Word: refurbishment
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...Kingsmill snared a warehouse-style set-up in North Manly, in the heart of Sydney's surf scene. For their $7 million, the new owners acquired the Mambo brand everywhere except the European Union, as well as the nine Australian stores, which Sydney architect Kelvin Ho will refurbish, Kingsmill says, with a "gallery-type feel...
...some 400,000 desperate homeowners like Harvin keep their homes via mortgage refinancing aid. They're happier still that President Bush said he'll sign it, despite his objections to the refinancing trust fund as well as the $4 billion set aside to help local governments buy up and refurbish already foreclosed homes (the President described these provisions as giveaways). "We feel a large measure of hope," says Miami Gardens councilman and real estate lawyer Andre Williams. "This isn't just about maintaining houses, it's about preventing the destruction of families and communities. A city's quality of life...
...their fields to property developers without adequately compensating farmers. "They sold our land and made money off it," says one resident, "but they gave us nothing." More than 2,000 villagers signed a petition accusing top local official Lai Zhenchang of masterminding the scheme. Officials used the proceeds to refurbish their homes and send their children to study overseas, villagers say; farmers were offered $8 a month each in compensation. (The Foshan city government, which has supervisory authority over Xiantang, did not respond to requests for comment. Lai can't be located...
...after what Jack Megan, director of the Office for the Arts (OFA), calls, “a very long and detailed process of talking and looking at theaters and asking ourselves how we wanted to proceed.” According to Megan, the decision to rebuild and refurbish the theater was neither sudden nor surprising...
...school is based on Prince Charles' School of Traditional Arts in London, which so impressed President Karzai on a visit to the British capital that he decided to set up something similar in Kabul. Stewart-who while in Iraq had set up a carpentry school and helped refurbish an old bazaar-was asked to launch it and arrived in Kabul in 2005. Under Stewart's stewardship, the school has become a substantial development program that provides jobs and has improved the lives of the 700 residents of Murad Khane. "I wouldn't see the point of teaching this stuff unless...