August 1, 2010

Quintin Primo profiled in NY Times Corner Office

Capri Capital Partners founder/Chairman & CEO Quintin E. Primo III talks with reporter Adam Bryant in the Corner Office in a story titled Get a Diploma, but Then Get a Passport.

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July 30, 2010

CNBC's Erin Burnett interviews Quintin Primo on Street Signs

Capri Capital Chairman and CEO Quintin Primo touches on a wide array of topics with Erin Burnett on CNBC's Street Signs.  Click here to view interview.

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May 29, 2010

Ginny Clarke of MyCareerMapping.com appears on The Derrick Ashong Experience on Oprah XM/Sirius Radio

Career and job hunting expert Ginny Clarke gave tips to Ashong's listeners on how to search for a job in today's tough economy.  Click here to listen to Ginny's segment.

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May 14, 2010

LA Times features Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Business Section

LA Times reporter Roger Vincent examines the $30 million makeover at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza that is the oldest urban regional mall in the country.

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March 17, 2010

Wall Street Journal quotes Quintin Primo in Harlem Development Slowdown story

Capri Capital Partners Chairman and CEO Quintin E. Primo III gives his insight into inner city development to Wall Street Journal report A.D. Pruitt in her story Developers Backoff on Grand Harlem Plans

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March 10, 2010

Quintin Primo Talks with Chicago Tribune about Investing in Saudi Arabia

Chicago Tribune columnist Melissa Harris receives insight from Capri Capital Partners Chairman Quintin E. Primo III on an upcoming Saudi-US economic conference in Chicago.

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February 1, 2010

Gwendolyn Butler Honored by Black Enterprise Magazine

Ms. Butler, who is Capri Capital Partners, LLC's President and Chief Operating Officer, has been named as one of Black Enterprise Magazine's 75 Most Power Women in Business in its February issue.

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January 4, 2010

Capri Capital Partners' Ken Lombard quoted in          Los Angeles Business Journal

Ken Lombard, who overseas Capri Capital Partners' west coast operation, talks with Los Angeles Business Journal reporter Deborah Crowe about the impact the planned re-opening of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital will have on south Los Angeles.

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December 30, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times Interviews with Obama Neighbors Selling House about Zillow.com Survey

The Obamas topped the third annual Zillow.com Celebrity Neighbor Survey as the neighbor most Americans would like to live next-door to.  Bill Grimshaw, owner of the house right next-door to the Obamas in Chicago, talks with Sun-Times reporter Mark Konkol on the progress of selling his home next to the President and the First Family.

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December 29, 2009

Marty Nothstein Named The Morning Call's Male Athlete of the Decade

Ten years after winning the 2000 Olympic Gold Medal in the Match Sprint, cyclist Marty Nothstein's athleticism is still shining.  The Morning Call voted Nothstein its Male Athlete of the Decade.

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December 28, 2009

Matt Garrison Talks About 2010 Residential Housing Market on CNBC's Street Signs

Watch video from CNBC's Street Signs as Blitz Group client Matt Garrison discusses the year ahead and mortgage rates with Lawrence Yun of the National Association of Realtors.

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December 25, 2009

Marty Nothstein Wins Olympic Gold Medal Voted #3 Local Story of the Decade by The Morning Call readers

The Morning Call readers voted Nothstein's 2000 Olympic Gold Medal in track cycling in Sydney, Australia, the third biggest sports story from 2000-2009.  Reporter Gary Blockus looks back in Dark Days and Bright Moments

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December 21, 2009

BradsDeals.com on WCBS Radio

Sean Adams of WCBS 880 in New York City talks with Brad Wilson about last minute holiday shopping and shipping.

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December 19, 2009

14th Annual Christmas in Englewood drew media coverage from throughout Chicagoland area as Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley celebrated with event host 17th Ward Alderman Latasha Thomas and families at Ogden Park.

