Discover the newest Chicago Apartments available for rent in the best location in chicago, where the river meets the lake. The Tides at Lakeshore East boasts a magnificent floor of amenities called The Shore Club. Check us out at www.RentNNP.com or call 312-540-0400 for more information.
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WorldÂ?s Largest Commercial Building Houses New Automated DVD Rental Kiosk
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 28, 2005
The operator of Flashrent automated DVD rental kiosks, River North Media, in association with ELO Media, launched Flashrent in ChicagoÂ?s Merchandise Mart Â? the worldÂ?s largest commercial building, located in the heart of downtown chicago. The Mart is one of ChicagoÂ?s premier international business locations — the largest trade center in the world since 1930. The Mart houses business suites, an art school, commercial shopping, a Chicago transit stop, food court and now the Flashrent automated DVD rental kiosk.
ELO Media is a provider of the industry-leading automated DVD kiosks called DVmatic, with the Merchandise Mart Flashrent machine installed and serviced by River North Media. ELO MediaÂ?s DVmatic (coined Flashrent in the Chicago market) is a highly advanced, user-friendly movie rental solution, enabling movie lovers to rent or purchase DVDs or games around the clock. These stand-alone machines are designed for placement in high-traffic, regularly visited areas such as supermarkets, residential or corporate multi-unit buildings, commuter transit points, universities and shopping plazas.
Â?Consumers are consistently seeking convenience and simplicity in retail. This is quite evident in the growing popularity of automated machines wherever we go — banks/ATMs, self check-out supermarket isles, self check-in boarding passes, automated ticket purchases, and now automated DVD rentals,Â? said Oren Hon, ELO Media president. Â?The automated DVD machines offer speed and convenience, which is a superior alternative to dealing with a cashier. The machine offers a two-way advantage. To the consumer, the DVmatic is a quick and cheaper way to rent movies and to the hosting location, DVmatic is an additional way to increase foot traffic and offer a one-stop service to the customers with little to no overhead.Â?
About ELO Media LLC
ELO Media, established in June 2003, is one of the first companies to introduce the concept of automated DVD vending Machines in the US. In addition to distributing the DVmatic, ELO is an owner and operator of the DVmatic machines. ELO offers individuals and retail businesses the opportunity to install these machines independently. ELO offers marketing assistance for securing locations and business assistance based on US field experience. Since its product release, ELO Media has deployed DVmatic machines in several stand-alone operators in California, New York, Texas, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Las Vegas Nevada and most recently, Chicago Illinois.
For more information on ELO Media and DVmatic please visit http://www.dvmatic.com or call
(866) ELO-DVDS.
Contact River North Media via email at info@rivernorthmedia.com or by phone at (312) 224-8122.
United Airlines Considers Moving out of chicago Area
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 12, 2006
United Airlines is exploring moving its corporate headquarters from its historic home in the Chicago area, according to an exclusive report on ChicagoBusiness.com, the Web site of Crain’s Chicago Business.
Now based in Elk Grove Township, a Chicago suburb located near O’Hare International Airport, United Airlines is looking to relocate to downtown Chicago or possibly another major city, Crain’s reports.
The nation’s second-largest airline, which emerged from bankruptcy protection in February, is searching for more than 150,000 square feet of office space to house about 350 senior officials and staff, say people familiar with its plans.
Those people say the move would separate parent UAL Corp.’s executive offices from the giant operations center that coordinates its flights and airport facilities around the world.
United has hired Dallas-based tenant representative Staubach Co. to review its real estate options, the Crain’s story says.
For the full story go to: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=20558
For more information, contact: Brandon Copple, Crain’s Managing Editor at 312-280-3197.
Century 21 Affiliated-Chicago Partners with Chicago Apartment Finders to Host Buy vs. Rent Seminars
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 31, 2011
Century 21 Affiliated-Chicago is proud to announce its partnership with Chicago Apartment Finders to host a series of Buy vs. Rent seminars for prospective buyers and renters in the Chicago-land area.
The seminars will be held on Wednesday, June 22; Wednesday, July 13; and Wednesday, July 27. All seminars will take place at 7 p.m. at Chicago Apartment Finders, located at 711 N. State Street.
The purpose of the seminars will be to discuss the pros and cons of buying versus renting in today’s housing market. Tom Bretz, CEO of Century 21 Affiliated-Chicago, says of the venture, “The goal of the seminars is to educate prospective buyers and renters by giving them the information and tools they need to navigate the current market in order to determine the right decision for them and to help them get the best deal possible. We’re really excited to have Chicago Apartment Finders on board to join forces with us and offer this service to our clients.”
Justin Elliot, Co-founder and CEO of chicago Apartment Finders, adds, “Our goal has always been to deliver the highest level of customer service to our clients and to help them find the best home possible. This is just another way that we feel we can fulfill this commitment, and we’re looking forward to working with Century 21 Affiliated-Chicago.”
