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Dwell Media and New York Magazine Announce Partnership

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New York, NY (PRWEB) May 29, 2012

The International design authority Dwell Media and the ground-breaking weekly New York Magazine today announce a historic media partnership. This fall the two independent media companies are teaming up to celebrate architecture and design in New York City with the creation of a co-branded print publication and a week-long design festival to be held Oct 1-7.

The partnership combines the strengths of Dwells expertise on modern design and architecture with New Yorks authoritative and influential voice on urban culture and New York design to create a new annual celebration of architecture and design in New York. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York chapter has coined the month of October as Archtober, calendaring programming, tours, and talks dedicated to architecture. Dwell and New York will be kicking off Archtober month by hosting its design-related events and home tours in Manhattan and Brooklyn that first week, the goal being to make October the premier month for celebration of architecture and design in NYC.

The joint publication is being co-created with the Dwell and New York editorial teams, led by Amanda Dameron and Wendy Goodman respectively, and will feature designer profiles, unique projects, and sneak peeks of the home tours, as well as a festival guide. The total distribution will be 150,000, tapping a portion of each titles New York area subscribers and newsstands. The co-branded issue will be included with Dwells October issue and New Yorks September 17 issue. Advertising and sponsorships will be sold by both organizations.

Dwell Media President, Michela OConnor Abrams: It has always been part of our plan at Dwell Media to bring a world class event to New York City similar to what we have done in Los Angeles with Dwell on Design each June. New York magazine was the perfect partner for this endeavor as both of our brands celebrate great design and embrace new challenges. We look forward to developing a unique and enduring partnership that delivers a fresh perspective and new ideas to New Yorks design community.

Coming on the heels of our successful new stand-alone magazine New York Design Hunting, this partnership with Dwell Media is an exciting opportunity to further our impact in the design world, says New York Media publisher Larry Burstein. This is the first time in recent years that weve teamed up in this way with another magazine, and doing so with an influential brand like Dwell the results are sure to be phenomenal.

The home tours in Manhattan and Brooklyn on the weekend of Oct 5 will sell a limited number of tickets available for purchase at http://www.dwellhometours.com. Grohe is committed as Official Sponsor, and the Grohe Live showroom on Fifth Avenue will be the ticket pick-up location for the Manhattan home tours.







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A&I Solutions would like to announce the Employee of the Week, Tim Higgins. Tim is a Senior Architect on the A&I Service Assurance Team.

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(PRWEB) June 27, 2012

Throughout the years, Tim Higgins has worked in various locations across North America assisting customers to install, configure, and operate purchased software. As a senior consultant for A&I Solutions, his responsibilities cover those areas as well as a wide range of activities. For example, Tim works closely with A&I customers by mentoring personnel and providing knowledge transfer. Also, he implements triage, diagnosis, and root cause analysis of application performance problems and architecture of monitoring infrastructure in the client environment.

Tim explains, Since working with A&I Solutions I have learned more about technology than I thought I could ever learn. Every client is different, every task is different and every situation is different; so when there is an issue it is never the same and you have to work to figure it out. The team at A&I are some of the best and brightest teammates I have ever worked with. Everyone is a great team player. Anyone is ready to assist the next with any situation. Although the focus of his consulting was Java/J2EE and .NET application performance management, he is highly proficient in Weblogic/WebSphere/IBoss Application Servers, Database (Microsoft SQL/Oracle), Scripting (JavaScript, Bash, VB/Power Script, WMI), and many other technologies.

As an A&I employee, Tim has worked for several companies throughout the past two years. Those include Disney, Coach, Verizon, Arizona Department of Economic Defense, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), SeaWorld, Fidelity Investments, First Citizens Bank, Nascar, General Electric (GE), Harris, Liberty Mutual, Purdue, N-DEx, and many more. He has accomplished many tasks and has done impeccable work for these companies.

