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  <title><![CDATA[Michigan Condo &HOA News from CAN]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[News items about Michigan Condominium and Homeowner associations, compiled by the Community Associations Network]]></description>
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     <title>Woman charged with embezzling money from Caledonia Condo development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of dollars are missing from a condominium association in Caledonia and former complex manager Cassandra Tompkins is under arrest.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:39:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_story.aspx?storyid=99397</link>
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     <title>Earth friendly: East Lansing condos go green with grass roof</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Forget backyards - instead, some downtown condominium residents now can gaze out their windows at a grassy rooftop]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:40:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/NEWS01/810010358/1001/NEWS</link>
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     <title>Detroit out of riverfront condo deal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The protracted credit crunch and real estate collapse has prompted the City of Detroit to pull the plug on Atwater Lofts, one of the planned upscale condominium projects on the east riverfront.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:39:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/BUSINESS04/810010370</link>
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     <title>Grand Rapids woman raffles off her condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The housing market may be suffering right now but, one woman is using a creative twist to sell her home. She is planning to raffle off her condominium to a lucky winner.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:07:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_story.aspx?storyid=99020&catid=14]]></link>
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     <title>Lake residents adjust to the changing face of living on lakes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The allure of lakefront living is no mystery. Gorgeous scenery and charming property are perks of owning a home near a lake, but the biggest plus is all that clean, refreshing water. But the challenges of keeping that water clean can tear at the fabric of a lake community:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:55:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.mlive.com/lake-living/2008/09/lake_residents_adjust_to_the_c.html</link>
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     <title>GM condo project on slow track</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Plans for a 600-unit condo project east of the Renaissance Center, built in conjunction with General Motors Corp., are in limbo amid a national mortgage crisis that is complicating efforts to rebuild a long-neglected stretch of riverfront land.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:05:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080903/BIZ/809030355/1001</link>
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     <title>Condo association opposes making street private</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Brookdale Condominiums are protesting a proposal to turn responsibility for Brookdale Court back to residents of the complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:34:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/NEWS06/808240451</link>
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     <title>Do homework before buying a condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For many aspiring homeowners, buying a condominium is an affordable way to transition from being a renter and begin reaping the benefits of homeownership without a lot of the added costs involved in maintaining a house with a yard on a piece of property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:08:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/BUSINESS04/808240312</link>
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     <title>Stink raised over smells from pond</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For someone who paid a $10,000 premium to have a condo overlooking a pond, Joseph Amico isn't happy about what he's looking at these days — a muddy hole in the ground.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:21:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.livingstondaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080810/NEWS01/808100336</link>
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     <title>Condo clubhouse damaged by fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Superior Township firefighters battled a blaze in a condominium clubhouse that was unoccupied Friday evening]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:33:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-28/1217054429181450.xml&coll=2]]></link>
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     <title>Double JJ owners planning to sell embattled resort</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Although the festival that drew an estimated 40,000 people to southern Oceana County was successful, the Double JJ was facing the default of a $17.5 million construction loan for the Gold Rush indoor waterpark and Thoroughbred Suites Condominiums that came due in February]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:06:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/07/update_double_jj_owners_planni.html</link>
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     <title>Tough times for new condo developments</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Downtown Grand Rapids is booming with new condominium projects, but when it comes to selling the units, some developers are having problems]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:12:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wzzm13.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=95268&catid=2]]></link>
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     <title>Condo owners finding a cash crunch</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As more condo owners who need to move are stuck with properties they can't sell and foreclosure rates rise, many homeowner associations are hurting for the cash needed to maintain monthly services.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:58:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/BUSINESS06/807060478/1019/BUSINESS06</link>
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     <title>Program assists Novi residents in need of minor home repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While attending to other repairs at Curley’s residence five years ago, contractors employed through the program discovered a crack in her condominium furnace.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:14:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080629/NEWS13/80627009/1030</link>
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     <title>Longer subdivision construction time frames force shift in expenses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residential construction slowdowns that extend subdivision build-outs are forcing developers to absorb expenses typically turned over to homeowner associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:15:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mlive.com/businessreview/oakland/index.ssf/2008/06/longer_subdivision_constructio.html</link>
