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On a large television screen in Pyongyang, state television announces the news that North Korea conducted a nuclear …
Obama promptly led a chorus of international condemnation, warning that the "ill-advised" and "highly provocative" test and a Dec. 12 ballistic missile launch "do not make North Korea more secure."
"The danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international community," the president said in a written statement released by the White House.
The timing was no accident. North Korea's Stalinist state, technically still at war with South Korea, frequently tries to seize global attention with threats to turn that country's capital, Seoul, into a "lake of fire." North Korea also celebrated July 4, 2006, with a ballistic missile launch.
One week ago, it released a bizarre video showing a city resembling New York under missile attack—to the strains of "We Are the World" on the piano. (It could also be an early present for North Korea leader Kim Jong Un's late father, Kim Jong Il, whose birthday officially falls on Feb. 16).
Administration officials worry that North Korea may be making progress towards constructing a nuclear bomb small enough to fit on a ballistic missile that might someday be able to reach the continental U.S. Obama, like Bush before him, has tightened economic sanctions on the regime in Pyongyang while working with China, Russia, Japan and South Korea in the so-called "Six-Party talks" to pressure the North. Of those countries, China is often described as holding the key: It is North Korea's last patron in the international community. And it sharply condemned the test.
In Washington, Obama vowed that the U.S. will "continue to take steps necessary" to defend itself and its allies.
"We will strengthen close coordination with allies and partners and work with our Six-Party partners, the United Nations Security Council, and other U.N. member states to pursue firm action," he declared.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper's office confirmed that America's spy agencies believe North Korea "probably conducted an underground nuclear explosion" with a yield of "approximately several kilotons." (One kiloton = the approximate power of 1,000 tons of dynamite.)
In Congress, leading Republicans responded by criticizing North Korea—and Obama, who planned to promote nuclear arms reductions in his State of the Union speech.
"It is unfortunate that despite repeated overtures, the North Korean government has chosen to further isolate itself and increasingly destabilize the region," said House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon, R-Calif. "It is also unfortunate that on the same day the president of the United States plans to announce further reductions in U.S. nuclear weapons, we see another hostile regime unimpressed by his example."
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., said the test shows North Korea isn't about to give up on its nuclear program and warned it "demands the Obama administration's attention."
Royce said Obama's North Korea policy has "failed" and urged tougher sanctions aimed at "crippling" its military capabilities.
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TECUMSEH — Ian and Phyllis Gliori are among the people who would qualify for expanded Medicaid coverage if Gov. Mary Fallin hadn't turned it down.
Oklahoma Watch: Tecumseh restaurant owners want no part of government health care
That's just fine with them.
Owners of Gliori's Italian Restaurant in Fallin's hometown of Tecumseh, the Glioris say their household income last year was well below the $20,123 ceiling for a family of two in the Obama administration's expansion plan.
"I just don't want government in my life," says Ian, 52, taking a break from preparing lasagna before the evening dinner crowd arrives. "I don't want their help. I probably won't take Social Security when I'm 68 either."
The Glioris' perspective might be a minority view among the uninsured. But it helps explain why opposition to Obama's Medicaid expansion appears widespread, and why Fallin concluded that the state would be better off without it, even though the federal government promised to pick up most of the cost.
The Glioris have no health insurance. So far, Ian says, they've been lucky. They're in good health and have had no major illnesses or injuries. Ian estimates his own medical expenses are less than $100 a year.
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My great grandfather was Baron George Ritter von Tomasini. He was a career soldier. He was born May 1819-the year is unsure- in we believe the vicinity of Budapest, Hungary at that time part of the Austrian Empire. He referred to himself as Austrian and Hungarian. He was married twice. He had four children by his first wife, name unknown. We believe he had two boys and two girls. He came to Mexico to fight with Maximilian about 1862-1865. After this he went to New Orleans and then to Texas where he lived until his death. He either married my great grandmother Eva Elinor Weiland on his way over or sometime around 1863. Their first daughter was born in 1867 in Louisianna, the other 3 children were born in Texas. Maybe you are descended from one of the Baron's sons by his first wife. If any of this sounds familiar please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com Thanks, Goldie
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Our mortgage banker said to reduce credit card debt...if you've got a banker that you want to work with, call them and ask which matters more.