In August, Tim will be celebrating his two year anniversary with A&I Solutions. He has been an added benefit to the company and we appreciate the time and effort he has put into his work on the Service Assurance Team. Tim has created new opportunities for our organization and has been an active part in the success of A&I Solutions.

Success Story:

It was great working with Verizon, because of all the knowledge that I learned in such a short period. I went in planning to do a simple install of the APM architect and a few agents to monitor their application. In no time we ran into issues. The 1st issue was a bug we found in the .NET agent after working on it all night, it was really about 6 am the following day when we got it resolved. Before our findings, I worked with a team of experts for about 3 weeks, pushing long and hard hours trying to resolve a resource issue.

We got it working and I moved on to my next project which we finished early to find out that Verizon needed me back for another issue. This time our agent was pushing their servers over the 95% resource mark. Basically, with our agent the application was still putting them over 95% of memory on their production servers. This time it took 3 days for us to see that it wasnt our agent. Their application was running at 85% 90% without our agent. Our agent would put 1% of overheard per process adding 10% to what they already had. In a normal application adding 10% isnt a big difference but with an application already pushing the limits, that is a lot. The last few days we spent helping the client trim down their application by looking at some simple best practices and simple ideas.

That was a great experience because not only were we able to debug CA but we were able to assist the client with other issues as well.

Recommendation:

I had a great experience working with Tim on the initial rollout of the CA Introscope for my current company. Even with the long hours, demanding requirements, and stressful time crunch, Tim helped make the experience better with his technical counsel and positive attitude.

Brandt A. Meyers, Enterprise Systems Management The Walt Disney Company

About A&Is Service Assurance

A&I Solutions Application Performance Management and Monitoring team is a premier Direct Managed Partner and service provider of CA Service Assurance and Application Performance Management. Our Network Performance Management tools can help you continuously monitor application delivery across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Ultimately, our team of experts assures that end-to-end application response times meet or exceed SLAs and business requirements. A&I Solutions has extensive experience in APM Introscope, CEM, DB Insight, Spectrum, eHealth, Nimsoft and Service Operations Insight.

About A&I Solutions

A&I Solutions is North America’s premier provider of integrated enterprise solutions, dedicated to implementing solutions from CA technologies. A&I Solutions provides enterprise products and services to help companies achieve the highest level of performance. We focus on the best rated products and extensive experience to deliver comprehensive integrated Enterprise Solutions. Working with enterprise management, resource planning, service assurance, security and infrastructure monitoring, A&I helps organizations achieve their full potential by driving consistency and maximizing efficiency. Our proven methodologies, innovative best practices and deep technical experience produce better business results for our Customers. A&I has expertise across all IT environments – physical, distributed, cloud, virtual and heterogeneous platforms. We specialize in the following: CA Security Suite, CA Clarity, CA Wily – Introscope, CEM, SOI, NetQoS, Reporting – Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Actuate Reporting, Enterprise Integrations.

For more information please visit http://www.anisolutions.com.







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A&I Solutions Would Like to Announce the Employee of the Week, Todd Hall; Todd is a Senior Consultant on the A&I Service Assurance Team

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Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) June 20, 2012

Todd is a senior consultant on the Service Assurance Team at A&I Solutions and is certified in Introscope, CEM, and APM. He is experienced with IT management over multiple disciplines including: database administration, architecture, and product and program management.

He explains, I enjoy working with customers on implementations and education of best practices. Though, what I really love is working with data contained to provide clear information to non-technical individuals and groups.

Todd specializes in database administration, application development, and application support. Before becoming an A&I employee, Todd worked for several companies as an Applications Developer/Database Administrator and managed several development teams. His past work experience has given him the skill set to differentiate himself from others in the workforce.

Since becoming a member of the A&I Service Assurance Team, Todd has worked with a number of companies, some including: JCPenney, Sun Trust, McKesson, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase and Co.