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     <title>Going Hollywood: How To Make Your Community Film Friendly</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Adler says that condo developments in Ferndale and Royal Oak have benefited from several film groups staying there. Metromode recently wrote about the impact this has had on the local apartment rental market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:37:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.metromodemedia.com/features/FilmFriendly%20Michgan0072.aspx</link>
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     <title>Blaze destroys condo in South Lyon</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 58-year-old woman is without a home after a fire on May 28 completely destroyed her South Lyon condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:14:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080605/NEWS19/806050676/1036</link>
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     <title>Subdivision lots up for auction</title>
     <description><![CDATA["This really blindsided us," said Mike Gould, president of Woodlands of Riverside Homeowner Association. "It really put us at a disadvantage."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:30:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/business/flintjournal/index.ssf?/base/business-5/121207980557140.xml&coll=5]]></link>
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     <title>Detroit condo project puts discarded containers to use</title>
     <description><![CDATA[...a Detroit-based group hopes to use empty shipping containers to build one of the most unusual -- and certainly one of the most innovative -- residential projects in southeast Michigan.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:49:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805130314</link>
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     <title>Car crashes into condo, starts fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Riggs said firefighters cut a hole in the roof of the garage so the fire was able to vent vertically, preventing it from spreading to the living areas of the condos. The four condo units in the building suffered varying degrees of smoke damage.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:28:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailytribune.com/stories/051308/loc_localn05.shtml</link>
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     <title>White Lake leaders consider sediment 'traps'</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Our goal is to be proactive to establish both long- and short-term programs that will involve and benefit our entire community, as well as reduce our unsustainable costs," said Jeff Chirico, treasurer of the Ellenwood Landing Condominium Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 20:35:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-14/121060351215240.xml&coll=8]]></link>
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     <title>Longtime lakefront resort going 'condo'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That change is possible because of a judge's ruling, issued last month, in a lawsuit between White River Township and Stephen DeKoster, owner of the resort since 2003.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 20:31:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/05/longtime_lakefront_resort_goin.html</link>
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     <title>Contractor pleads guilty in condo scam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A contractor who scammed the owners of a Suttons Bay condominium pleaded guilty to a criminal charge.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:42:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_128095036.html</link>
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     <title>Water, sewer rates to rise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sterling Heights resident Carol Nowaczyk said she's already been asked to refrain from watering her lawn this summer because the condominium association she belongs to provides sprinklers]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 09:42:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080507/METRO/805070352</link>
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     <title>Smoker linked to fire at condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Canton fire officials believe a fire that damaged a condominium building Sunday afternoon was most likely an accident caused by a careless smoker.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:18:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080501/NEWS03/805010549</link>
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     <title>Judge Hicks: 'The township wins'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[DeKoster told the Beacon in November that he only wanted to replace the old buildings already on the property with 14 36-by-32 foot cottages to be sold as condo units and simply upgrade the buildings already there. Township supervisor Mike Cockerill said DeKoster’s changes violated the township’s ordinances, though no ordinance provision specifically addressing condominium conversions exists.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:16:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.whitelakebeacon.com/news.php?story_id=15780</link>
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     <title>McCotter, Cox work to obtain funds for road</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jon Sabo, community manager of the Highland Lakes Condominium Association in Northville Township, said last week that Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Livonia) is working to obtain federal funding to help reconstruct Silver Springs Drive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:09:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/NEWS12/804240683/1029/rss19</link>
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     <title>Mundy Tsp. couple sue their condo assn. over $30,000 lien involved in website</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When a judge dismissed a condominium association's lawsuit against a condo-owning couple for starting a Web site related to the association, the pair hoped their trouble was over.  Instead, the Lake Park Village Condominium Association has slapped a $30,000 lien on James and Helen Cunningham's home -- including the attorney's fees the association paid to sue the couple.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:18:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/index.ssf/2008/04/condominium_controversy_mundy.html</link>
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     <title>Summergreen residents oppose more condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It was standing-room only Wednesday at City Hall when more than 100 residents from a condominium development showed up to oppose a developer's plan to build 156 more condos on a golf course at the center of the existing development.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:04:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-41/1208438131196040.xml&coll=6]]></link>
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     <title>Indian Village condo owners vote not to rebuild</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners of the destroyed Indian Village condominium complex voted tonight not to rebuild the structure that was ravaged by fire in January.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:00:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/04/indian_village_condo_owners_vo.html</link>