Photos from Chicago Defender

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December 2, 2009

BlackFriday2009.com in USA Today

BlackFriday2009.com, sister website of BradsDeals.com, was the 8th most visited website for Black Friday on-line coupon ads.  Click here to read more in USA Today story More Shoppers Search for Coupons Online by Jon Swartz.

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December 1, 2009

The Morning Call Profiles Marty Nothstein and Son on First Day of Hunting Season

Tyler Nothstein, son of Olympic gold medalist Marty Nothstein, takes down an eight-point buck on the first day of Pennsylvania deer season with his dad at his side.  Outdoors writer Gary Blockus reports on the hunt in Success is a Family Affair.

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November 30, 2009

ABC 7 Chicago Talks with Brad Wilson about Cyber Monday Deals

Reporter Karen Jordan talks with BradsDeals.com founder Brad Wilson about the best way to find deals online on Cyber Monday.

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November 30, 2009

BradsDeals.com Goes Interactive with WGN-TV Morning Show Viewers

Brad Wilson, founder of BradsDeals.com, appeared on WGN's Morning Show to talk about great Cyber Monday Deals and then spent the 7 to 8 o'clock hour on-line chatting with viewers and helping them find the best deals online.

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November 27, 2009

Brad Wilson Appears on WGN-Radio to talk about BlackFriday2009.com

Founder of BradsDeals.com and BlackFriday2009.com Brad Wilson appeared on WGN's morning show to teach listeners where to find the best Black Friday deals.

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November 18, 2009

Quintin Primo Appears LIVE on CNBC's Street Signs with Erin Burnett

The Chairman and CEO of Capri Capital Partners talks with Erin Burnett about the 2010 global real estate market live from the New York Stock Exchange.

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November 6, 2009

Brad Wilson of BradsDeals.com Launches BlackFriday2009.com on CNBC

Jane Wells talks with Brad Wilson, founder of BradsDeals.com, on CNBC's Closing Bell about the launch of BlackFriday2009.com.

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October 16, 2009

CondoShark.com featured in Chicago Tribune

Matt Garrison, Co-Managing Director of the Matt Garrison Group in Chicago, talks with the Chicago Tribune's Mary Ellen Podmolik his new consumer website CondoShark.com, which lists the Top 10 biggest price reductions among condos, single-family homes and two- to four-flats in Chicago.

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September 28, 2009

Blitz Group's Trish Hoffman Develops Quote for Matt Garrison that Becomes Time Magazine Quote of the Day and Appears on Time's Verbatim page

Trish Hoffman, co-founder Blitz Group LLC, coined the phrase "we're referring to this as the world's ultimate gated community" for client Matt Garrison of the Matt Garrison Group, which is the listing agent for the home for sale next-door to the Obamas in Chicago.  That quote caught the attention of many, including Time Magazine, which listed it as its Quote of the Day and then posted it along with quotes from Ruppert Murdoch, Serena Williams, Michael Jordan and Taylor Swift in its September 28th issue.

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August 22, 2009

Reading Eagle Features Marty Nothstein at NHRA National Event

Reporter Brian Rippey examines Nothstein's evolution from Olympic Gold Medalist to NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car driver in Nothstein on Track for Greatness.

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July 7, 2009

Blitz Group Clients Matt Garrison and Michael Hellickson Appear Together on CNBC

Watch video from CNBC's The Call as Matt Garrison and Michael Hellickson discuss the current state of residential real estate in America.

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June 8, 2009

Chicago's ABC 7 covers Chicago Alderman Latasha Thomas' Safe Passage Rally

Watch ABC 7 reporter Leah Hope's story on Alderman Thomas' goal of keeping Chicago elementary school children safe from gang violence.

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May 21, 2009

Capri Capital Partners Chairman and CEO Quintin Primo LIVE from Africa on CNBC's Street Signs

Primo traveled to Africa with CNBC's Erin Burnett and appeared live from Lagos, Nigeria for the entire hour of Street Signs.