Recommendation

I recently completed working with Todd on a 6-month Wily project for a large financial institution. Todd was an instrumental member of the project team. From early on he established excellent relationships with the customers technical team members. Todd ensured that we have excellent documentation that describes in detail the customers technical environment and produced detailed process documentation. He coordinated the day-to-day activities of the entire technical team to ensure that they follow up on issues on a timely basis and focus their work on the top technical issues. In addition, Todd took on many of the tough technical challenges himself and was diligent to follow them through to resolution. I relied on Todd heavily to ensure the technical team works at their highest level of productivity. Todd is a valuable addition to any project team and I would be glad to work with him again in the future.

-Thomas Koehler

(Hired Todd as a IT Consultant in 2011)

About A&I Service Assurance

A&I Solutions Application Performance Management and Monitoring team is a premier Direct Managed Partner and service provider of CA Service Assurance and Application Performance Management. Our Network Performance Management tools can help you continuously monitor application delivery across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Ultimately, our team of experts assures that end-to-end application response times meet or exceed SLAs and business requirements. A&I Solutions has extensive experience in APM Introscope, CEM, DB Insight, Spectrum, eHealth, Nimsoft and Service Operations Insight.

About A & I Solutions

A&I Solutions is North America’s premier provider of integrated enterprise solutions, dedicated to implementing solutions from CA technologies. A&I Solutions provides enterprise products and services to help companies achieve the highest level of performance. We focus on the best rated products and extensive experience to deliver comprehensive integrated Enterprise Solutions. Working with enterprise management, resource planning, service assurance, security and infrastructure monitoring, A&I helps organizations achieve their full potential by driving consistency and maximizing efficiency. Our proven methodologies, innovative best practices and deep technical experience produce better business results for our Customers. A&I has expertise across all IT environments – physical, distributed, cloud, virtual and heterogeneous platforms. We specialize in the following: CA Security Suite, CA Clarity, CA Wily – Introscope, CEM, SOI, NetQoS, Reporting – Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Actuate Reporting, Enterprise Integrations.

For more information please visit http://www.anisolutions.com.







DRS and Associates proud to announce Five Top Clients’ Building-Product Brands Win Prestigious GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award 2012: Museum of Architecture and Design

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Sherman Oaks, CA (PRWEB) June 25, 2012

The Chicago Athenaeums Museum of Architecture and Design today announced the winners of their 2011-2012 GREEN GOOD Design Award, which recognizes the worlds leading sustainable design in products, technology and research. DRS and Associates is proud to be the agency of record for five winners: Caroma, Creative Systems Lighting (CSL), LAUFEN, Watermark Designs and Zephyr, and we are sending out this joint release on their behalf.

Presented by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, the GREEN GOOD DESIGN Awards are an extension of the GOOD DESIGN Awards. GOOD DESIGN is the worlds oldest and most coveted international design award, bestowed only to the most important and influential industrial and graphic designers. Current and previous winners of GREEN GOOD DESIGN are world-class brands such as BMW, Electrolux, Bosch, Hansgrohe, Herman Miller, Cuisinart and Mercedes Benz. To stand with such recognizable brands is an honor that these manufacturers do not take for granted. “Having multiple clients once again be recipients of a world recognized award such as the Green GOOD DESIGN is quite an honor for my DRS team and me. It reinforces that our clients innovations tied together with our strategic brand building efforts are yielding wonderful returns,” stated David Schlocker, president of DRS and Associates. Each of these five brands stands on their own merits for their contribution to green design and we encourage you to take a look at them individually and as a whole.

Here are the winning brands and their respective products:

Caroma

aecKnowledge and The AIA California Council Announce Renewed Partnership

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 29, 2012

aecKnowledge, a leading provider of advanced online continuing education (CE) for architects, engineers and construction professionals, and The AIA California Council (AIACC) announce the renewal of their knowledge partnership. The partnership was formed in 2010 based on a shared mission to help design professionals advance their careers, enrich their firms and elevate their practices through knowledge sharing.

