Here s what port commission candidates said were their top concerns for port s future
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 9 hrs ago Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jul. 2 The Port of Tacoma s commission has two positions on the August primary ballot, and no shortage of candidates from which to choose.
For Position 2, incumbent Commissioner Dick Marzano, who was first elected in 1995, faces two challengers, Jeannette Twitty and Elizabeth Pew.
Twitty is co-owner and founder along with her husband of Top 2 Bottom Commercial Cleaning and Sanitation. Pew is a member of the Tacoma Arts Commission and works with soldiers and other service members who are preparing to enter the civilian workforce.
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The proposed deal assumes significance as it indicates global investors’ unabated interest in Indian mall developments and confidence that retail consumption will rebound once the Covid-19 pandemic is over.
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The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority-backed Lake Shore India Advisory is in talks with realty developer Ashwin Sheth Group and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC to acquire Viviana Mall in Thane for around Rs 2,000 crore, said persons with direct knowledge of the development.
The proposed transaction will be the largest ever single and operational retail property acquisition in the country.
“The discussions between all three entities have reached an advanced stage and the transaction is expected to be completed soon as the terms are being finalised now,” said one of the persons mentioned above.