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     <title>Firefighters battle condo blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bloomfield Hills firefighters spent several hours battling an attic blaze that broke out Thursday inside a four-unit condominium complex at 146 E. Hickory Grove.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:26:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080330/NEWS02/803300597</link>
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     <title>Looters hit Indian Village condos after fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Days after a fire destroyed much of Indian Village Condominiums, Pamela Patton and a handful of her neighbors returned to find their homes not only damaged -- but also looted.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:55:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-40/1204899340276950.xml&coll=6]]></link>
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     <title>Property Tax Increasing Despite Drop in Home Prices</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners across mid-Michigan are getting surprises when they open their mail- an increase in their property tax assessments. Some people are paying more taxes, even as the value of their home tumbles. Susan Merkle was just a bit shocked when she opened her annual property assessment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:52:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=7961566&nav=0RbQ]]></link>
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     <title>Contractor faces new charge in condo scam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Leelanau County prosecutor ramped up a criminal charge against a man who allegedly scammed the owners of a Suttons Bay condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:37:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_059094614.html</link>
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     <title>Man faces charges in condo scam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Newpower collected about $95,000 but never completed the work, Donaldson said. He filed paperwork with the county register of deeds office and the condo's owners claiming he finished the work and paid his suppliers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:35:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_053094458.html</link>
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     <title>Mom, 2 kids OK after condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Orion Township firefighters and Oakland County sheriff's deputies rescued a mother and her two daughters after a blaze at their condominium]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:06:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080222/NEWS06/802220381/1008/news06</link>
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     <title>Benefit for Indian Village Condo fire victims tonight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than a hundred people are still homeless after a large condominium complex fire and tonight there's a benefit being held to help them out.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:23:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=88052</link>
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     <title>Three people helped out of Lake Orion condo during blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A late night Wednesday fire damaged four units in the Keatington Condominum complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:21:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/022108/loc_20080221302.shtml</link>
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     <title>Board puts water line resolution on tap</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Because the township, not the condominium associations, is initiating the special assessment district, there is no need to get the usual two-thirds approval from members, Dennis Shaw of Spectrum Property Management in Grand Blanc said. Spectrum manages Lake Park Village and Timber Ridge.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:17:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/flintjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-48/120343621368010.xml&coll=5]]></link>
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     <title>Condo residents applaud decision to pursue municipal water line</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two smaller developments nearby, Timber Ridge Condominiums and Fen-Win would also be able to abandon their well systems if the project is approved. Roughly 400 homes would be affected by the change.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:13:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2008/02/condo_residents_applaud_mundy.html</link>
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     <title>Condo complexities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thinking of buying a condominium? It's a good idea for all sorts of people, from empty nesters downsizing to young professionals who don't need a yard and a big house yet.  But purchasing a condo works best when buyers understand all the potential challenges.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:13:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080210/BUSINESS04/802100522/1002</link>
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     <title>Condo, loft sales surge in Detroit as prices fall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tumbling prices for once-pricey downtown lofts and condos are bringing in a flurry of buyers, providing a surge in December sales not seen since the bygone era of easy mortgage financing.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:05:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/BIZ/801300350/1001</link>
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     <title>Condo fire victims get advice at housing fair</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Like many others who lost everything to a spectacular fire two weeks ago, Betsey Chase went to a housing fair Saturday to get help toward rebuilding her life. She quickly learned it will not be easy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:53:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-40/1202022917150080.xml&coll=6]]></link>
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     <title>Judge dismisses 1 BayView suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The number of lawsuits pending in Circuit Court in Leelanau County against the developer of the troubled BayView condominium project in Suttons Bay fell from nine to eight earlier this month – but the developer is now facing a mortgage foreclosure sale on a BayView unit against which he borrowed money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:01:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/01/24/judge-dismisses-1-bayview-suit/</link>
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     <title>Aftermath of condo fire called 'a nightmare'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some of the 200 residents chased from their homes in Sunday's condominium fire will have to wait until at least Saturday before salvaging belongings, fire investigators said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:02:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-40/1201136802165110.xml&coll=6]]></link>
