Jan 18, 2012
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Bellevue, Wash. (PRWEB) January 17, 2012
Bellevue Towers, the regions largest urban condominium project, was also the regions best selling condominium project in 2011 at 144 homes closed and sold since January 1, 2011. With sales of $ 88,940,000 – double the volume of the closest, comparable project in the market the cost for Bellevue Towers homes averaged $ 433 per square foot, representing the most attractive condominium value offered to buyers in the market. To date, the luxury, downtown Bellevue project has now sold a total of 263 homes and just this week sold two more $ 2 million plus homes.
Rather than wait for market demand and pricing to return to pre-2008 levels, the Seller prioritized sales velocity and value for our buyers, said Patrick Clark, principal with Realty Trust, the brokerage company marketing and selling the project.
Bellevue Towers remaining homes include studio and one-bedroom residences priced from the $ 300,000s, two-bedroom homes priced from the $ 600,000s, and spacious penthouses priced from $ 2 million. Original prices have been reduced on average by 30 percent, with a limited release of new homes reduced by as much as 40 percent from original pricing to generate strong momentum for the New Year.
While sales at Bellevue Towers clearly outpaced all other projects in the region over the last year, we are confident that the opportunity to purchase a home for 40 percent or more off the peak of the market in the regions fastest-selling condominium project will attract many more buyers in 2012, said Clark. Unlike other projects throughout the region that have shifted sales strategies to include auctions or rental programs, Clark added that Bellevue Towers has not wavered from its original sales strategy of working one-on-one with individuals and their brokers to find the right home at the right price.
Bellevue Towers homes range from 807 square feet to 6,398 square feet, representing some of the most generous-sized condominiums in the market and offering the best value on a per square foot basis. The price for the size is the best in the neighborhood, said resident Neelam Chahlia. Its new and inviting. The location is the best, so accessible to shopping, transit, and work – my husband works two blocks away.
Bellevue Towers consists of a 42-story North Tower and a 43-story South Tower with 539 total homes. Each tower offers its own lobby with dedicated concierge service, while sharing an array of other amenities. Residents of Bellevue Towers have access to a 24,000-square-foot urban garden nestled between the two towers, a private screening room, large dining room with terrace and chefs kitchen, fitness center, spa and sun deck, and a great room that opens to an expansive outdoor terrace with fireplace and barbecue grill.
But its more than the attractive pricing, numerous amenities and convenient location that buyers experience at Bellevue Towers, says Todd Prendergast, principal with Realty Trust. Its the unique combination of intimacy and warmth that begins at the lobby level, extends through the amenity spaces and is revealed within each home. First time visitors to Bellevue Towers experience a sense of warmth and comfort upon entering the lobby that makes them immediately feel at home. This is just one of the many intangibles that set apart Bellevue Towers from other condominium projects in the area, Prendergast says.
The project also features more than 300 original pieces from Northwest artists including Lucinda Parker, Julie Speidel and George Batho. Standard finishes in all Bellevue Towers homes include Viking or Wolf cook tops and ranges, Sub-Zero refrigerators, Bosch dishwashers, full-height granite kitchen-counter backsplashes and master bathrooms finished in marble or travertine. Its a fabulous building, not only because its green, but because its beautifully constructed, offers luxury amenities, and contains high-quality finishes and appliances, said resident Michael Brandt.
New pricing information and tours are available Wednesday through Friday from 11 am to 6 pm and on Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 5 pm at 500 106th Avenue NE in downtown Bellevue. Prospective buyers may make arrangements by calling 425.454.9922 or visiting http://www.bellevuetowers.com.
Editors Note: High-resolution images of Bellevue Towers and the new penthouse model home are available by calling (425) 451-4387 or emailing Margaret(at)gruman-nicoll(dot)com
About Bellevue Towers
Bellevue Towers is a two-tower, 42- and 43-story condominium community located in the heart of downtown Bellevue at the intersection of NE 4th Street and 106th Avenue, within easy walking distance of shopping, dining and the Downtown Park. Bellevue Towers features large, luxuriously appointed floor plans that showcase spectacular city, lake and mountain views together with extensive homeowner amenities including a fitness center, spa, screening room, guest suites, dining room, community great room and rooftop garden between the towers. As sustainable as it is luxurious, Bellevue Towers has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold status, making it the largest LEED Gold residential development in the Northwest.
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Nov 9, 2011
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Providence, Utah (PRWEB) November 09, 2011
To most people, the term holiday shopping translates to crowded stores and long lines, with moms and dads in a tizzy to find the best gifts for their kids and parking lots bursting with mini vans and SUVs. However, officials at WestHost said recent statistics show a change in the way Americans are shopping, from the brick-and-mortar stores to their own personal computers.
In 2010, Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, saw a 0.3 percent increase in revenue. Cyber Monday, the e-commerce version of Black Friday that occurs the Monday after Thanksgiving, saw a 16 percent increase, jumping from $ 887 million in 2009 to more than $ 1 billion in 2010, according to a press release from ComScore.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the e-commerce estimate for the second quarter of 2011 leapt 17.6 percent from the second quarter of 2010.
With these statistics in mind, more companies are realizing the potential for higher revenue this holiday season and are incorporating e-commerce, or online retail, into their business plans.