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April 30, 2009

Quintin Primo of Capri Capital Partners on Street Signs on CNBC

CNBC's Erin Burnett talks LIVE with Primo from the New York Stock Exchange on "Big Plays on Recovery".

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April 25, 2009

Chicago Alderman Latasha Thomas on CLTV

17th Ward Chicago Alderman Latasha Thomas appeared on CLTV newscast for her Youth Violence Prevention Summit that addressed solutions for the rash of killings of Chicago Public Schools students during the 2008-09 school year.

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March 24, 2009

CNBC Street Signs appearance by Capri Capital Partners Chairman & CEO Quintin E. Primo III

Click here to watch Primo talk about Toxic Assets with CNBC's Erin Burnett, plus a preview of his hosting of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority Governor Amr Al-Dabbagh in Chicago.

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February 17, 2009

Chicago Tribune Reports Capri Capital Partners bringing Roundy's Supermarket to Bronzeville Neighborhood

Capri Capital Partners' retail development called Metropolis at 39th and State Streets in Chicago is in what's considered a "food desert".  CCP Partner Steve Lane talks with Tribune reporter Mike Hughlett about why the signing of a long-term lease with Roundy's Supermarket is so important to the project and the residents of the community.

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February 17, 2009

Zu Robata in LA Eater

New Executive Chef Kee Chan highlighted in LA Eater.

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January 13, 2009

Mindy Berkson of Lotus Blossom Consulting on FOX Business News Happy Hour

Founder of Lotus Blossom Consulting interviewed LIVE from Bulls & Bears at Waldorf Astoria.

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December 20, 2008

Christmas in Englewood featured on Chicagoland Television Stations ABC 7, Fox Chicago, WGN and CLTV, plus the Chicago Defender

Click here to watch feature on WGN News on Chicago's largest Christmas Toy Giveaway.  Chicago Defender picture & story.

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December 11, 2008

Primo Center Mom Highlighted by Medill News Service

Hard economic times mean harder times for homeless moms and their children. That was the focus of a story by reporter Jen Thomas of Northwestern University’s Medill News Service.  Thomas interviewed PCWC Chief Executive Officer Christine Achre and one of the center’s moms about what will happen to social service agencies as the economy slows down.  Click here for full story.

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November 21, 2008

Capri Capital Partners featured in Business Week

Click here to read about Capri Capital Chairman and CEO Quintin Primo's groundbreaking project in Saudi Arabia entitled Capri to Break Ground in Saudi Arabia.

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November 8, 2008

Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza featured in National Real Estate Investor Magazine

Click here for story about Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza redevelopment in NREI story Developers Head Back to the City.

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November 6, 2008

Quintin E. Primo Talks About President-elect Barack Obama's Victory in Business Week in Obama's Business Backers Look Ahead

Click here to read quotes from Capri Capital Partners Chairman and CEO Quintin E. Primo III, who was in Saudi Arabia when America elected its first African-American President.

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October 16, 2008

Primo Center for Women and Children featured on FOX Chicago

Click here to watch a feature by WFLD main anchor Robin Robinson on the recent makeover at PCWC, including one mom's story of homelessness.

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October 16, 2008

Capri Capital Partners $2 Billion Mixed-Use Project in Saudi Arabia in TIME

King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia is featured in the Massive Master Plan.  Click here to read story.

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September 6, 2008

Diane Primo Saluted on NBC 5's 24/7

Click here to watch 24/7's profile of Diane Primo, Co-Chairman of the Primo Center for Women and Children.  Ms. Primo appeared in the show's Chicago Icons segment.

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June 23, 2008

Matt Garrison on CNBC

Matt Garrison of The Matt Garrison Group talks about the latest on the housing crisis in a roundtable discussion with CNBC's Trish Regan.