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     <title>Condo blaze ruined a bit of history</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several hours before the fire, a condo owner noticed smoke and "some melting" in a bathroom ceiling exhaust fan, Fire Investigator Pablo Martinez said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-40/1201013195114360.xml&coll=6]]></link>
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     <title>About 200 homeless after Grand Rapids fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many of the nearly 200 residents wept as the hungry blaze moved among three buildings in a towering fire that shot flames and belched thick black smoke into the frigid sky. "Everything I have is in there," said 42-year-old John Graham, who lived in his condo for the past 10 years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:48:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/01/nearly_200_homeless_after_gran.html</link>
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     <title>Overdue association fees by short-sellers hold up condo sales</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It may sound like hardball, but the associations say they have no choice but to insist on full payment because the remaining homeowners would have to pay higher monthly fees if debts were forgiven.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:17:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080120/BUSINESS04/801200501/1002</link>
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     <title>Detroit, foreclosed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Karen Hammer, president of the Green Acres Woodward Community Association, my neighborhood in northwest Detroit, reports that "10 percent of the homes in the neighborhood are vacant." The neighborhood has about 1,000 houses so that means about 100 are empty]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:39:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=12379</link>
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     <title>Considering converting a building into a condo?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the most important first steps in deciding whether to convert a downtown building into a condo is to do your homework, experts say.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:02:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.monroenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080113/LIVING/976402088</link>
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     <title>As Detroit project arises, others falter</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But just as these hotel projects, long on the books, are debuting, several high-profile downtown condo projects are faltering. Bankers hit by the global lending crisis are suddenly asking for tougher terms.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:59:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080108/BIZ/801080396</link>
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     <title>Downtown Detroit condo project scrubbed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An 80-unit luxury condominium project for downtown Detroit has been scrapped due to slow sales.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:03:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/business-14/1199101141248000.xml&storylist=michigannews]]></link>
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     <title>To license or not to license</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I was recently involved in a mediation that involved a dispute with three parties and a tragic result for one of them -- not my doing or lack of doing, by the way.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:15:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/mbusinessreview/west/index.ssf?/base/test/1197482474122420.xml&coll=12]]></link>
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     <title>Laddy Lane development case overturned</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A state Court of Appeals judge has overturned a ruling that halted work on the Laddy Lane condominium development in Hamburg Township.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:11:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailypressandargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071211/NEWS01/712110307/1002</link>
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     <title>Condo slump slows downtown revival</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Like their suburban counterparts, residential real estate developers in the city are contending with one of the most difficult condominium markets in years, with supply far exceeding demand and tighter restrictions on who can get a home loan.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:28:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071123/BIZ/711230335/1001</link>
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     <title>Market forces some to juggle mortgages</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the worst housing markets in Michigan's history is taking a heavy toll on Barb Corwin's finances, not to mention her psyche. The Ann Arbor bar owner is shouldering three mortgage payments. She can't sell her condominium, the house she lives in or the dream house she renovated and planned to move into.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:13:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071118/BUSINESS06/711180610/1002/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Book-Cadillac condos: Hot, hot, hot</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Book-Cadillac is becoming a coveted address. Despite southeastern Michigan's sickly housing market, condominium sales have been brisk at the 1924 building, being revived as a hotel, restaurant and residential complex. Already, 61 of 67 condominiums in the Louis Kamper structure are spoken for.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:35:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071116/BIZ/711160377</link>
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     <title>Reclaiming the Commons</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today’s version is usually described as an "intentional" community, which means that people have made a conscious decision to plan it and be part of it. Cohousing is philosophically built around cooperative values like being good neighbors to one another and good citizens of the planet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:07:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/features/newb7907.aspx</link>
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     <title>Drain lawsuit carries weight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fuller said a larger issue in the case is an emerging trend where new housing developments are being built under the Condominium Act rather than the Land Division Act.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:41:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071111/NEWS01/711110303/1002</link>
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     <title>Lawyer demands county release meeting minutes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An attorney representing owners of The Homestead resort in a case against two Leelanau County mechanical inspectors has demanded that the County Board of Commissioners release minutes of an illegally closed Aug. 21 meeting during which commissioners are believed to have discussed the case.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:43:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2007/10/31/lawyer-demands-county-release-meeting-minutes/</link>