In our case, the banker wanted NO credit cards over 50% util to help with FICO score, the higher FICO score allows her more room to wiggle with DTI.
YMMV of course.
How long would it take you to pay down both cards? I can tell you that Uti is a large factor in your score. Not that you said you are, but I would not app for any new cards to lower your uti only because you will begin the process of mortgage pre-qual in Jan.
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I can probably get them to under 50% by the end of the year, but I will not be able to save more money towards the house.
The advice of talking to a broker is a good idea, just don't let them HP your account. If it really is an either-or, the question is how much have you saved (and how much could you save if you don't pay down the cc) towards the down-payment. Where a broker might be able to help is to give you some idea of the score brackets. So maybe getting to 700 won't help a lot compared to where you are (in which case save for the down-payment) or doing that will push you into a much better rate, saving tens of thousands over the life of the mortgage, in which case pay the cards down instead. I also don't know how much improvement you will get from going from 80% on two cards to 50% on two cards.
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So, I have a Citicard with 4,000 out of 5,000 and chase 4,000 out if 5,000. Score is 677 trying to get to 700 or higher to qualify for a good mortgage. I would like to start process in Jan to look for a house. Should I take the money and save for house or pay down credit cards. Really need to move
Do the math. 8,000/10,000 = 80% which is way too high to apply for anything. +1 for talking to a broker first though.
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Also please remember if you do not put 20% down, you will pay PMI for an FHA for the LIFE of the loan. It cannot be removed as in could in tbe past. This could add an extra 1% to the rate of your loan...
Compound that over 15-30 years and see which is more expensive..
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What: Press Conference & Photo Opportunity Against Use of Dispersants
Statements by Groups Opposed to Dispersant Use
Where: Outside Deepwater Horizon Joint Incident Command Center, 1250 Poydras, NOLA
When: Thursday, July 22, 2010, Noon-1pm
Despite the warnings of a host of marine scientists, toxicologists, environmentalists and residents of the Gulf Coast, the EPA gave BP the green light to use, up to now, 1.8 million gallons of the toxic Dispersant Corexit 9527 and 9500, threatening Gulf ecosystems, marine life, the food chain, and human health.
"I don't want dispersant to become the Agent Orange of the Gulf oil spill",.-- Senator Barbara Mikulski, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, during questioning of Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Jackson.
"Wings and a Prayer", Gulf Oil Spill
The pelican and the Gulf oil spill, in pictures and music
July 21, 2010 "Wings and a Prayer," a mythical journey of Louisiana's endangered state bird, the brown pelican, is told in art and music. Continued
Agent Orange Cleanup:
A Priority for Hillary Clinton in Vietnam
Walter Isaacson and Lt. General Phung Khac Dang, Vice President of the Vietnam Veterans Association are briefed on dioxin containment work at Danang Airport
21 July 2010 The last stop on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Asian tour this week is Vietnam, where she will discuss among other things an enduring remnant of the war, the after-effects of Agent Orange. The U.S. government belatedly recognized the impact of the deadly defoliant on American troops, but has resisted accepting responsibility for the damage the chemical inflicted on the Vietnamese with birth defects still evident decades after the end of the war.
Oil Gusher Stopped, Except Where it Hasn't Been Stopped
Thad Allen Tells BP Seabed "Seeping" and Demands More Monitoring
By Georgianne Nienaber
Adm. Thad Allen released a letter to BP Chief Managing Director Bob Dudley tonight in which he demands that BP provide more monitoring information, citing "a detected seep a distance from the well and undetermined anomalies at the well head."
