Word: vacant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most time-consuming tasks so far, according to his co-workers in Massachusetts Hall, has been that of finding the right people to fill at least six major vacant or soon-to-be-vacant administrative positions...
...local girl who was abducted and murdered last month. Gawkers began gathering in twos and threes, then in ever larger throngs. One evening last week, an estimated 25,000 assembled amid ice-cream and food vendors, causing a two-mile-long traffic jam. One hustling entrepreneur took over a vacant lot and charged $3 a car for parking...
...promoting itself as the vanguard of the New South and the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics. One flaw in its progressive image, however, is the thousands of homeless beggars in its downtown area. Last week Mayor Maynard Jackson proposed an ordinance to ban aggressive panhandling, sleeping in vacant buildings and hanging out in parking lots. Violators could get 60 days in prison, a $1,000 fine, or both...
...commercial real estate remains a disaster area, with largely vacant office towers bristling from urban landscapes across the U.S. "The real estate industry is stuck in the worst recession we've ever seen," says Neil Bluhm, co-founder of Chicago's JMB Realty Corp., which manages more than $20 billion worth of property. "There simply isn't any capital coming into the industry today. There will be absolutely no new construction commitments until, maybe...
...time many of the properties were built, corporations were cutting back on business trips to protect profits. The current recession has made things worse. Of the 3.1 million rooms available in the U.S., almost half are vacant every night. Since an average hotel needs 65% occupancy to break even, that translates into an estimated industry loss of $1.7 billion last year, a record, and this year looks worse. Says Randy Smith, who publishes the authoritative newsletter Lodging Outlook: "I've been doing research on the hotel industry for 20 years, and this first quarter beats anything I have ever seen...