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     <title>Residents along Smith Lake alarmed by hunters</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Shotgun blasts from Smith Lake are unsettling homeowners in the Pepperwood Condominiums west of Saginaw Road and in Sawgrass Ridge Condominiums north of McCandlish Road]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:39:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2007/10/residents_along_smith_lake_ala.html</link>
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     <title>Marina owner wins lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owner of Jefferson Beach Marina in St. Clair Shores won the crux of a lawsuit against him by the marina's operators, meaning he may soon take over operations, save $1 million in back taxes and in a few years revive a major condominium/retail project.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:34:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/102307/loc_marina001.shtml</link>
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     <title>Opening shots in whistleblower case on tap</title>
     <description><![CDATA[VanDyke had alleged that the report "indicated that the furnaces and water heaters in the BayView condominiums had been installed in violation of the Michigan Mechanical Code and the manufacturer’s specifications and therefore should not have been approved because they constituted a threat to the health and safety to the occupants of the condominiums."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:09:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2007/10/17/opening-shots-in-whistleblower-case-on-tap/</link>
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     <title>Woodward condo project falters</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The repo man could soon seize a landmark 25-story skyscraper near Campus Martius, according to court records that detail troubles behind a high-profile project that once promised to bring $1 million condos to the lower Woodward area.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:49:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071016/METRO/710160369</link>
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     <title>Look before you leap into homeowners association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Buying a home is already a complex endeavor. Add in the sometimes-unfathomable workings of a homeowners association and you enter a realm filled with the potential for misunderstandings that may have legal and financial consequences]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:13:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071014/BUSINESS04/710140558/1017</link>
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     <title>Neighbors loud, clear against condo rezoning</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About 40 residents attended the meeting to demonstrate opposition to rezoning Franklin Orchard Condominiums, 13 units south of Stonebrooke on Franklin at I-696. Residents of those 13 condos were bought out almost two years ago, when the Michigan Department of Transportation restructured I-696.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:20:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071011/NEWS20/710110787</link>
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     <title>City steps in to give Bing riverfront project a boost</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Faced with delays in getting riverfront condominium projects built, the City of Detroit is intervening to give a project headed by civic and business leader Dave Bing a financial push.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:53:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071011/BUSINESS/71011035/0/COL14</link>
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     <title>Oscoda sells shopette to Villages</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Oscoda agreed to convey the building to the Villages of Oscoda Home Owners Association (HOA).  According to Trustee Larry Zucal, the building will be used as a clubhouse by the condominium association,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:28:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.oscodapress.com/articles/2007/10/10/news/news02.txt</link>
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     <title>"Mr. Hockey" settles suit against spying neighbor</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gordie Howe has reached a compromise in his lawsuit against a spying neighbor who has been conducting surveillance on the hockey legend's home]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:42:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070927/NEWS02/709270378/1001/news</link>
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     <title>Register of Deeds office recognized for record-keeping, fraud fighting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wayne County Register of Deeds Bernard Youngblood of Grosse Pointe Farms doesn’t think homeowners should have to fear visiting his office or losing their home to a scam artist.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:32:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2007/9-26-07/GG-REGISTEREDDEEDS.asp</link>
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     <title>Modular classrooms a sore point with township, condo owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Warwick Pointe residents have been to the Township Board numerous times to express their displeasure with the modular units, and members of the Warwick Pointe Condominium Association have objected to the school's presence since its inception, complaining about the increase in traffi and the modular classrooms.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:49:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2007/09/modular_classrooms_a_sore_poin.html</link>
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     <title>Laverdiere blasts city, mayor</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Because of the delay in delivery of the covenants, action on the permit was tabled Monday night until Oct. 1. Laverdiere said that he shouldn't be required to have the covenants in place until residents are ready to move into the complex, however, "The city required us to have it in place." The document is necessary if the condo owners wish to form a condominium association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:23:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.macombjournal.com/articles/2007/09/20/news/news0.txt</link>
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     <title>Mr. Hockey faces off with spying neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Howe, who has been the subject of a residential association dispute for more than a year, this week won a temporary restraining order barring the neighbor from spying on his home with a surveillance camera.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:30:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070920/METRO/709200382</link>
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     <title>Condo owners annoyed about slow development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tim Goodman wants his money's worth. Last year, he spent $198,000 for a condominium in a new housing complex. This year, the complex is covered with tall weeds, dirt piles, potholes and unmowed lawns.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:47:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/METRO01/709190386</link>
