NewsFeeds 11.09.09

Hungary Brook Shopping Center in foreclosure (Times-Dispatch)
The retail center, on Concord Avenue near Parham and Brook roads, is scheduled to be auctioned off on the county court steps next Friday at 3 p.m.

Local commercial real estate market surviving in recession (Daily Progress)
Retail space is still mostly leased in Charlottesville, which means its outperforming Richmond. Beverly Webb, of Dumbarton Properties, said the economy has hit the company’s Richmond properties harder than Albemarle Square because the metropolitan area has more retail space, more shopping centers and more unemployment. Richmond has seen more stores close, creating more storefront vacancies.

Trade groups are taking a beating in downturn (Washington Post)
Times are tough for trade associations, just as they are for the industries they represent. Two-thirds of trade groups anticipate a decline in revenue in 2010, according to a survey conducted by the American Society of Association Executives. Trade groups bracing for a drop in income reported that they expect a 16 percent drop in revenue this year.

Small Business Crunches Numbers (WSJ)
Small business has fought the health-care bill as too costly. That made Saturday’s vote bitter to many of the nation’s roughly 30 billion such entrepreneurs, if welcome to some.

Fountain of Youth: The Under 30 Hall of Fame (Inc.)
A neat slideshow.