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June 22, 2008

Marty Nothstein, Jay Blake and Follow A Dream featured in New York Times

Click here to read a feature story on Follow A Dream racing that appeared on the front page of the Sunday sports section with a seven photograph multi-media show from the NHRA race in Englishtown, New Jersey.

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June 18, 2008

Quintin Primo on CNBC's Squawk Box

Click here to watch Capri Capital Partners Chairman and CEO Quintin E. Primo III disucss his firm's investment in Urban America and King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia.

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May 3, 2008

Marty Nothstein to Appear on SPEED Channel

Former Olympic Gold Medalist and current Top Alcohol Funny Car drag racer Marty Nothstein will appear in SPEED Channel's re-broadcast of the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race on Saturday, May 3, 2008 (3:00 PM EDT) and Sunday, May 4, 2008 (11:30 AM EDT).  The half-hour show will also air on Friday, May 9, 2008 (11:00 PM EDT) and Sunday, May 25, 2008 (7:30 PM EDT).

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May 1, 2008

Global Diversity Summit in Commercial Real Estate's Lynn Smith featured in May issue of Business to Business

Click here to read about the founder of GDS as she's touted as Leaders To Watch in Atlanta.

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April 27, 2008

Follow A Dream featured on FOX 5 Atlanta at NHRA Southern Nationals

Jay Blake, team owner of the Follow A Dream, Incorporated NHRA Top Alcohol Funny car, is the ONLY blind crew chief in motorsports.  Click here to watch Buck Lanford's report.

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April 25, 2008

Jay Blake Featured in Athens Banner-Herald

Click here to read Roger Clarkson's front page story.

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March 27, 2008

Matt Garrison Appears on NBC's Today Show

Click here to watch a clip of Matt Garrison on Today talking about Good News, Bad News in the housing market.

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March 26, 2008

Matt Garrison on CNBC

Coldwell Banker's #1 residential real estate agent Matt Garrison appears live on CNBC's Squawk box and talks about whether the housing crisis is closing in on a bottom.

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February 18, 2008

Quintin E. Primo III in Business Week story Obama's Executive Sounding Board

Click here to read story by Roger Crockett on Chicago businessmen and women, who are shaping Barack Obama's run for the White House.

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November 1, 2007

RedHot Midnight Kiss featured in CS Magazine

CS (Chicago Social) in its "In Scene” section featured several pictures and a story about the August 18th RedHot Midnight Kiss event that featured Carmen Electra.  A fundraiser created and sponsored by Blitz Group for the Primo Center for Women and Children.

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August 16, 2007

Capri Capital Partners/Whiteco Deal announced in Wall Street Journal

Click here to read about Capri's $325-million purchase of the Whiteco Residential Portfolio in WSJ's Plots and Plans.

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April, 2007

Quintin Primo Appears on Cover of Retail Traffic Magazine.

Click here to read Retail Traffic's Beth Karlin examine Capri Capital Partners investment strategy in urban markets across America.

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March 28, 2007

The Metropolis featured in Wall Street Journal

Click here to read In Inner-City Chicago, 'Metropolis' Hopes Rise by Ryan Chittum.  Feature story on Capri Capital's $155-million mixed-use development.

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February 15, 2007

Capri Capital Partners' Metropolis Project announced in Wall Street Journal's Plots and Plans

Click here to read the announcement for Capri's $155-million mixed-use development on the south side of Chicago.

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January 1, 2007

RedHot Gala in CS Magazine

CS Magazine (Chicago Social) is featuring a two-page photo spread on the 2006 RedHot Gala entitled “Bollywood” in its January issue.
In addition to numerous pictures from the October 21st event at the Chicago Illuminating Company, CS included information on the 2007 fundraising events for the Primo Center in its official 2007 Charity and Social Datebook.

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February 2, 2006

Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in LA Times

Click here to read about the sale of America's oldest urban regional mall in south central Los Angeles.  This story appeared on the front page of the Business Section.