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     <title>Sixth suit against BayView is filed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The number of lawsuits pending against the developer of the BayView condominium project in the Village of Suttons Bay grew again last week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:23:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2007/09/12/sixth-suit-against-bayview-is-filed/</link>
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     <title>Condo program helps women rebuild credit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Developer Joe Monteleone and his partner have transformed a condemned St. Clair Shores home into a six-unit condo complex that is available for women in need because of bad credit and other problems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:09:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070907/METRO03/709070362</link>
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     <title>Couple vows to fight to keep Web site for condo owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[James and Helen Cunningham say they are staggered by a bill from their condo association for more than $3,000 -- the attorney's fees racked up by the board of directors so far in suing the couple in Genesee Circuit Court over the site]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2007/09/couple_vows_to_fight_to_keep_w.html</link>
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     <title>Ex-Inspections Department head files suit against the county</title>
     <description><![CDATA[VanDyke contends Gill fired him for reporting unlicensed and unsupervised electrical apprentices working through a contractor at the county's government center, and for requesting the termination of an inspector who overlooked code violations at the Bay View Condominiums in Suttons Bay.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:12:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/2007/aug/23suit.htm</link>
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     <title>'Zero step' condo project considered</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They call it "aging in place."   A project aimed at empty-nesters, retirees and those who anticipate or are living with physical limitations that make climbing stairs difficult, is being proposed for Ada Township.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:53:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/business/grpress/index.ssf?/base/business-5/1187358504232710.xml&coll=6]]></link>
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     <title>City Council approves Harcrest Woods traffic gate petition</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Council approved the petition in spite of a Planning Commission recommendation against it. According to Harcrest Woods representatives, the gate will prevent dangerous public through traffic on the development's drive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:02:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ourmidland.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18712915&BRD=2289&PAG=461&dept_id=472542&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>Empty nesters flock to downtown condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Nieuwenhuis family is a fine example of what downtown developers and market analysts say is the face of the 21st century condo market: empty nesters of the baby-boom generation and their children, 20-something millennials.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:08:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/business/grpress/index.ssf?/base/business-5/1186901813149280.xml&coll=6]]></link>
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     <title>CONDO BUYERS' MARKET: Builders foot bills, slash fees, host dinners to gain sale</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you want to buy a condominium and have not sold your current house, chances are good you can find a developer in metro Detroit to make your house payment until it sells.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:13:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070809/BUSINESS04/708090372/1002/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Peahen roaming local condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[She's the talk of a Genesee County neighborhood. A "lady" bird with an attitude. The sightings started about two months ago at the Mallard Ponds Condominiums on Davison Road just west of Belsay in Burton.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:22:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=local&id=5552549]]></link>
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     <title>Condo owners say dust levels have worsened</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In what can only be described as a dust-up, some River Road condominium owners are clashing with a neighboring gravel yard about particles of dirt they say are blowing over the wall separating the homes and business.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:26:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070804/NEWS01/708040306/1002/NEWS17</link>
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     <title>Douglas residents protest condo/golf course</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dozens of Douglas residents are united in their opposition to the redevelopment of the West Shore Golf Club property into a nine-hole golf course with 132 condominium units on the 92-acre site.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:12:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2007/08/douglas_residents_protest_cond.html</link>
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     <title>Condo owners don't want developer to add units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners in a 30-year-old condominium complex say a developer's plans to turn an adjacent golf course into more condos will rob their community of its charm and lower their property values.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:43:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-37/1185889697185460.xml&coll=6]]></link>
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     <title>Bay View faces 2 new suits</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Troubles continue to mount for the developer of the BayView project in the Village of Suttons Bay.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:53:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2007/07/25/bay-view-faces-2-new-suits/</link>
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     <title>Washtenaw home and condo sales plunge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the first half of 2007, home and condo sales in Washtenaw County fell nearly 16 percent compared to the same period in 2006 - the largest midyear sales drop in at least seven years, statistics show.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:03:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/business/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/business-5/1185086840247120.xml&coll=2]]></link>
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     <title>Judge sides with developer over condo project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tuesday brought victory for a Flint developer after a judge ruled the city of Flint is at fault for the downfall of his condo project.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:35:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=local&id=5481868]]></link>
