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...owners of the dance-studio building described in your article on rising real estate prices in San Francisco, "When Dotcoms Move In" [NATION, Aug. 28]. It was inaccurate to imply that our company, Pomegranate Design & Development, is just one more of "those well-funded, profit-challenged dotcoms." We are not a dotcom; we have never rented space to a dotcom, and have no plans to do so in the future. MARCI RISEMAN AND EVAN SAGERMAN San Francisco...
WAREHOUSE DEAL Tight availability of industrial space and increasing storage demand (fueled in part by dotcom retailers) are giving a big boost to the industrial REIT sector. It's up 27% year to date, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Unlike, say, the hotel industry's cycle of boom and bust, industrials tend to offer more stable returns over the long haul while serving as a hedge against inflation...
...enough, slowing a stellar career to finish raising a family has never looked better. According to America's Research Group, a market-research firm, 32% of married couples with children think one parent should spend more time with the kids, up from 18% just five years ago. In this dotcom economy, lots of two-income families have accumulated enough money and workplace stress to act on that impulse. Throw in a few headlines about the dangers facing today's teenagers, and taking time off--or at least cutting back--seems imperative...
COMMUNITY COLLEGE THE PLACE TO TRAIN FOR DOTCOM JOBS...
...process, make a bundle for himself and his backers. But take a look at the runners-up, and you will find a few surprises--unpleasant ones, for an industry that pays dearly for celebrity wattage to attract customers. The return on star investment is falling like a dotcom stock. Hollywood bosses have to wonder: Have we entered the poststar...