And read this:
Emergency Committee to Stop Gulf Oil Disaster
Headlines may be reading "BP oil gusher capped," but according to the Emergency Committee to Stop the Gulf Oil Disaster, the crisis spawned by the blowout of BP's Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico is far from over, and the need to for "all hands on deck" to stop this catastrophe – in all its dimensions – is more needed than ever. This is underscored by late-breaking Sunday news of "a detected seep a distance from the well and undetermined anomalies at the well head." (Washington Post)
"To call the oil spill cap the end of this crisis is akin to calling the killing of Saddam Hussein the end of the war in Iraq," Emergency Committee Steering Committee member Dan Thelen. "Just as the war still ravages on in Iraq worse than ever, the effects of millions of gallons of oil and dispersants on our precious Gulf and the surrounding communities, not to mention the hundreds of rigs poised to meet the same demise, signal to me that the public must not be deceived. Rather, we must be more organized and vigilant than ever in sending across the resounding message that our Gulf and indeed our world is still in crisis over this oil spill."
Arctic Ice Melting
This came through in a DoD e-mailing covering updated news. Showing how serious the Pentagon and Military are taking the 'Global Warming Research' going on, this isn't the first.
Why are giant slabs of Arctic ice melting so fast? [ICESCAPE]
Don Perovich on the Ice. (Photo: Haley Smith Kingsland)
July 16, 2010 "This is the best ice floe ever," remarked Don Perovich (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory), leader of ICESCAPE's sea ice team. It looks like a normal floe to me, but to Don, each new floe he samples is the best floe ever. Ice floes are big slabs of frozen ocean, and the ice team is trying to understand why they are melting so fast and what the consequences for the Arctic marine ecosystem might be.
Fools' Errand: BP Well Closure Attempt Not Working as Hoped
By Dave Lindorff
The Coast Guard is conceding this afternoon that the pressure is not building up as hoped in the blown-out BP Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico, raising concerns that the pipe that runs from the surface down through the bore to the oil reservoir 13,000 feet below the sea bottom has lost its integrity, and is allowing oil under high pressure to leak out into the surrounding concrete and rock outside the pipe, where it can and likely will make its way to the waters above.
So far so good, but hang on to your hat: This Thing's Gonna Blow!
By Dave Lindorff
What the hell are they thinking in Washington, and down at the "Unified Command" in New Orleans, letting BP try to close off the oil volcano spewing out the top of the damaged Blowout Preventer (BOP) stack?
And what the hell is the mainstream press doing not asking about the clear evidence of oil or gas spewing out under pressure from cracks in the seafloor around the base of the BOP? (See the image of oil spewing from the sea floor here.)
Sure the initial partial closing of the valves is working, but they haven't built up much pressure yet, and a lot could go wrong. seriously wrong, and there's good reason to think it will.
Operation Free
14 July 2010 I just spent four hours on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico with fellow veterans and two retired Generals, touring the damage that the oil spill has had on the coast and the economy here in Louisiana. As a Gulf native, I know how much this will hurt the people here, and across America, who depend on the region for their livelihoods. But I also came as a veteran to see just how bad it would be if oil platforms were attacked by terrorist groups.
Civilian Trauma {PTSD} from Disasters
July 13: Corey Hebert, WDSU medical editor, talks with Keith Olbermann about attention being paid to Gulf Coast residents whose health is affected by the BP oil disaster.
USAG HOLDER: "We will not tolerate wrongdoing by those who are sworn to protect the public."
Translation: "We will not tolerate wrongdoing by small fry (just forget Bush/Cheney, etc., etc., etc.)."
Six more policemen charged in Katrina killings
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six more New Orleans police officers have been indicted in connection with the shooting deaths of two people and the wounding of four others who were walking on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
U.S. prosecutors unsealed a 27-count indictment that charged three current officers and one former officer with the killing, and subsequent cover-up, of James Brissette, a 17-year-old city resident, and Ronald Madison, a 40-year-old man who suffered disabilities and was shot in the back.
