January 2009 Newsletter

exited the building.

PLEASE NOTE: NO INDIVIDUAL WILL BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE

B of A PLAZA DURING THIS PERIOD.

The entire project will likely last a total of 12 hours.

This project is a portion of the building’s ongoing energy upgrades and preventative maintenance program. We

would like to thank everyone in advance for their cooperation during this period, as this is

certainly a much needed overhaul, in addition to benefit-ing our GO GREEN initiative.

The Plaza will be undergoing a MAJOR overhaul of the

building’s cooling tower, on February 28th, 2009. The

cooling tower is an extremely important portion of the

Plaza’s heating & air system, located on the roof of the

building. This project will in-volve a helicopter & a work-ing crew of over 30 engineers.

As mentioned above, WEATHER PERMITTING: the removal & replacement of

the cooling tower will take place on Saturday,

February 28th. On this day, NO ONE will be allowed

access to the Plaza building, as

the entire facility must be evacuated, for insurance

purposes. There will be thorough inspections

throughout the Plaza to ensure everyone has

February 3………. Premier Designs Jewelry Sale

February 13………… Junior Achievement Bake Sale

February 14……… Valentines Day

February 28………. Cooling Tower Extraction

March 14………….. St. Patrick's Day

March 16…………. Book-R-Fun Book Sale

March 28…...……. Carolina Cup

Cooling Tower Extraction & Replacement Project

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE:

ICCS Welcome 2

Junior Achievement Bake Sale

2

Books-R-Fun Book Fair

3

Premier Designs Jewelry Sale

3

Sundry Shop News

4

Kendall’s Café Menu

5, 6 & 7

Red Velvet Valentines Day Cake

8

Calendar Of Events...

C O O P E R R E A L T Y

I N V E S T M E N T S , I N C . CRI NEWS F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 9 V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 4

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTERES T:

• Plaza Sundry now offers

DRY CLEANING!

• Kendall’s Café offers different

HOT ENTREES every day!!

P A G E 2

The Plaza Welcomes ICCS After much research and consideration we are

happy to announce that, Interstate Contract Cleaning Services (ICCS)

has joined the Bank of America Plaza team as our new cleaning company. ICCS has a large

presence in South Carolina, in many high profile Class A office buildings and is excited about

being at the Plaza. Friday, January 30th was ICCS’ first day on the job, and we’re pleased to see them hitting the ground running! Please let us know if there are

any specialty items that ICCS should be aware of during this “start-up” period!

C R I N E W S

B of A Junior Achievement

Bake Sale Friday, February 13th

11:00am-2:00pm 1st Floor Lobby

Come by an enjoy homemade cookies, brownies,

cakes and other great sweets!

*All money raised will go directly towards to the Junior Achievement Bowl-A-Thon*

Premier Designs offers a wide array of beautiful, affordably-priced jewelry to suit a variety of fashion styles-from classic elegance to contemporary, vintage romantic to naturally simple.

Books-R- Fun BOOK FAIR!

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 4

Save up to 70% Off Retail!

Monday, March 16

10:00 am-5:00pm

1st Floor Lobby

Premier Designs Jewelry Sale

You’ll find a large selection of:

General Interest for every-one, Children’s Story

Books, Cookbooks, Educa-tional, Inspirational and Re-ligious Titles, Sports Photo Albums, Stationery, Music,

and More!

Shop for affordable, high-end jewelry! Or order from the catalog with direct delivery to the Plaza.

Tuesday, February 3rd 10:00am-3:00pm 1st Floor Lobby

PERFECT VALENTINES DAY GIFTS!

P A G E 4 Looking for a Dry Cleaner?

The Plaza Sundry Shop is now offer-ing a Dry Cleaning

and Laundering Service right here in the building!

C R I N E W S

HERE is how the service

will work: *Personal laundry bags

with your ID tag/business card attached will be pro-

vided by Plaza Sundry *All orders dropped off

by 9am will be completed for pickup the following

day after 2pm

**All customers will receive a 30% discount on their

first order of cleaning dropped

off**

Sundry Plaza Dry Cleaning PricesSundry Plaza Dry Cleaning PricesSundry Plaza Dry Cleaning Prices

Laundry Shirt $1.99 Boxed shirts $2.35 Pants $5.50 Jeans $5.50 Golf shirt $4.25 Dry Cleaning Shirts $5.25 Blouse $5.25 Dress $9.50 Skirt $5.25 Sport Coat $5.25 Pants $5.25 2 Piece Suit $10.50 Sweater $5.25 Neck Tie $3.95 Jeans $5.25 Shorts $5.25 Overcoat $15.00 Alterations Hem Slacks $12.00 Hem Slacks w/cuff $14.00 Replace Zipper Slacks $12.00 Replace Hidden Zipper $18.00 Replace Zipper Dress/Skirts Price when received All other alterations Prices when received Household Comforter Full/Queen $16.00 Comforter King $20.00 Blanket $12.00 Shams $6.00 Dust Ruffle $12.00 Table Cloth (small) $9.00 Table Cloth (large) $12.00 Draperies/Curtains Price when received Fluff & Fold .95/lb

DON’T FOR-GET:

The Plaza Sundry Shop has NEW HOURS:

7.30am-4:30pm &

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include a calendar of upcoming events or a special offer that pro-motes a new product.

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• 1 cup milk • 1/3 all-purpose flour • 1 cup butter • 1 cup granulated sugar • 1 teaspoon vanilla

milk or cream

Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°. Generously grease and flour 3 8-inch round

Ingredients:

• 12 tablespoons butter, 1 1/2 sticks

• 2 large eggs • 1 teaspoon vanilla • 1 teaspoon salt • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour • 1 1/2 cups sugar • 2 tablespoons red gel food

coloring plus 2 tablespoons water

• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

• 1 cup buttermilk • 1 tablespoon vinegar • 1 teaspoon baking soda • Cooked Frosting

layer cake pans or 2 9-inch cake pans.

Bank of America Plaza

1901 Main Street , Suite 100

Columbia, SC 29201

Phone:803.239.0426

Fax: 803.239.0427

CRI operates & manages approximately $300

million in real estate holdings. The senior man-

agement team has extensive expertise in fi-

nance, commercial property management, real

property law, real property appraisal and valua-

tion, engineering, and joint ventures. More than

575 tenants maintain businesses in over 3 million

square feet of CRI commercial property. CRI’s

future growth plan includes aggressive yet intel-

ligent, systematic purchases of office and retail

properties throughout the southeastern U. S.

while maintaining an opportunistic position on

portfolio management.

Cooper Realty Investments, Inc.

Valentine’s Red Velvet CakeValentine’s Red Velvet CakeValentine’s Red Velvet Cake

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Cake: Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat 1 minute longer. Beat in vanilla until blended. Com-bine cocoa, food coloring, and 2 table-spoons water; beat into the egg creamed mixture. Combine flour and salt. Alternate adding flour and buttermilk mixtures to the batter, beating on low to medium speed. Combine soda and vinegar in cup and add to cake batter. Spoon batter evenly into the 3 cake pans; bake at 350° for 22 to 28 minutes. Cool on cake racks. Remove from pans and frost tops and sides.

Frosting: In a saucepan, whisk together the 1/3 cup flour and milk and cook, stir-ring, until thickened; cool in the refrigera-tor. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla with mixer. Add flour and milk mixture a little at a time (make ahead of cake so that it has plenty of time to cool). Beat well, adding milk or cream as needed. Frost layers, sides, and top of cake.

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