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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Resilience Capital Partners Names Stanley Shashoua Managing Partner Of Real Estate Fund

Resilience Capital Partners, a Cleveland-based private equity firm, announced today the addition of Stanley Shashoua to head up the firm's real estate fund. Mr. Shashoua and his team, based in New York City, will manage the real estate fund as a new Resilience dedicated effort separate from the firms other corporate recovery private equity funds based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mr. Shashoua has extensive experience in real estate and finance. Prior to joining Resilience, Mr. Shashoua was a partner with HRO Asset Management where he acquired and managed over $1 billion of properties comprising over three million square feet on behalf of institutional clients. Mr. Shashoua's experience also includes working at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein where he was responsible for $20 billion of transactions in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, public/private equity, and debt financings and restructurings across a broad range of industries including real estate, media, business and consumer services, industrial, food, and retail.

At Resilience, Mr. Shashoua will focus on identifying real estate opportunities that generate superior risk-adjusted returns while ensuring capital preservation. Resilience will consider a variety of property types including institutional quality office, retail, residential, hotel and industrial; traditional or distressed assets; and, raw or entitled land.

"I'm thrilled to be part of the Resilience team. I'm eager to put my deep and broad experience in real estate and finance to work at Resilience - a firm that is nimble, well-connected and passionate about the power of team work," explained Mr. Shashoua.

"Adding Stanley to our management team indicates the firm's continued commitment to hire and retain top talent," said Steve Rosen, co-CEO, Resilience Capital Partners. Co-CEO Bassem Mansour continued by stating that "Stanley's vast knowledge of the real estate industry and impressive track record helps round out our skill base and ensures Resilience's success in today's challenging business environment."

About Resilience Capital Partners

Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Resilience Capital Partners is a leading private equity firm specializing in investing in lower middle market companies within a broad range of industries. Resilience's value oriented investment strategy is to acquire companies with solid business prospects in a variety of special situations including underperformers, corporate divestitures, turnarounds, and orphan public companies. Its team of in-house professionals brings both operational and transactional expertise to its portfolio companies. Since inception in 2001, Resilience has acquired 17 companies with total revenue in excess of $1.5 billion and over 4,000 employees. The Resilience Real Estate Fund is focused on investing in hospitality, retail, office and multi-family properties, including the formation of property-related debt/equity securities, and property-related operating businesses. For more information, please visit www.resiliencecapital.com.

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Monday, March 16, 2009

EZTEC 2008 Solidity Confirmed by Net Income Growth

EZTEC S.A. announces today its results for 2008.

Highlights

-- In fiscal year 2008, EZTEC's Net Revenue was R$334.0 million, growing 81.2% in relation to 2007.

-- Gross Income in the fiscal year was R$160.2 million, up 70.3% versus 2007, for gross margin of 48.0%.

-- EBITDA in 2008 was R$77.8 million, an increase of 332.0% in relation to 2007, for EBITDA margin of 23.3%.

-- In 2008, Net Income was R$102.2 million, 213.1% higher than in 2007, for net margin of 30.6%.

-- Net Cash closed 2008 at R$175.4 million, while performed receivables from real estate developments totaled R$91.8 million.

-- Launch in 4Q08 of the Chacara Sant'Anna development located in the city of Sao Paulo, with own potential sales (PSV) of R$67.1 million. At the close of 4Q08, 51% of the project's units were sold, with an average unit price of approximately R$1 million.

-- EZTEC's share of Contracted Sales totaled R$357.9 million, up 2.2% versus 2007.

-- On December 31, 2008, EZTEC's land bank was worth R$3.4 billion in own PSV. The average land bank acquisition cost is 8.8% of PSV.

About EZTEC

With a 30-year history, EZTEC is one of the most profitable publicly held companies within the Brazilian real estate industry. Through its entirely integrated business model, the Company has already launched 51 projects, totaling 1.1 million square meters including built area and area under construction, and 8,609 units. EZTEC S.A. is listed on the Bovespa's Novo Mercado segment under the ticker EZTC3.

Website: http://www.eztec.com.br/ir/

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

EPA Recognizes USAA Real Estate Company 2009 Award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded USAA Real Estate Company the 2009 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency. USAA Real Estate Company's accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 2009. USAA Real Estate Company is the only real estate company in America that has won seven ENERGY STAR awards.

USAA Real Estate Company, an ENERGY STAR partner since 2000, will be honored for its long-term commitment to energy efficiency. This year "continuous commissioning strategy" was made part of the ongoing preventative maintenance platform thereby once again expanding the focus on energy and water efficiency. Across the U.S., top companies and organizations are leading the way towards a more energy-efficient future through participation in ENERGY STAR. Last year alone Americans with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved $19 billion on their energy bills and reduced greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of 29 million vehicles.

"USAA Real Estate Company is committed to energy efficiency as evidenced by our company's continuous improvement mentality through the use of ENERGY STAR concepts," said Pat Duncan, Chairman and CEO, USAA Real Estate Company. "As a result, our company has saved over 26% in terms of consumption and saved millions of dollars over the past eight years in reduced costs. We view our ENERGY STAR partnership as a key way to fight climate change and improve our financial performance."

The 2009 Sustained Excellence Awards are given to a select group of organizations that have exhibited outstanding leadership year after year. These winners have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by setting and achieving aggressive goals, employing innovative approaches, and showing others what can be achieved through energy efficiency. These awards recognize ongoing leadership across the ENERGY STAR program including energy-efficient products, services, new homes and buildings in the commercial, industrial and public sectors. Award winners are selected from more than 12,000 organizations that participate in the ENERGY STAR program.

"EPA is delighted to recognize USAA Real Estate Company with the 2009 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence award," said Kathleen Hogan, Director of the Climate Protection Partnerships Division at the U.S. EPA. "USAA Real Estate Company's leadership on energy efficiency has yielded impressive results for their bottom line and our global environment, showing us all what can be accomplished through sustained commitment and action."

About USAA Real Estate Company

USAA Real Estate Company, with over $5 billion of assets, provides co-investment, acquisition, build-to-suit and development services for corporate and institutional investors. In addition the company provides investment vehicles for domestic and foreign investors. The USAA portfolio consists of office, industrial, retail and hotel properties with annual volume transactions exceeding $1.5 billion. USAA Real Estate Company is a subsidiary of USAA, which has served military families since 1922 and has become one of America's leading financial services companies. For more information about USAA Real Estate Company, visit www.usrealco.com.

About ENERGY STAR

ENERGY STAR was introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 as a voluntary market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased energy efficiency. Today, ENERGY STAR offers businesses and consumers energy-efficient solutions to save energy, money and help protect the environment for future generations. More than 12,000 organizations are ENERGY STAR partners committed to improving the energy efficiency of products, homes, buildings and businesses. For more information about ENERGY STAR, visit www.energystar.gov

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