July 20th - On the 3-Month Anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster - Join us to kick-off a week of actions that support people and the planet over corporate polluters like BP.
The BP blowout disaster began with an explosion that killed 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This disaster has since devastated livelihoods and the future for people in the Gulf, as well as the ecosystem of fish, birds and other wildlife in this wounded region of the U.S.
July 20th also represents the 41st anniversary of the Apollo moon landing.
Two historic events, one an example of American aspiration and ingenuity, and the other of corporate polluters' undermining our economy, environment and democracy.
We Need Some Journalists With Guts to Take on the Government and BP!
By Dave Lindorff
The Obama administration and BP have clearly been conspiring to hide the magnitude of the Gulf oil catastrophe from the public. One way they're doing this is by threatening jail terms and $40,000 fines against those who go to document the fiasco.
That is ridiculous. There is not a conceivable justification for banning the media from fully covering this environmental disaster.
Solar or New Nuke Plants
Solar power cheaper than new nuclear plants, study says
July 8, 2010 Aided by federal and state tax breaks, solar energy will be cheaper than building new nuclear power plants, according to a North Carolina study released today.
Dr. John Blackburn, the emeritus chair of economics and former chancellor of Duke University, said the costs of new nuclear plants continues to rise while electricity generated from solar voltaic panels is only half the cost of 12 years ago. Continued with More Coming Tomorrow
At least as to this short report that a more in-depth report to be publish tomorrow.
No Free Press for BP Oil Disaster
By Dahr Jamail, Inter Press Service
NEW ORLEANS, Jul 7, 2010 (IPS) - Last week, the U.S. Coast Guard, working in concert with oil giant BP, instituted new restrictions across the U.S. Gulf Coast that prevent the media from coming within 20 metres of booms or response vessels on beaches or water. But the insidiousness of the restrictions runs even deeper.
"You can't come in here," Don, the security guard hired by BP, told IPS at the Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Fort Jackson, Louisiana.
Inside, the International Bird Rescue Research Center, one of the companies hired by BP to clean wildlife, works to wash oiled birds before returning them to the wild.
Oil-Soaked Congress Tries to Clean its Plumage in Time for Election Day
By James Ridgeway
The way the Washington Post reported the story, Congress has finally pushed through "tougher" off-shore drilling regulations for oil companies.
Two key Senate committees approved legislation before the July 4 holiday that purport to change the way the federal government regulates offshore oil drilling and that penalize companies for oil spills. Both measures passed on bipartisan voice votes. One approved by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee would raise the civil and criminal penalties for a spill, require more safety equipment redundancies, boost the number of federal safety inspectors and demand additional precautions for deep-water drilling. The other, passed by the Environment and Public Works Committee, would remove a $75 million limit on oil company liability and would retroactively remove the liability cap for BP and the Deepwater Horizon explosion.
Judge Refuses To Jail Activist Who Hung Banner In Senate Building, Over Objection Of US Attorney
Judge refuses to jail activist who hung banner in Senate building, over objection of US Attorney
US Attorney wanted jail sentence of 40 days, three years suspended sentence
By Allen D. McDuffee | Raw Story
Environmentalist Ted Glick narrowly escaped a jail sentence today for misdemeanor convictions related to hanging banners in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building.
"I'm overwhelmingly surprised," Glick told Raw Story. "I fully expected to go to jail." Read more.
Obama warns corruption erodes faith in government: Hillary Clinton Blasts Steel Vise of Government Crushing Dissent
By Dave Lindorff
Finally, a politician has stood up and boldly denounced the creeping fascism that is gradually crushing democracy and political activism.
Not mincing her words, or trying to justify the jackboot, Secretary of State and 2008 presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton roundly condemned government actions that she said are "closing in the walls" on unions, rights advocates and organizations that press for social change or that shine a light on government shortcomings.