The AIACC is pleased to have renewed this partnership, stated Paul W. Welch, Jr., Hon. AIACC, Executive Vice President, AIACC. Joining forces with aecKnowledge will continue to allow the AIACC to deliver relevant, useful, and important knowledge to our members.

To date, AIACC and aecKnowledge have produced twenty-five online continuing education courses under this partnership, including a series on accessibility that addresses the California requirement for license renewal. The 2010/2011 series was viewed by more than 12,500 individuals including over 40% of Californias licensed architects, making it the most popular online venue for this content. The 2012/2013 series, which includes four courses totaling five hours, will be released in early August. A significant portion of course revenue goes to the AIACC and its 22 local components to fund other initiatives.

According to Michael Strogoff, FAIA, Founder & President, aecKnowledge, Our renewed partnership with the AIACC is a testament to the strong demand for online knowledge sharing. We are thrilled to have such a strong partner and to know that we are elevating the practice of architecture throughout California.

aecKnowledge’s online courses are approved for continuing education units by AIA/CES and/or GBCI. The courses are also accepted by many states to fulfill mandatory CE requirements for ongoing licensure. Additional materials, including free course previews, written transcripts, course descriptions, learning objectives and presenter biographies are also available.

About aecKnowledge

aecKnowledge, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an established web-based, peer-reviewed knowledge sharing platform for the AEC industries. aecKnowledge enables members of the architecture, engineering, construction and land use planning industries to share unbiased knowledge and to leverage their collective intellectual capital. With a mission to transform how design and construction professionals throughout the AEC industries collaborate with and learn from each other, aecKnowledge targets the more than 6 million professionals and tradespeople across the fragmented AEC industry, and provides a venue for allied professionals and knowledge providers to strengthen their presence among a large and engaged audience. Visit http://www.aecKnowledge.com for more information.

About The AIA California Council

The AIACC represents the interests of more than 11,000 architects and allied professionals in California. Founded in 1944, The AIACC’s mission supports architects in their endeavors to improve the quality of life for all Californians by creating more livable communities, sustainable designs and quality work environments. Today, The AIACC is the largest component of the national AIA organization. For more information, visit http://www.aiacc.org.







NoveList and Library Journal Announce The LibraryAware Community Award

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Ipswich, MA (PRWEB) June 22, 2012

Library Journal is looking for libraries that are deeply engaged with their community and where the community is equally engaged with the library. A new award, the LibraryAware Community Award, will recognize those cities and towns and their libraries, or library systems, that have demonstrated their ability to make the community aware of what the library can do for themand have delivered on that promise. The award will be given by Library Journal and underwritten by LibraryAware, a product of the NoveList division of EBSCO Publishing.

This award will illuminate the value that communities throughout the United States and Canada derive from their libraries and highlight the outcomes of work by librariesthrough the development of effective programs, services, partnerships, and communicationsthat result in better communities and an increased understanding of how libraries contribute to a communitys well-being. The award will demonstrate why libraries deserve the resources necessary to deliver services that result in healthier, more prosperous, and more engaged cities and towns, says LJ editor-in-chief Francine Fialkoff.

NoveList Vice President Duncan Smith says the community is as vital to the success of any library as libraries are to successful communities. We want to live in communities where people see themselves as part of the future, as part of the solution. We want communities where the spirit of inquiry is alive, where not only the librarians and library staff but the citizens themselves embrace self-directed learning. It is in the public library where a community extends its capacity to imagine.

The LibraryAware Community Award will be given annually to a community of any size and its library during National Library Week. It will be presented to the city or town officials and the library director. The city or town will receive a plaque identifying it as a LibraryAware community. The winning library will receive $ 10,000, with second place receiving $ 7500, and third place receiving $ 5000. The first winners will be announced in June 2013 and the winning library will be featured in an article in Library Journal that same month.

