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...turned to the resource-rich Rocky Mountain region for relief from OPEC price gouging. Now much of that steel-and-glass space stands empty. The downtown vacancy rate, less than 1% when the energy boom peaked in 1981, has risen to 13%; the city wide rate is 20%. One landlord had offered real estate agents free trips to Paris and even luxury BMW autos as bonuses for helping to fill a new building. Other developers are giving up. Canterra Energy of Canada, an oil and gas exploration company, has dropped plans for a 30- to 35-story office tower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Up with Dry Holes | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

...rest of the University. The current renovation plan is an optimal means to that end--the "new" Craigie would be owned by the developer, with the University profiting from a long-term ground lease while retaining control over the valuable plot itself. That means no responsibility as a landlord...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Clear Choice | 4/8/1983 | See Source »

...underlying pessimism and cynicism had come to pervade Italy. I recall being shocked by a conversation with my Italian landlord when he told me that Italian history for the past fifteen hundred years was a national disgrace, and that he would leave for America right away if he was a younger...

Author: By Marco L. Quazzo, | Title: Fun in the Old World | 3/15/1983 | See Source »

...April, the shop will end its 13-year presence in the quiet section of the city. The landlord has refused to renew the lease, so the Red Book Store is moving to Jamaica Plain in April. When the store packs up and moves to its new site, it will try to make its merchandise more accessible to the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. That would further the store's attempt, which started in 1975, to expand beyond communist books. The new, wide range of topics--Socialism, Anarchism, Feminism--has helped bolster business...

Author: By Mary F. Cliff, | Title: Red Book Sells Radical Wares | 2/17/1983 | See Source »

...dangers of scofflawry vary wildly. The person who illegally spits on the sidewalk remains disgusting, but clearly poses less risk to others than the company that illegally buries hazardous chemical waste in an unauthorized location. The fare beater on the subway presents less threat to life than the landlord who ignores fire safety statutes. The most immediately and measurably dangerous scofflawry, however, also happens to be the most visible. The culprit is the American driver, whose lawless activities today add up to a colossal public nuisance. The hazards range from routine double parking that jams city streets to the drunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Red Light for Scofflaws | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

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