"Democracies don't fear their own people," she declared in ringing tones. "They recognize that citizens must be free to come together to advocate and agitate."
Clinton even got the normally taciturn President Obama to join her, releasing a statement in which he said he was concerned about "the spread of restrictions on civil society, the growing use of law to curb rather than enhance freedom, and wide-spread corruption that is undermining the faith of citizens in their government."
In Louisiana, Governor Jindal Vetoes Bill To Open Oil To Reveal BP Secrets
In Louisiana, Governor Jindal vetoes bill to open oil to reveal BP secrets
By kerimelshenker | Creative Loafing
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal rejected a bill last Friday ( June 25), that would have required him to make public and preserve all his office's documents involving the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
He wrote in his veto letter that, "This bill would allow BP and other parties with potential liability to the state to obtain information retained by any state agency responding to this tragic event." He is concerned that the access could jeopardize the state's position in seeking legal remedy for the spill's damage....
Jindal has said he wants BP to open its claims database to the state to help with payments to those affected by the spill. It is amazing that Jindal is pushing BP to open some of its records when he refuses to open his. Read more.
It's Not Just BP's Oil In The Gulf That Threatens World's Oceans
It's not just BP's oil in the Gulf that threatens world's oceans
By Les Blumenthal | McClatchy Newspapers
A sobering new report warns that the oceans face a "fundamental and irreversible ecological transformation" not seen in millions of years as greenhouse gases and climate change already have affected temperature, acidity, sea and oxygen levels, the food chain and possibly major currents that could alter global weather.
The report, in Science magazine, brings together dozens of studies that collectively paint a dismal picture of deteriorating ocean health.
"This is further evidence we are well on our way to the next great extinction event," said Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, the director of the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland in Australia and a co-author of the report. Read more.
BP Wants Partners to Help Shoulder Spill Cost
BP Wants Partners to Help Shoulder Spill Cost
By John Schwartz | NY Times
The other companies, however, do not necessarily see their responsibilities the same way BP does. Anadarko has suggested that BP engaged in "gross negligence" and "willful misconduct" — terms that, if proved in arbitration or court, could allow it to slip the bonds of liability under its joint operating agreement with BP. A spokesman for Anadarko, John Christiansen, said he would not comment beyond the company's previous statement, adding, "We are still assessing our contractual remedies."
BP has said repeatedly that it will pay for the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But its actions show that it does not intend to go it alone.
Newly released documents show that on June 2, BP sent out demands for nearly $400 million to its partners in the well, the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and the Mitsui Oil Exploration Company of Japan, or roughly 40 percent of the $1 billion BP spent in May.
The amounts demanded by BP — $272 million from Anadarko and $111 million from Mitsui — reflect the provisions of each company's joint operating agreement with BP, which gives a share of liability equal to each company's share of ownership. Read more.
BP Admits Failing To Use Industry Risk Test At Any Of Its Deepwater Wells In The US
BP admits failing to use industry risk test at any of its deepwater wells in the US
BP was facing fresh criticism over its approach to safety on Saturday night after critics said it did not use an industry standard process to asses risk ahead of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
By Rowena Mason | Telegraph.co.UK
The procedure, known as a safety case, was developed in Britain after the catastrophic Piper Alpha oil rig explosion of 1988 in which 167 people lost their lives.
Royal Dutch Shell confirmed that it always develops safety cases – a lengthy written document – on each of its thousands of wells in the world, even though they are only mandatory in some countries.
However, BP admitted to The Sunday Telegraph that it does not use safety cases on any of its US wells, including the high-pressure deep water Macondo well from which up to 60,000 barrels of oil per day are still leaking in the Gulf of Mexico.
It is now 75 days since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank, killing 11 men and triggering the catastrophic spill.