Its obvious now that online stores are a cost-effective way to grow traditional business, said David Anderson, director of sales and marketing at WestHost, a Utah-based Web hosting company that specializes in e-commerce Web hosting. Today, when businesses cut back, theyre choosing to hang on to their online store because it has a much broader reach. As a result, we continue to innovate products and tools to help our hosting clients expand that reach.
There has been debate in the past, especially 10 years ago when e-commerce was still in its infancy, about whether online retail was effective. For example, not until December 2002 did a handful of companies start reporting profits from their e-commerce endeavors, according to The Economist. More recent statistics show significant growth in profits.
The need for experienced e-commerce professionals arises from situations in which companies attempted online campaigns, but failed because they did not understand e-commerce and Web design, according to Anderson.
With this lack of understanding, professional Web hosting companies have started offering services for both affordable domain registration and basic e-commerce website design and construction.
WestHost offers shared Web hosting, cloud hosting, dedicated servers, reseller hosting, domain registration, e-commerce tools and merchant account solutions. These services help companies place their merchandise online and easily manage it.
With more and more business taking place on the Internet, it is vitally important for traditional brick-and-mortar companies to have the ability to sell their merchandise online, not just in stores, said Jake Neeley, brand manager for WestHost. People simply expect companies to have an online presence. If they dont, many wont think theyre terribly viable, as negative as that sounds. Thats where we come in.
WestHost sells a variety of e-commerce products for brick-and-mortar stores to incorporate an online component into their business plans everything from online shopping carts to merchant accounts to products ensuring both client and seller security.
With such products, companies become consumers, lining up around the online corners, anxiously awaiting the opportunity to fill shopping carts with their very own Christmas presents an online presence.
About WestHost
WestHost has had a singular goal since its inception in 1998: provide the most powerful, secure Web hosting environment for clients around the world at an affordable price. As a subsidiary of the UK2 Group, a significant player in the European and U.S. Web hosting markets, WestHost provides domain name registration and website hosting to global customers. Having garnered various industry awards, WestHost is committed to providing reliable, cutting-edge products and services at a great value, underpinned with superior client support. For more information about WestHost, visit http://www.westhost.com.
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Nov 9, 2011
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Franklin, TN (PRWEB) November 09, 2011
IRON Solutions, Inc., the leader in business intelligence for the equipment industry, announced today the addition of David Sanders, Director of Dealer Sales, and two new sales associates, Warren Noon and Brent Fairchild, adding more horsepower to their North American sales staff. David Sanders and the new sales team bring IRONs customers proven experience selling CRM (Customer Relationship Management) consulting and application services from the automotive industry.
David Sanders has over twenty years of experience developing world-class sales teams for applications and services companies. He comes to IRON with an extensive sales background with ADP, Reynolds + Reynolds, and most recently, DealerSocket, a market leader in SaaS CRM services within the automobile dealer market.
Warren Noon and Brent Fairchild join the team as Customer and Equipment Lifecycle Consultants focused on key accounts. They will be responsible for market penetration of Enterprise xSellerator, an exclusive service for John Deere dealers, and IRON HQ?, the powerful customer and equipment lifecycle management service employed by leading equipment dealerships across the North America. ?Both Noon and Fairchild have been highly recognized for their award-winning work consulting on CRM, DMS (dealer management systems) and telephony technologies with ADP and Adam Systems for many of the countrys largest auto dealers.
Sanders sales leadership and consulting experience, international background, impressive transferable track record in automotive, and his enthusiasm for business challenges and team-based success, will enable us to more quickly innovate within a consolidating marketplace, said Darwin Melnyk, Chief Executive Officer at IRON Solutions, Inc.
IRON recently announced another new hire from the automotive and equipment industry, marketing executive, David Greenberg. This combination of talent will facilitate international sales growth through IRONSearch.com?, IRON Guides? and other IRON services designed for revolutionary convergence in matching buyers and sellers.
These new sales team members augment our consulting process and change management leadership capacity to grow our staffing, analytical and sales experience. adds Melnyk. The automotive industry is more mature than the equipment industry in many of its sales and marketing practices, so we expect this teams combined experience to guide customers into services that drive business performance.
Sanders, Noon and Fairchild will be based out of IRONs corporate headquarters, in Franklin, TN.
About IRON Solutions, Inc.
IRON Solutions, Inc., http://www.ironsolutions.com is the leading source of used and new equipment information and customer and equipment lifecycle management services for the agricultural, industrial and outdoor power equipment industries.
IRON Solutions publishes the Official Guide for farm equipment, the Outdoor Power Equipment Official Guide and the IRON Search Buyers Guide for Farm Equipment. IRON Solutions services include IRON Guides?, IRON HQ?, Enterprise xSellerator, IRON Builder? and IRON Search?.
The companys equipment marketing web site http://www.ironsearch.com, provides a trusted, global online marketplace for buyers and sellers of used equipment, as well as a targeted audience for agricultural, construction and heartland advertisers. IRON also provides Used Express / JD Max services and powers John Deeres eValuator system, used exclusively by John Deere dealers across North America. Since 1947, IRON Solutions has been the industry leader in Equipment Market Intelligence? providing services to leading financial, government, OEM and dealer organizations including, Deere & Company, Case IH, New Holland, AGCO, Kubota, Agricredit Acceptance, CNH Capital and USDA.
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