THE CRITERIA

The LibraryAware Community Award will go to a library whose community is aware of, and recognizes, the librarys role:

Rmg and Mil Speck Announce Engagement to Build Waste Oil Refinery

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Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) June 20, 2012

Renewable Manufacturing Gateway (RMG), a non-profit organization acting as the catalyst for regional job creation and economic development in the clean technology and renewable energy industries, has signed a Letter of Engagement with Mil Speck Re-Refining Oil Company LLC (Mil Speck) to jointly develop a motor oil re-refinery.

Mil Speck will recycle used motor oil in an environmentally friendly manner in a new custom-designed plant that is expected to start operations in the fourth quarter of 2013. Oil gets dirty, but it never wears out, says Mil Specks founder and Chief Executive Officer Carl Greene.

The new re-refinery will have a capacity to process 25 million gallons of used motor oil per year and to produce vacuum gas oil, base neutral and asphalt flux. Mil Speck will utilize a state-of-the-art technology designed by Sequoia Global Inc. The technology has a proven industry record of producing the highest product quality and yielding the greatest economic return for re-refiners of motor oil.

Colortrac, the Leading Innovator in the Field of Wide Format Scanning Technology, Announce the Launch of Their New High Speed SmartLF SC 42 Large Format Production Scanner

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(PRWEB) June 17, 2012

The SmartLF SC 42 wide format scanner has been designed with many new and productive innovations to meet the needs of high volume scanning users in AEC, CAD, GIS and Copyshop or Service Bureaus.

Commenting on the new scanning technology, Peter Brown Colortrac Executive Director said The new SingleSensor digital imaging technology for the SmartLF SC 42 wide format scanners is an important new Colortrac invention. The SingleSensor is a single full width 42 inch array of Contact Imaging Sensors (CIS) that are housed in a robust structure and pre-aligned, giving higher optical quality and improved match between sensors. The full width SingleSensor has 50,400 pixels giving it an optical resolution of 1200dpi and a maximum scanning resolution of 9600dpi. It also uses a bi-directional white LED lighting system that optimises the illumination of the scan object whilst giving an Instant-on response. This lowers power consumption as the lights are only on whilst scanning and eliminates the effects of shaded areas caused by creases or folds in the original documents.

The SmartLF SC 42 is capable of scanning monochrome documents at 13 inches/sec and color at 6 inches/sec. To improve the document feeding capabilities at these increased scanning speeds, it incorporates a new single roller document feed mechanism that holds the document firmly up against the SingleSensor lens. This allows it to handle a variety of document types including creased, fragile or even thin media such as newspaper.

The SmartLF SC 42 is also the first large format scanner to utilise the new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 serial PC interface that provides for data transfer at up to 5Gb/sec this is approximately 10 times the data transfer speed of the current USB2 interface. This reduces the time taken to transfer the image data from the scanner to the host PC – this has always been a restriction on productivity. Tests have indicated a realistic throughput of 273 Arch-E (36 x 48) sized color pages per hour at 200dpi resolution or 171 documents at 400dpi. By using the new SmartWorks EZ Touch software provided with the scanner, easy quality adjustment of the scanned image can be made, making the SmartLF SC 42 large format scanner ideal for those large archival jobs.

Summarizing the capabilities of the new wide format scanner, Peter Brown commented The color space of SingleSensor can be set to sRGB or RAW RGB depending on application. The excellent color accuracy of this scanner and the higher scanning and data transfer speeds using the SuperSpeed USB3 interface contribute to making the SmartLF SC 42 the most productive large format scanner available. It also reinforces Colortracs position as the leading innovator in the field of wide format scanning technology.

See: http://www.colortrac.com

For further information contact:

Rob van Brakel,

Marketing Manager,

Colortrac Limited.

Tel: +44 (0)1480 464618

Email: press(at)colortrac(dot)com

Web: http://www.colortrac.com

About Colortrac

Founded in 1989 and based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, UK, a region of British excellence in science and technology, Colortrac Ltd is the leading innovator in professional wide format scanners and image acquisition software solutions with many new technically innovative patents created by their Research and Development departments, including the NEW SingleSensor scanning technology.