For more information on the seminars and to RSVP to one of the dates above, please contact Sandi Pizano at Sandi(at)C21Affiliated(dot)com.
ABOUT CENTURY 21 AFFILIATED
Century 21 Affiliated, Inc. has been family owned since 1967 and became a franchise member of the Century 21 system when it came to Wisconsin in 1975. Since then, it has grown to become one of the top 8 Century 21 franchisees worldwide, with over 450 agents and 30 locations across the Midwest.
ABOUT CHICAGO APARTMENT FINDERS
Chicago Apartment Finders started in 2002 with just two people and an office the size of a closet. Since then, it has grown to 4 offices and more than 150 team members, thanks to its mission of matching people and apartments. As part of its commitment to ensuring that its clients have the best experience possible, all Chicago Apartment Finders leasing agents are licensed and receive industry-leading training from customer service experts.
Curren$ y performs his verse on Super High with a surprise appearance by Wiz Khalifa in Chicago, 5/26
DSP, John Rambo and their friend and fellow ST player Grog go out in search of fun and good fortune while in chicago for UFGT7. www.thekingofhate.com http for game playthroughs www.youtube.com for vlogs Get merch at www.cafepress.com Video Rating: 4 / 5
Residents of the Julia Lathrop Homes, a circa-1938 Chicago housing project located in the Logan Square neighborhood on the city’s North Side, are worried they may lose their homes if the Chicago Housing Authority has its way and replaces the massive collection of low-rise and walk-up buildings —some of which lie on the chicago River—with mixed-income high-rises. On Dec. 2, several Lathrop residents, advocacy groups, and preservationists displayed their solidarity calling for preservation of the site during a press conference in downtown Chicago. The residents say they like Lathrop as it is, and although the property lies on a 35-acre parcel of prime Chicago real estate, they hope the city listens to their pleas to save their longtime homes. Created on December 3, 2009 using FlipShare. Video Rating: 5 / 5
LXTV Open House Chicago “Real Estate of Mind” segment featuring Michael Pierson, President & Chairman of Prudential Rubloff on Chicago’s North Shore. Michael discusses suburban buying and selling trends as well as overall market conditions. During the segment, Michael highlights the diversity of housing in the north and northwestern suburbs and covers the top three things buyers should pay attention to when purchasing a home.
‘Rational Rent Relief’ Commercial Landlords, Lenders and Tenants Must Work Together! Reduce Your Rent Releases Document on the Ins and Outs of Rent Reduction
New York (Vocus) July 30, 2009
As weak economic conditions continue, powerful national retailers and restaurant corporations are actively and aggressively re-negotiating their leases with their landlords. Taking this kind of proactive approach, these leading corporations are using their nationwide buying power to persuade landlords that rent relief is essential. Smaller retailers, if they are to survive, must now do the same and put in place a survival plan of their own, say commercial rent reduction specialists, Reduce Your Rent (http://www.ReduceYourRent.com).
Reduce Your Rent (RYR) is a nationwide company that champions the small business retailer, using the experience of local commercial real estate professionals to convince landlords that rent reduction is not only necessary, but is in everyone’s best interest – including theirs!
As the recession continues, small retailers face reduced consumer spending, along with spiraling triple net and common area expenses. If these smaller businesses go out of business, property owners also face significant problems re-leasing these dark store fronts, acting a kind of retail “cancer,” possibly causing landlords to violate key loan covenants, and risk losing it all.
Taking a proactive, insightful approach, RYR works with tenants across the US to assist in properly evaluating and re-structuring their commercial leases. Historically, tenants who try to reach out and renegotiate their leases with their landlords almost always fail. Lacking a clear understanding of the intricacies of their leases, the market and its direction, they time and again run into stone walls. But this is a false sense of security for landlords. They may be in the position to say “no,” but they could end up just hurting themselves.
Says RYR Founder, Tom Lackman, “I’ve watched real estate cycles come and go since the 1970′s, and I’ve never seen a crisis of this magnitude, particularly with respect to retail properties. The bottom line is if tenants don’t get some kind of rent relief, they are going to fail in increasing numbers. That will be followed by empty malls and half-built office buildings owned by lenders that have no idea what to do with them. Tenants, landlords and lenders must start working together now or this already bad situation will get much worse.”
To try to give tenants a better understanding of their situation, RYR is releasing a ground breaking “white paper” entitled “Rational Rent Relief: Commercial Landlords, Lenders and Tenants Must Face Reality.” The paper discusses consumer savings and spending trends, tenant reactions and concerns, CRE vacancy trends, commercial financing and loan default issues, options and cost/benefits of rent relief and a Business Case Approach to a tenant’s request for rent relief. “Rational Rent Relief” and its unique and comprehensive approach to today’s commercial real estate crisis will deliver better results for all, and most importantly to the small business tenant.