The US Government wants to make the safety case process a legal requirement for floating offshore drilling – one of five recommendations to change processes in the Gulf. Read more.
Should BP Nuke Its Leaking Oil Well?
Should BP nuke its leaking oil well? | Reuters via CNET
His face wracked by age and his voice rasping after decades of chain-smoking coarse tobacco, the former longtime Russian minister of nuclear energy and veteran Soviet physicist Viktor Mikhailov knows just how to fix BP's oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
"A nuclear explosion over the leak," he says, nonchalantly puffing a cigarette as he sits in a conference room at the Institute of Strategic Stability, where he is a director. "I don't know what BP is waiting for, they are wasting their time. Only about 10 kilotons of nuclear explosion capacity and the problem is solved."
A nuclear fix to the leaking well has been touted online and in the occasional newspaper op-ed for weeks now. Washington has repeatedly dismissed the idea, and BP executives say they are not considering an explosion--nuclear or otherwise. But as a series of efforts to plug the 60,000 barrels of oil a day gushing from the sea floor have failed, talk of an extreme solution refuses to die.
For some, blasting the problem seems the most logical answer in the world. Mikhailov has had a distinguished career in the nuclear field, helping to close a Soviet Union program that used nuclear explosions to seal gas leaks. Ordinarily he's an opponent of nuclear blasts, but he says an underwater explosion in the Gulf of Mexico would not be harmful and could cost no more than $10 million. That compares with the $2.35 billion BP has paid out in cleanup and compensation costs so far. "This option is worth the money," he says. Read more.
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This is devastating. The working poor of New Orleans must feel like they have a target on their backs. Katrina, the Gulf disaster... now this? Apparently Habitat for Humanity is so worried about legal exposure, they've been stonewalling the residents:
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Combat cold temperatures with this plush wearable blanket. The blanket features machine-washable polyester fleece and long sleeves that allow for hands-free movement while retaining body warmth. It comes in six colors and measures 69 inches x 56 inches.
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Soft to the touch; comfortable; and laundries well I bought this 2-pack of robes for my 95-year-old aunt, who is in a rest home. She loves them! They laundry well, and she likes them so well, she sleeps on one of them at night....says they feel so soft to her skin. The quality of the robes compared to the price is exceptional. Since my aunt is inclined to be cold, I will continue to keep these for her for as long as she needs them. This is a great product at a very reasonable price!
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Artis Announces $150 Million Equity Offering and Announces New US$68.8 Million Industrial and Office Property Acquisitions and $154.9 Million Office Portfolio Acquisition
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Artis Announces $150 Million Equity Offering and Announces New US$68.8 Million Industrial and Office Property Acquisitions and $154.9 Million Office Portfolio Acquisition
16:33 EDT Tuesday, April 30, 2013WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwired - April 30, 2013) -
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:AX.UN) ("Artis" or the "REIT") announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell to a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Capital Markets, CIBC and Canaccord Genuity Corp. (the "Underwriters"), on a bought deal basis, 9,065,000 trust units ("Units") at a price of $16.55 per Unit for gross proceeds to Artis of $150,025,750 (the "Financing"). Artis has also granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable at any time up to 48 hours prior to the closing of the Financing, to purchase a further 1,359,750 units at the issue price which, if fully exercised, would result in additional gross proceeds of $22,503,863.
The Financing is being made pursuant to the REIT's base shelf prospectus dated June 15, 2012. The terms of the offering will be described in a prospectus supplement to be filed with Canadian securities regulators. The Financing is expected to close on or about May 9, 2013 and is subject to regulatory approval.
Artis intends to use the net proceeds to fund future acquisitions, including those outlined below, for debt repayment and for general trust purposes.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in any jurisdiction. The Units being offered have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and state securities laws. Accordingly, the Units may not be offered or sold to U.S. persons except pursuant to applicable exemptions from registration requirements.
