Railtrack would become in essence a large property company with minor operational responsibilities.
He has interests in metal, oil and gas trading and a large property portfolio, as well as running Highland Spring.
The Hayeses say they have no regrets, since the move has freed them from the responsibility of maintaining a large property.
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Class A is the sweet spot for most large property-management firms and it is also where green buildings are beginning to shape the market.
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While the community may charge a monthly maintenance expense to the owner (so the complex can collectively conduct maintenance), the cost may be a lot less than maintaining a large property on your own.
Blocks of Victorian-style homes with painted shutters on large pieces of property abruptly give way to boarded up shacks, convenience stores and tattoo parlors.
His limited acquaintance with business was through his father's and uncle's large holdings of property in Prague, which were expropriated when young Vaclav was 12.
Of China's 50 richest people, about half owe their fortunes in large part to property deals, according to Rupert Hoogewerf, the author of China's first rich list.
That's not the case with the "new" Westin, a large and centrally located property just two blocks from Grand Central Station.
Electronic Arts' EA Sports is a valuable property in large measure because EA spends money getting rights to other names, like John Madden and NASCAR.
The property has a large garden area for outdoor entertaining with a fire pit and sound system.
The property includes two large homes, equestrian facilities, a tennis court, a basketball court and a par-three golf course.
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The owners sold it to a developer, who officially closed it, with plans to subdivide the property and build large, single-family homes.
Eight large U.K. property companies converted on New Year's Day, when the new corporate genre became legal, and four are slated to convert later in 2007.
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If nobody defends or enforces the property rights, large well-financed companies can (and will and do) simply brazenly ignore those rights and use the technology, without compensation to anyone.
For five years he served as Lilly's lead lawyer in Latin America, trying to defend the company's drug patents in countries that by and large do not respect intellectual property.
However the Ministry of Defence felt its property tax bill too large, and has only ever paid about half of it.
Of the six biggest REITs owning large chunks of more than one property type, three have done well: Vornado, Washington REIT and Lexington Corporate Properties.
Compounding this imbalance is the fact that continuing urbanization and property development have taken large amounts of farmland out of production, threatening grain supply and agricultural development.
That gives them leeway should they want to bring in another partner and helps protect their personal assets should there be a freak accident and large liability judgment levied against a property.
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Unlike parts of Central Europe or even the Baltic states, Russia has no natural constituency for market economics and property rights that is large and robust enough to prevail against the forces of conservatism.
The acquisition of the Ekati Mine, and its operating team, is expected to close next week giving us operational control of both a producing mine and development opportunities in the large scale resources on the Ekati property.
The Russian property industry, potentially a large consumer of financial services and producer of debt, is still in its infancy.
The Asian Crisis and the collapse of local stock and property markets have put a large part of such plans on hold.
Instead, suburban governments have insisted that plots of land be large, increasing the cost of suburban property and preventing the poor from moving out.
It sounds almost absurd that just three technology companies could between them be large enough to drive the entire commercial property market in a country of 300 million people.
He maintained a negative investment rating on Singapore's developers and the residential property sector, citing a large supply of unsold apartments, rising vacancies in the rental market and the continued risk of more government intervention.
Aside from the economic growth story, limited acquisition opportunities in the U.S. put Simon at a disadvantage relative to other large international mall REITs such as Australian property operator Westfield Group and France-based Unibail-Rodamco, which are focused on creating value through renewal of property.
Questions about handing back property or paying compensation will loom large in negotiating details of a settlement.
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