Colortrac was the first wide format scanner manufacturer to recognize the individual merits of both Charge Coupled Display (CCD), Contact Image Sensor (CIS) and will incorporate the newly introduced SingleSensor technology into some of their new SmartLF scanners. Coupled with a full range of supporting SmartWorks software, they are creating unique customer solutions to simplify scanning problems across the full spectrum of applications. These range from the demanding Graphics Arts market to practical, productive CAD, GIS, EDM and FM technical document scanning.

Colortrac Ltd has offices in Beijing and Suzhou, P.R. China, in Chantilly, Virginia, USA and in Yokohama, Japan and now in Mexico.

Further information about Colortracs products can be found at: http://www.colortrac.com







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Bluenose Yacht Sales of Newport, RI and Portland, ME Announce New Representation for New England of the Grand Soleil Racing/Cruising Yachts

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Newport, RI (PRWEB) May 29, 2012

Bluenose Yacht Sales with offices in Newport, RI and Portland, Maine is pleased to announce we have added the Grand Soleil Yachts product line for sale here in New England. Mareblu of Annapolis, MD is the East coast distributor for Grand Soleil and is working with Bluenose Yacht Sales as one of the regional, local dealers to provide better service and customer support for new Grand Soleil purchases in the northeast.

The Grand Soleil yachts ranging in size from 39′ to 54′ are uniquely positioned as a high quality racing cruiser with elegant Italian design on the from the deck to the main salon.

Grand Soleil built by Cantiere del Pardo

The history of Cantiere del Pardo began in Bologna in 1974. Their ambitious objective was to produce regatta boats that combined the best possible performance with elegant and innovative design.

Now, Grand Soleils timeless style is celebrating 35 years of history. 35 years in which these boats have left their mark on a fundamental chapter in the history of modern sailing. For years, Cantiere del Pardo has been creating yachts with care and passion, each one unique, thus establishing the company as one of the top producers worldwide, because the Grand Soleil yachts are an icon of ‘Made in Italy’ style.

Innovative features include internal structure in carbon fibre using infusion technique.

For the creation of the interior layout and the various optional features, Cantiere del Pardo collaborated with Grand Soleil owners to achieve a better understanding of their requirements and create a product with great possibilities for customization.

McCormack Baron Salazar and Metro Announce the Grand Opening of MacArthur Park Apartments Phase A

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(PRWEB) June 15, 2012

McCormack Baron Salazar and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO) are cutting the ribbon on the new MacArthur Park Apartments Phase A Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in the MacArthur Park/Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Grand Opening Ceremony will be held on June 18 at the new development located at 681 South Bonnie Brae Street. With remarks by community leaders, a formal ribbon cutting, and tours of the new sustainable apartments and retail spaces, the event will celebrate the grand opening of the first of two phases that includes 90 affordable apartments, 15,000 square feet of retail, 100 commuter car parking spaces, and 24 bicycle parking spaces. A total of 172 affordable apartments are planned for the two-phase development.

In a city where the motto once seemed to be Build Now, Plan Later, we are committed to doing things differently. We are closely linking our ever-expanding transit system with the planning of vibrant, livable neighborhoods,” said Los Angeles Mayor and current MTA chairman Antonio Villaraigosa. The MacArthur Park Apartments development is a perfect example of how we can become a more livable city by connecting our residents to high-quality affordable housing options and public transit.

Located in one of Los Angeles most densely populated communities and one mile west of Downtown Los Angeles, the development is adjacent to the METRO Red/Purple Line Westlake/MacArthur Park Station and is one block from the historic General Douglas MacArthur Municipal Park. The goal of this landmark development is to serve as a model for other Transit-Oriented Developments in Los Angeles and across the county and to act as a catalyst for more development in the larger MacArthur Park neighborhood.

