodation since college, dated only once they’d left, and in 2002 married and moved east. Their home, a single living space, is no designer dogma zone, though. Most items have been “gifted or found”, Levien says. A George Nelson Marshmallow sofa, an iconic piece made of linked padded circular parts, and a colourful Eames storage unit were given to them by US manufacturer Herman Miller after the pair had given a talk to its employees…
With their beautifully embroidered and patchworked cushions and sleek, black lacquered made-in-Italy bases, the daybeds (or Charpoys) are designed to represent a seamless fusion of Indian and European. Around the pair’s wooden meeting table (Terence Woodgate for SCP) are bright green, early production Eames chairs. “A tutor was moving to the States and renting out his house with these in them,” Levien says. “He said we could take them if we replaced them with something else. That’s the only time I’ve bought anything in Ikea.

Downtown sees growth in living spaces
Hattiesburg American – Sep 29, 2007
“That hallway is just awesome,” Williams said. “I could see having a big Christmas party with all the neighbors. “The main floor will also have a common workout room available to both apartment and business tenants of the building while the lower level will provide parking spaces and storage for tenants, Brown said. “When we get this all done, I think we’re going to have something downtown can really be proud of,” Brown said. Apartment development has been a top priority for downtown officials, who are working with gurus like Leland Speed, former executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority. Whenever speaking in downtown Hattiesburg, Speed hammers home the importance of more apartments for retaining the best and brightest crop of young Mississippians. “In the development of the downtown area, housing is one of the most important things we can do to bring a downtown back,” Brown said…
“I think there is the demand,” Brown said. “I’ve had tons of people interested in these apartments. “Richard Buckman, owner of the political consulting company Buckman and Associates, and his fiancee Kim Walsh, owner of the marketing company Media Plus, jumped at the chance to get an apartment on Walnut Street after moving here from Washington, D. “I truly believe if we had not heard about it by word of mouth we would not have gotten it,” Buckman said. He said he would like to see more lofts and apartments in the downtown and he believes the city is moving in the right direction.

Sea kayaking
Guardian Unlimited – Sep 29, 2007
After that it’s up to you – in Pembrokeshire, “island bagging” is a favourite (if exhausting) thrill, kayaking around as many of the 100-plus little islands in the area. In Scotland, hardened adventurers who want to mix kayaking with climbing and camping could, say, sign up to a five-night expedition to the majestic Cullin mountains on the Isle of Skye, which includes kayaking through sheltered lochs and remote bays. Adrenaline peakThe Bitches, off the south-western tip of the Pembrokeshire coast are so-called because they boast some of the fastest-moving salt water in Britain. It’s one big tidal ocean surf, with waves up to 2 metres high and whirlpools so powerful they have caused shipwrecks. Experienced kayakers (and surfers) head here to pit themselves against the fury. Where to do itWilderness Scotland, an activity centre famed for sustainable tourism, is one company that organises trips in the Outer Hebrides – said to be one of the world’s finest kayaking spots (you might even spot whales there). The wonders of the Pembrokeshire Coast national park have spawned a host of organisations offering kayaking and many other watery adventures, such as Preseli Venture and TYF Adventure…
It’s one big tidal ocean surf, with waves up to 2 metres high and whirlpools so powerful they have caused shipwrecks. Experienced kayakers (and surfers) head here to pit themselves against the fury. Where to do itWilderness Scotland, an activity centre famed for sustainable tourism, is one company that organises trips in the Outer Hebrides – said to be one of the world’s finest kayaking spots (you might even spot whales there). The wonders of the Pembrokeshire Coast national park have spawned a host of organisations offering kayaking and many other watery adventures, such as Preseli Venture and TYF Adventure. Shoreline Outdoor Pursuits runs a range of courses along the north Devon and Cornwall coast. Who can do itAnybody who is confident in the water. Of course, if you haven’t kayaked before it’s advisable to stick to sheltered areas that your guide knows well.