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Artis has entered into an unconditional agreement to acquire the Quarry Park Portfolio, a 282,327 square foot portfolio of Class A LEED Gold certified office buildings located in Calgary, Alberta. The three portfolio properties, which were constructed between 2010 and 2013, include 663 surface stalls and 315 underground parking stalls, for a parking ratio of 3.5 stalls per 1,000 square feet of leasable area. All three properties are located in Quarry Park, a new mixed use development well-located with proximity and quick access to Deerfoot Trail and Glenmore Trail, two of Calgary's highest volume transportation corridors. The Quarry Park Portfolio is 100% occupied by publically traded companies and government tenants, including Alberta Health Services, Telvent Canada Ltd., and Stantec Consulting Ltd., with a weighted-average lease term to maturity of 9.6 years. The purchase price for this portfolio is $154.9 million financed with cash, by way of the assumption of a $23.9 million mortgage maturing in 2016 and bearing interest at 3.0% per annum, and from the proceeds of two new ten-year mortgages totaling $57.5 million and bearing interest at an annual rate of 3.77%. The closing is anticipated to occur on May 8, 2013.
Artis has entered into an unconditional agreement to acquire a 50% interest in 1700 Broadway, a 394,151 square foot, 22 floor office building located in Denver, Colorado. Located in the desirable Uptown submarket of the Central Business District, this property has 24 tenants ranging in size from 725 square feet to 173,000 square feet and is 95.0% occupied. Major tenants in the building include Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, State of Colorado - Secretary of State, and Ensign US Drilling, Inc. who collectively occupy over 62% of the property. 1700 Broadway has exclusive rights to an 827 stall parking garage, providing a parking ratio of 2.1 stalls per 1,000 square feet. Artis' partner for the remaining 50% interest is MDC Realty Advisors USA Inc. ("MDC"), acting on behalf of private investors as their advisor. The ownership group will retain MDC's affiliate Hannay Realty Advisors as property manager for this project. With the addition of 1700 Broadway, Hannay Realty Advisors will have approximately 4.0 million square feet under management in the Denver area and over 12.0 million square feet under management in its overall portfolio. Hannay Realty Advisors has offices in Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas and Orange County. The closing is anticipated to occur on May 22, 2013.
Artis has entered into an unconditional agreement to acquire ASM America Headquarters Building, a 130,282 square foot Class A industrial/office building located in the Southbank Business Park, a premier industrial park near Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. This property is 100% leased to ASM America, Inc. Since the building's construction in 1997, it has benefited from significant tenant investments and improvements, making it a "mission critical" facility for the tenant. ASM America Inc. is a subsidiary of ASM International N.V., which is a publicly traded global supplier of semiconductors with a market capitalization of $2.2 billion and a S&P rating of BB- (stable). ASM International N.V. is the guarantor of the lease, which was recently renewed until 2021, and provides for periodic rent escalations over the lease term. The closing is anticipated to occur on May 31, 2013.
The U.S. properties are being acquired for an aggregate of US$68.8 million, and will be financed with cash, and US$24.5 million of new ten-year mortgage financing bearing interest at 3.11% per annum. The weighted-average capitalization rate of all of the new acquisitions is 6.32%.
Previously Announced Acquisitions
Artis has entered into unconditional agreements to purchase the following commercial properties in Canada for an aggregate purchase price of $92.7 million, which represents a weighted-average capitalization rate of 6.4%. The purchase prices will be settled with cash on hand and from the proceeds of new ten-year mortgage financing aggregating $25.0 million bearing interest at an annual rate of 3.8%. Additional financing arrangements are underway at rates yet to be determined.
