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City Capital Corporation Acquires $39 Million Real Estate Acquisition & Development Firm, Expands Operations to Northeast United States
City Capital Corporation (OTCBB: CCCN)
today acquired Granite Real Estate Investment Company, LLC, located in
Chadds Ford, PA. The company paid $150,000 and assumed $690,000 of
outstanding debts, along with accounts payable of $350,000 and equipment
leases totaling $185,000.
The Granite Companies booked $39,805,000 in total revenues in 2006. All
three divisions are included in this acquisition: Granite Real Estate
Acquisition Company LLC; Granite Custom Builders, a high end, full service
Design and Build, Construction Management and Custom Renovation Firm; and
Granite Real Estate Investment Company LLC, a full service Real Estate
Company representing both buyers and sellers of residential real estate.
City Capital CEO Ephren W. Taylor II stated, "We have been researching
companies in the Northeast quadrant of the country for several months now.
We recognize the tremendous need for affordable housing for working-class
families in the densely populated Northeast corridor. Granite has a strong
presence in the Greater Philadelphia Metro area, and we anticipate using
this acquisition as a base for expanding our operations into several East
coast markets that we have been in discussions with."
Gary Freedman, Managing Partner of Granite, added, "We're all incredibly
excited about being acquired by a public company with the strong reputation
City Capital commands among city governments and community organizations
around the country. We are looking forward to working with Mr. Taylor and
his entire executive management team, to grow Granite to the next level. I
feel our two groups have strong synergies that should make this marriage a
huge success. We have extensive experience in the greater Philadelphia
market, and are looking forward to expanding our operations into the rest
of the Eastern Seaboard."
Granite has acquired or built and sold over 424 homes since 2004, and has
booked 53 homesales so far in 2007 alone. The company currently has 28
homes under contract, valued in excess of $6 million.
About City Capital
City Capital Corporation (OTCBB: CCCN) is engaged in leveraging
investments, holdings and other assets to create self-sufficiency for
communities around the country and the world. City Capital currently
manages such diverse assets and holdings as large scale real estate
developments, producing natural energy reserves, and more. Among its real
estate developments the company is the largest landholder in the extensive
Kansas City (Missouri) Historic Jazz District, and its energy subsidiary
controls approximately 8 billion cubic feet of producing gas reserves and
600,000 barrels of crude oil reserves. The company recently signed a
$50,000,000 Credit Facility Agreement with Rochester-based Lucian Group,
allowing the company to focus on additional growth industry acquisitions
for the company.
This release contains "forward-looking statements" based on current
expectations but involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties,
including those described in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2005, that could cause actual events or results
to differ materially from the events or results described in the
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise. The Company's plans and objectives are based on
assumptions involving judgments with respect to future economic,
competitive and market conditions, its ability to consummate, and the
timing of, acquisitions and future business decisions, all of which are
difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond
the Company's control. Therefore, there can be no assurance that any
forward-looking statement will prove to be accurate. The Company makes no
undertaking to update such forward-looking statements.
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