A new housing development aimed at UC Merced students is expected to be the closest off-campus housing alternative for the ever-expanding university. Called “Merced Station,” the development at the corner of Yosemite Avenue and Lake Road is set to include 15 residential buildings with 270 units and 885 beds — plus retail and dining spaces.
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the Republican Presidential debate in 2008 when the moderator asked the candidates what they would do to “run the economy.” Senator McCain, the front-runner and eventual nominee gave a response typical for career politicians about how he would do this or that.
“As Ginger Rogers said, ‘I do everything that Fred Astaire does, backwards and in heels,’ ” said New York City Deputy Mayor Vicki Been, who opened Commercial Observer’s Women in Real Estate conference on Nov. 13.
There our powerful forces that influence how we think about things, and these forces often create and use terminology to advance their objectives. In the field of finance/investments this is certainly the case.