Nationals try new tack to keep home field advantage
The Washington Nationals, tired of opposing teams' fans overrunning the D.C. ballpark, are trying something new to stock the seats with their supporters. Tickets were released Friday for the May 4-6 series with the Philadelphia Phillies, but only for individuals with addresses in D.C., Virginia or Maryland. The Nationals are calling it "Take Back the Park." To get a seat (minimum of two tickets per sale, max of eight), Washington-area residents must enter their addresses at nationals.com/ourpark, then use a special code delivered to their email to buy tickets...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=2kTXRVeCBuA:j62c7eZOHiE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=2kTXRVeCBuA:j62c7eZOHiE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=2kTXRVeCBuA:j62c7eZOHiE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=2kTXRVeCBuA:j62c7eZOHiE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=2kTXRVeCBuA:j62c7eZOHiE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=2kTXRVeCBuA:j62c7eZOHiE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
MERS named in New York Attorney General's suit
The New York Attorney General?s Office filed a lawsuit against several of the nation?s largest banks, charging them with fraud and deception in foreclosure filings by the creation and use of a national electronic mortgage registry system. Reston-based Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., also known as MERS, and its parent MERSCORP Inc are also named as defendants. The lawsuit alleges that Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo submitted court documents containing false and misleading information that made it appear they had authority to start a foreclosure when they may not have...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=06yRXOHDS4Q:7HGqNP5VAx0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=06yRXOHDS4Q:7HGqNP5VAx0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=06yRXOHDS4Q:7HGqNP5VAx0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=06yRXOHDS4Q:7HGqNP5VAx0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=06yRXOHDS4Q:7HGqNP5VAx0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=06yRXOHDS4Q:7HGqNP5VAx0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Giant takes over 2 Fresh & Green?s locations
Landover-based Giant Food LLC will acquire two Fresh & Green?s supermarkets in the Baltimore area from Mrs. Green?s Management Co. The stores are Fresh & Green?s of Hampden on West 41st Street in Baltimore and Fresh & Green?s of Parkville on Harford Road in Parkville. Giant will close both stores for remodeling and reopen them as Giant supermarkets. The two stores employ 125 people, who will be offered jobs with Giant. The company is also closing a Giant location in Baltimore in the Rotunda shopping center on West 40th Street as part of the Fresh & Green?s acquisitions...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=uRPTNHoeRD8:AGqtehB2uac:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=uRPTNHoeRD8:AGqtehB2uac:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=uRPTNHoeRD8:AGqtehB2uac:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=uRPTNHoeRD8:AGqtehB2uac:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=uRPTNHoeRD8:AGqtehB2uac:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=uRPTNHoeRD8:AGqtehB2uac:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Sen. Chuck Grassley criticizes FDA alleged email surveillance
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/084518-PRN-FDA-LOGO-n`084Screenres*100.jpg?v=1'>Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has set a Feb. 17 deadline for the Food and Drug Administration to respond to his questions regarding allegations that the agency monitored email of employees who were whistleblowers, Federal Times reports. In a five-page letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Tuesday, Grassley sharply criticized the agency for its treatment of former FDA biomedical engineer Paul Hardy. Hardy is one of nine employees who expressed concerns to the incoming Obama administration and Congress that the agency had approved unsafe medical devices, the letter says.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=5UFp3JfbfO4:S6oBWhMcQkE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=5UFp3JfbfO4:S6oBWhMcQkE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=5UFp3JfbfO4:S6oBWhMcQkE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=5UFp3JfbfO4:S6oBWhMcQkE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?i=5UFp3JfbfO4:S6oBWhMcQkE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_washington?a=5UFp3JfbfO4:S6oBWhMcQkE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_washington?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>


Florida real estate that developers took the hurricane threat and turned it into a profitable venture. 2006 saw that other than coastal and beach front developments; developers started to develop properties within the cities. An example is the ongoing downtown Miami pre-construction trend that is touted to be a new Manhattan. Developers are also busy with many top priority projects certain to keep the state on the top of real estate choices as well to attract new businesses. Town centers were built in Palm Coasts and Orange City, while extensive "Gateway" complexes were started in Daytona Beach and Port Orange.

Other developments in Florida real estate include the building and development of properties in higher areas like the cliffs. Aside from the sea and beach view, these new properties also offer another feature which coastal units cannot match: elevation. Studies show that the high prices of real estate on the coast and hurricane scare shifted the demand and need towards inland areas that has higher locations, which are scarce on Florida coast.The developers saw a market for more elevated properties in the light of the recent hurricanes. People are getting interested in procuring higher level real estate as a precaution against typhoons and floods caused by hurricanes. The development of an experimental property called Owls' Head is touted as a test for the higher elevation market. From this vantage point, I think Florida real estate braved the waves and came out on top.

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