Property Name | City, Province | Asset Class | Owned Share of GLA | Purchase Price | Anticipated Closing Date |
220 Portage Avenue(1) | Winnipeg, MB | Office | 170,158 | $41,000,000 | April 30, 2013 |
PTI Building(2) | Acheson, AB | Industrial | 71,654 | $20,900,000 | May, 2013 |
Cara Foods Building(3) | Vaughan, ON | Office | 50,199 | $21,000,000 | June 5, 2013 |
Century Crossing III(4) | Spruce Grove, AB | Retail | 90,736 | $9,750,000 | July 1, 2013 |
(1) | Artis will purchase a 100% interest in the property in two separate 50% interest transactions closing concurrently. |
(2) | Artis will acquire the building on completion of construction and commencement of the tenant lease. The date is yet to be determined but is anticipated to be in mid-May. |
(3) | Artis currently owns a 50% interest in the property, representing 50,199 square feet, and has entered into an unconditional agreement to purchase the remaining 50,199 square feet. The total building size is 100,398 square feet. |
(4) | This property was purchased on February 7, 2013. The balance of the purchase price outstanding is estimated to be $9.75 million, subject to adjustments, and is scheduled to be paid on July 1, 2013. |
Artis is a diversified Canadian real estate investment trust investing in office, industrial and retail properties. Since 2004, Artis has executed an aggressive but disciplined growth strategy, building a portfolio of commercial properties in Canada and the United States, with a major focus on Western Canada. Artis' commercial property comprises nearly 23.7 million square feet of leasable area in 223 properties. Leasable area by asset class is approximately 18.5% retail, 32.1% office and 49.4% industrial. The portfolio is located 7.8% in British Columbia, 25.8% in Alberta, 5.5% in Saskatchewan, 15.2% in Manitoba, 16.2% in Ontario and 29.5% in the U.S.
The Toronto Stock Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
Contact Information:Artis Real Estate Investment Trust
Mr. Armin Martens
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Artis Real Estate Investment Trust
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Ms. Kirsty Stevens
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ST. PAUL - House Majority Leader Tony Sertich says Gov. Tim Pawlenty erased $1.5 million in state construction projects from his district as revenge for comments he made about the Republican governor. The Chisholm Democrat told reporters Friday that on March 14 a Pawlenty staff member called with what he said was a message from the governor: "I have a hockey analogy for you. Cheap shots are cheap, but they are not free." Sertich said the staffer went on to say that Pawlenty threatened to veto projects in Sertich's northeastern Minnesota district.
ST. PAUL - Eric Magnuson used to lead a commission that helped pick judges; now he is getting ready to become Minnesota's top judge. Gov.
ST. PAUL - All state highway bridges have been inspected since the Aug. 1 Minneapolis bridge collapse, missing by three weeks Gov. Tim Pawlenty's deadline. Seventeen of more than 4,000 bridges needed repairs or other actions after the inspections, Minnesota Department of Transportation officials said Friday. Pawlenty originally said he wanted all 13,026 Minnesota bridges to be inspected.
ST. PAUL - Rumors are spreading around St. Paul that Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will call a special legislative session to boost transportation funding. Will he? "No," the GOP governor said in response to a question about whether he has been telling groups that a special session is possible. There was plenty of talk about transportation funding before a September special session dealing with flood issues, but the governor and Democrats were so far apart on the issue that they could not agree on how to proceed. The issue is expected to surface during the regular session that starts Feb.
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ST. PAUL - Gov. Tim Pawlenty may lift his long-held opposition to raising Minnesota's gasoline tax if he calls a special legislative session, as expected, following a deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse. Pawlenty on Friday said a special session to increase transportation funding is likely.
By Don Davis Forum Communications MINNEAPOLIS - Inspectors will check all 13,026 Minnesota bridges in the wake of a Minneapolis interstate bridge collapse. Gov. Tim Pawlenty ordered the inspections, although he said there is no evidence of any danger. The state bridge engineer said the eight-lane bridge on Interstate 35W over the Mississippi River that collapsed shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday had been inspected annually, more often than most other bridges because it was Minnesota's busiest. "We had thought we had done all we could," State Bridge Engineer Dan Dorgan said Thursday.
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