The full white paper can be downloaded from the home page of http://www.ReduceYourRent.com.
ReduceYourRent.com was formed in early 2009 and by its three principals: Tom Lackman CPA (ret), Colleen Canale, MBA, and Michael Jackowitz, Esq. In that short time, RYR has expanded to major US markets including Atlanta, Boston, chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Las Vegas, TriState area (of CT), San Diego, Portland, Los Angeles, Tampa, Dallas, Charlotte, Chattanooga, New York, Phoenix, Minneapolis Raleigh and Baltimore. Each local agent is a specialist in leasing. Focusing on the smaller business retailer, RYR puts years of regional and nationwide experience in commercial banking, law, zoning and construction at its clients fingertips.
First Advantage SafeRent Releases Second Quarter 2008 Multifamily Applicant Risk Index
Rockville, MD (Vocus) July 24, 2008
First Advantage SafeRent, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of First Advantage Corporation (NASDAQ: FADV) and the nation’s leading and most innovative provider of screening and risk management services for the multifamily industry, today announced the release of second quarter 2008 multifamily applicant risk statistics.
The Multifamily Applicant Risk Index (MAR Index) is based on traffic quality scores from First Advantage SafeRent’s statistical screening model and is updated quarterly to provide property owners and managers with a benchmark with which to compare their portfolio’s performance. With this unique applicant risk index, property managers and owners are able to compare their applicant quality trends with that of the average MAR Index trends. This comparison indicates whether their portfolio is performing above, below or at market levels with respect to attracting and securing high quality, paying residents.
The second quarter national MAR Index, including studios, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units (BR), was 105. This is a 5 percent increase from the first quarter 2008, which confirms a trend of seeing higher MAR Index values during the traditionally high applicant traffic volume periods of the second and third quarters. Compared to the second quarter 2007, the MAR Index is the same value of 105. When comparing applicants for one- versus two-bedroom units, the MAR Index is slightly lower for one-bedroom units at 105 compared to 106 for two-bedroom units in the second quarter (see Graph 1).
Regionally, the Northeast continues to have the highest MAR Index with a value of 116 while the Midwest and South have the lowest MAR Index with a value of 102 this quarter (see Table 1).
From a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) perspective, the three MSAs with the leading decreases in the MAR Index were Memphis, TN-AR-MS; Phoenix/Mesa, AZ; and Denver/Boulder/Greeley, CO with decreases of 4, 5, and 6 points respectively. The three MSAs with the leading increases in the MAR Index were chicago/Gary/Kenosha, IL-IN-WI; New York/Northern New Jersey/Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA; and Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton, WA with increases of 3, 2 and 2 points respectively (see Table 2).
Understanding the Multifamily Applicant Risk Index (MAR Index)
The MAR Index is published quarterly by First Advantage SafeRent. It provides trends of national and regional traffic quality scores whereby a lower index value indicates an applicant pool with a higher risk of not fulfilling lease obligations. A MAR Index value of 100 indicates that market conditions are equal to the national mean for the index’s base period of 2004. A MAR Index value greater than 100 indicates market conditions with reduced average risk of default relative to the index’s base period mean. A value less than 100 indicates market conditions with increased average risk of default relative to the index’s base period mean. The MAR Index is derived from First Advantage SafeRent’s Statistical Screening Model – the multifamily industry’s only screening model that is both empirically derived and statistically validated. First Advantage SafeRent’s Statistical Screening Model was developed from historical resident lease performance data to specifically evaluate the potential risk of a resident’s future lease performance. The model generates scores for each applicant indicating the relative risk of the applicant not fulfilling lease obligations. A lower score indicates a more risky applicant.
To receive the MAR Index data for your Metropolitan Statistical Area or for questions, contact First Advantage SafeRent at marketing @ FADVSafeRent.com. Data is also available at the property and sub-market level from our Property Performance Analytics tool. For more information, visit http://www.FADVSafeRent.com/PPA.
About First Advantage SafeRent
First Advantage SafeRent, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of First Advantage Corporation, is the nation’s leading and most innovative provider of screening and risk management services to the multifamily housing industry. Through its offices in Rockville, Md., and support offices across the nation, First Advantage SafeRent offers a single source for resident screening services, renters insurance programs, automated lease and document generation, and property performance evaluation tools. More than 39,000 properties, representing over 6 million apartment homes, rely on First Advantage SafeRent every day to assist them in screening residents that meet their community standards and maximize profitability. First Advantage SafeRent leads the industry in innovations and enhancements designed to make the decision process faster, easier and more accurate. For more information, visit http://www.FADVSafeRent.com.
First Advantage Corporation (NASDAQ: FADV) provides innovative products and services that mitigate risk by helping businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies make more informed decisions. Headquartered in Poway, Calif., the company has more than 4,800 employees in 12 countries that support over 90,000 clients globally. More information about First Advantage is available at http://www.FADV.com.
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