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She and her husband and three daughters have bounced around the United States to accommodate her husband's job, living in four houses in 10 years.
But the family struck gold last year, she said, when they moved from Missouri into a Mill Creek home built by Sho-Deen.
"Sho-Deen has been great," she said. "We've moved around a lot, and Sho-Deen has been by far the best builder we've worked with."
White listed the benefits of their house and neighborhood: community activities, bike trails, a pool across the street and quick responses from the builder to even small problems.
"We love our house," she said.
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I goofed. When I told you in last week's column about HGTV coming to the area, I put in the wrong e-mail address for Jenna Friederich. It seems at least one of you has a story to tell about your home and tried to get in touch with Jenna the new-fangled way. It didn't work. I'm sorry. So, for those of you who are desperately trying to hook up your home with the show "If Walls Could Talk," here's Jenna's correct e-mail address: jfriederich@highnoonentertainment.comGreen Monster Strikes Again When Hubby Dear caught a glimpse of longing in my eyes the other night, he knew he was in for trouble. That's because I've got it again: lawn envy, that most dread disease where one grows greener with envy than the landscape they covet, ahem, admire. .
Construction of new homes has cooled to a one-year low, led by a pause in condos and apartments, in what one Canadian home builder described as a "lull" in the sector. That's not to say the domestic market is in for the same kind of slowdown seen in the United States. It's more that the fiery pace of construction in recent years is ebbing, economists said. Signs are already in the offing. Housing starts fell 2.4 per cent in September, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said yesterday, countering economists' expectations for a gain. High-rise construction fell to a two-year low, although single starts rose for the second month in a row. .
COMMERCE CITY - Last year, voters approved a bond initiative to allow the Commerce City Northern Infrastructure General Improvement District to issue bonds for the widening of East 104th Avenue between Highway 85 and E-470. Phase 1 of this project has been broken into five separate segments. Initial work was on 104th Avenue from Walden Street to, and including, Tower Road. This phase was completed in July. Work on the remaining phases involving 104th will begin in the coming weeks, and is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2007. The second phase will include work on 104th from Tower Road to E-470; phase 3 is from Highway 2 to the eastern limits of the Turnberry Subdivision; phase 4 is from the O'Brian Canal to the BNSF railroad; and phase 5 is 104th Avenue at, and including Highway 2.
LEIGHTON Holdings has won its biggest Asian development, a $US1.3 billion ($1.75 billion) contract to build the City of Dreams casino and hotel complex in Macau for the James Packer-backed Melco group. The project in the Las Vegas of Asia will have four deluxe hotel towers, ranging from 4.5-star to luxurious six-star accommodation, serviced apartments; an "underwater-themed" casino with 450 gaming tables and 3000 poker machines; a luxury retail arcade; and a world-class performance hall. News that Leighton would be undertaking the construction would provide a measure of confidence for investors in Mr Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd as it would ensure that the major project is completed to Western-style building standards at a time when the company has substantially increased its exposure to the Macau casino business.
TOMS RIVER — A major New Jersey home builder filed for bankruptcy Friday, throwing into question when its unfinished homes in Ocean County will be completed. Kara Homes, of East Brunswick, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court, listing $350.2 million in assets and $296.8 million in liabilities. In Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a company reorganizes, with the intention of remaining in business. Lacey, Little Egg Harbor and Stafford townships all have Kara Homes developments in which houses are still in the midst of construction, but town officials say they don't think residents will be severely affected. “The bonds are sufficient to cover the infrastructure, so there is money to finish the roads and sewer pipes built for the development, and that won't be affected by the bankruptcy," said Little Egg Harbor Administrator Raymond J.
» Young Brothers Ltd./Hawaiian Tug & Barge has promoted Vicente "Vic" Salas Angoco Jr. to senior vice president from vice president and general manager. He will be responsible for the maritime operations and safety, risk and environmental management for both companies. Angoco will be instrumental in guiding and leading needed changes to bring about an enhanced focus on customers, operations and personnel. » Queen's Medical Center has announced the following new hires and promotions: Blyth Hirata has been promoted to nurse manager for labor and delivery. She most recently served as clinical nurse IV and permanent charge nurse. Dr. Luigi Terminella has returned to Queen's as a full-time medical intensivist in the medical intensive care unit. He previously served as a Queen's hospitalist and intensivist from 1993 to 2003, then participated in a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at University of Texas Medical Branch.
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