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     <title>Midland: Planning Commission will not recommend Harcrest Woods gate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At Tuesday's meeting of the Planning Commission, Commissioners discussed a proposal by the Harcrest Woods Condominium Association to place a traffic gate at the development's eastern access. The Commission voted 6-2 against recommending the proposal to the City Council.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:26:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ourmidland.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18584019&BRD=2289&PAG=461&dept_id=472542&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>Harcrest Woods residents petition for east entrance traffic control gate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Cronenberger said that in the three years he's lived at Harcrest Woods, dangerous public traffic has been an increasing problem. A survey of the 58 condos in the development revealed that only 7 of the homes did not favor the proposal, he said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:28:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ourmidland.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18553208&BRD=2289&PAG=461&dept_id=472542&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>Condo owner's site may lead to lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Cunningham changed the name of the site from "Lake Park Village" to "LPV Sentinel" and posted a disclaimer on the home page. Cunningham, who has lived in his condo with wife Helen for 13 years, said he's simply exercising his right to free speech.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:50:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2003758973_condosite24.html?syndication=rss</link>
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     <title>GM building luxury condos in Detroit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[GM, delivering on promises to make Detroit all it can be, is getting into the development game. The General has given Hines Real Estate, out of Houston, a 6-acre riverfront plot next to the Renaissance Center where Hines plans to build 600 luxury condominiums.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:38:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sedans.autoblog.com/2007/06/21/gm-building-luxury-condos-in-detroit/</link>
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     <title>Homeowner says flooding still problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to the minutes from a March 13 Pontiac Lake Property Owner's Association board meeting, a proposed settlement at that time included a $25,000 award which would be applied to the construction of a seawall and would be paid in $10,000, $3,000, and $12,000 installments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.spinalcolumnonline.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-06-20&-token.story=53216.113117&-token.subpub=]]></link>
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     <title>Firm's suit seeks $90,000 from BayView work</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A second lawsuit in as many weeks has been filed against the developer of the BayView condominiums in the Village of Suttons Bay.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:24:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2007/06/18/firms-suit-seeks-90000-from-bayview-work/</link>
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     <title>Condo management trying to shut down resident's Web site</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium communities are known for regulating many aspects of homeowners' lives, but James Cunningham said he draws the line at squelching free speech.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:40:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/newsnow/2007/06/condo_management_trying_to_shu.html</link>
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     <title>The Beautiful Solution to Water Pollution</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Schools and public buildings have installed them. The city now employs them to solve drainage problems. Developers feature them in new construction, to much media hoopla. A major university in Kalamazoo has built them. Even a condominium association in Pentwater has one.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:34:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/features/sustain5907.aspx</link>
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     <title>Suit filed in BayView case; effort to block refund check</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A couple who agreed to buy a BayView condo unit in February and paid a $73,900 deposit filed suit in Circuit Court against the developer of the condos on Monday, claiming an illegal disclosure statement and purchase agreement were provided, among other allegations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:14:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2007/06/12/suit-filed-in-bayview-case-effort-to-block-refund-check/</link>
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     <title>Bay City Commission gives tax break to condo developer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bay City developer James M. Reid will save $207,880 in taxes after the Bay City Commission retroactively approved an eight-year tax abatement on his Antrim Place Condominiums.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 03:18:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1179846997129030.xml&coll=4]]></link>
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     <title>'Independent' inspector examines BayView units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Leelanau County Building Inspections department last week sent an "independent" mechanical inspector to reinspect units in the BayView condominium development in the Village of Suttons Bay to determine whether the units comply with building codes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 08:46:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2007/05/21/independent-inspector-examines-bayview-units/</link>
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     <title>Storm knocks out power; condo fire blamed on lightning strike</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire at a condominium on Cameron Circle was blamed on a lightning strike. No injuries were reported.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 07:12:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070516/UPDATE/705160428</link>
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     <title>Condo owners left in a lurch after developer pulls out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With only a handful of the spacious condominiums built, the Ohio-based developer Classic Tradition Homes has stopped construction on the project and is looking for a new buyer to take over the subdivision, which was set to include 52 units.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 10:29:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070513/NEWS03/705130335</link>
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     <title>Bing announces investors for $60M Watermark development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly 400 people crowded the Detroit Athletic Club on May 2 to hear details about the investment team that Dave Bing-led Spingarn Development pulled together for his Watermark Detroit development on Detroit's East Riverfront.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 04:52:41 -0500</pubDate>
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