“Our ability to work with the private sector and build housing at one of the citys key transportation hubs is something that can and should be duplicated throughout Los Angeles, said Councilmember Ed P. Reyes. Moreover, the quality and accessibility of this development demonstrates that housing can be created for people who most need it.

The structure required intricate architectural and engineering design by Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc., with Roschen Van Cleve. Spanning an underground Metro tunnel, it not only defines a public space encouraging public transit ridership and pedestrian activity, but also provides a safe environment for families. MacArthur Park Apartments incorporate green design features that include using recycled materials, high energy efficient heating and cooling systems, dual glazed windows, water saving fixtures, non-toxic paints and materials, and upgraded insulation. In addition, each unit offers such market rate amenities as washer and dryer, dishwasher, central air and heat, and free high speed internet. Each household also receives a free monthly Metro pass.

The MacArthur Park Apartments are Metros latest smart growth success story, said Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina. Weve melded transit-oriented development principles with environmentally conscious design, making the MacArthur Park Apartments a model for other housing developments in Los Angeles County.

According to a recent study by the Center for Housing Policy, for every dollar saved on housing, a working family spends 77 cents more on transportation. The MacArthur Park Transit Oriented Development connects affordable housing opportunities for working families with a local and regional network of public transportation alternatives to help bring down the cost of housing and transit for the families that need it the most.

The MacArthur Park Apartments development exemplifies good transit-oriented development, explained Tony Salazar, President of McCormack Baron Salazars West Coast Operations. Good TOD, like MacArthur Park, maximizes the investments cities are making in their infrastructure, connects affordable housing to jobs and opportunities for working families, and provides a safe, livable, walkable community with services and retail for residents and riders.

McCormack Baron Salazar anticipates closing construction financing on the second phase of the project in December 2012 with construction beginning in January 2013. Construction of Phase B is estimated to take approximately 24 months. The development team is incorporating a comprehensive bike parking facility in this second phase to further promote bicycle use for commuters, residents, shoppers and recreational riders.

MacArthur Park Apartments is a model for transit-oriented, affordable housing developments that serves as a social and economic catalyst for the revitalization of a historic Los Angeles neighborhood, said Alicia Glen, Managing Director and head of the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group. It has been a pleasure to partner with McCormack Baron Salazar, the State of California, and the County and City of Los Angeles on this transformative project.

A high-quality development like this takes a dedicated commitment from everyone, commented Raul Anaya, Los Angeles Market President, Bank of America. The project could only have gotten done with a team that included Metro, the State, the City of Los Angeles, the Housing Authority, and Redevelopment Agency, two strong private banks, and neighborhood residents under the leadership from an experienced private developer like McCormack Baron Salazar. This project illustrates the best of what public-private-community partnerships can achieve.

The $ 44.8 million development was financed through a combination of public and private financing that included funding from Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, the State of California Housing & Community Development Department, The Los Angeles Housing Department, the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles City of Industry Program, Metro, the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles, American Recovery & Reinvestment Act TCAP Funds administered by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, New Markets Tax Credits from MBS Urban Initiatives, and equity and debt from Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group from the sale of Low Income Housing Tax Credits and New Markets Tax Credits. The development began construction in June 2010.

The project is part of Metros Joint Development Program, which seeks to secure the most appropriate private and/or public sector development on Metro-owned property at and adjacent to transit stations and corridors.

The Westlake/MacArthur Park Metro Rail Station plaza is one of the few remaining open sites on the entire Metro Red/Purple Line to undergo a transit-oriented development transformation, said Art Leahy, CEO of Metro. We are glad to help contribute to affordable housing as well as fast, efficient transportation choices for the Westlake/MacArthur Park community.

Metro and other municipal bus lines directly connecting with the Westlake/MacArthur Park subway station include: Metro Line 20, 51, 52, 200, 352, 487, 603, 720, and DASH Pico Union/Echo Park.

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