Tom Walsh: Cobo plan a reality in 6 months?
… in his Feb. 7 State of the County speech. Ficano's plan, drafted with help from private-sector construction and real estate executives, calls for demolishing Cobo Arena and expanding exhibit space in the convention center by nearly 40% to 970,000 …

Florida firm to buy Elitch's, 6 other Six Flags parks
… Fla.-based park operator Parc 7F-Operations Corp., which will simultaneously sell them to Orlando, Fla.-based real-estate investment trust CNL Income Properties Inc. CNL will lease the parks back to Parc. The deal is expected to close in March. Parc …

sNIDe Remarks
… impressive history of failures. Rosie's magazine flopped liked a World Cup Soccer player feigning injury. The Donald's New York real estate empire crashed like a teenager coming off a Red Bull high. Rosie's talk show was canceled faster than a Trump …