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4 unusual facts about Leasing


Albrecht Dietz

In 1971, the leasing forerunner trio, Deutsche Leasing GmbH, Maschinen Miete GmbH and Mietdienst GmbH, merged to form Deutsche Leasing AG, of which Albrecht Dietz was the CEO from 1971 until 1991.

Dan Wilkinson

The suit alleged that Wilkinson was personally liable for a breach of contract related to a lease the two parties had agreed to.

James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge

At inception, the refuge was managed under a 55-year lease from the Estate of James Campbell.

Narita International Airport Corporation

Facility leasing: Leases counter space, retail and office space, cargo warehouses, car park space and other property.


1906–07 Birmingham F.C. season

Construction of the St Andrew's Ground, in the Bordesley district some three-quarters of a mile (1 km) closer to the city centre, had taken less than a year from leasing the land to official opening on Boxing Day 1906.

2000 Spanish Grand Prix

In the week leading up to the race, Coulthard was leasing the Learjet of friend David Murray when the aeroplane developed engine trouble en route to Côte d'Azur International Airport in Nice, and crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Lyon-Satolas Airport, France.

A. C. Muthiah

Muthiah also served as the Managing Director of Standard Motors and is currently associated as Director with Tamilnadu Petroproducts Limited, First Leasing Company Ltd and SPEL Semiconductor Ltd.

AirQuarius Aviation

AirQuarius Aviation was an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa, operating chartered flights and aircraft leasing contracted by companies throughout Africa and the Middle East.

Alexander St. Clair-Abrams

But back in 1872, Abrams maintained a feud with former governor Joseph E. Brown, denouncing the policy of the state leasing the Western and Atlantic Railroad and associated business deals with free rides but was pressured to relinquish control of the paper with a threatened foreclosure of a $5,000 mortgage by Citizens Bank unless he ceased the attacks on Brown.

Amakhosi Stadium

The property development company Lefika Emerging Equity (represented by CEO Bobby Motaung, who also work as the manager of Kaizer Chiefs), started in March 2006 to pay Mogale City Municipality for a 90 year long leasing contract of the stadium ground.

Carl Crim

By June 1947, he switched jobs and started working at Hugh Breeding Inc., a firm he would serve at for almost the next twenty years as a Leased Operator, owning his own 46-foot, 5,700 gallon tank truck and leasing it on jobs.

Centinela Adobe

In 1873, Burnett returned to Scotland, leasing the ranch to Daniel Freeman, a recent arrival from Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.

Convict lease

Governor Hardee ended convict leasing in 1923, in part spurred on by the Tabert case and the resulting publicity.

DBAG Class 145 and 146

This continued until 2005 when they were sold to the leasing company MRCE and subsequently operated for various private operators in Germany.

Delanson, New York

The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company was organized and was expanded by buying or leasing railroads from Rouses Point, New York to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and the canal from Honesdale, Pennsylvania to Rondout, New York.

Dnyaneshwar Mulay

In Nov 2012, at rally in Maldives to protest against leasing of Ibrahim Nasir International Airport to Indian infrastructure major GMR Group, Mr.Riza, a political appointee called Mr. Mulay a traitor and enemy of Maldives and Maldivian people.

Fine Gael

Following revelations at the Moriarty Tribunal on 16 February 1999, in relation to Charles Haughey and his relationship with AIB, former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald confirmed that AIB and Ansbacher wrote off debts of almost £200,000 that he owed in 1993, when he was in financial difficulties because of the collapse of the aircraft leasing company, GPA, in which he was a shareholder.

Guinness Peat Aviation

Many of the directors and staff of GPA subsequently went on to found or work for other aircraft lessors, such as GECAS, Genesis Lease, CIT, ILFC, Pembroke Capital, AerCap (formerly debisAirFinance), International Aircraft Management Group (subsequently RBS Aviation Capital and later SMBC Aviation Capital), Babcock & Brown (now Fly Leasing) and Aircastle.

Guy Hands

The firm's early investments, while still a division of Nomura, focused on housing (Annington Homes), leasing companies and pubs.

Haut de la Garenne

St. Michael's Preparatory School leased a dormitory block for a time, and the headmaster proposed leasing the whole site for educational and sporting purposes.

Hayazn

Throughout spring 2013, Hayazn was vocal opponent of leasing land in Syunik Province for Iranian pastures.

Hideo Ohkubo

Within a year of its founding, it had already become Japan's top business telephone leasing company.

Island Lake Lodge

Island Lake Mountain Tours began as a small back-country ski touring operation on the property in 1986, leasing the land from Shell Oil Company.

Joseph John Fitzgerald

He helped on his father's hand ferry across the Clyde River and worked on the railways before leasing land near Batemans Bay.

Kiraitu Murungi

On 8 February 2006, the BBC World Service aired a conversation between Murungi and former Governance and Ethics Permanent Secretary John Githongo where he appears to be coercing Githongo to drop his investigations on the Anglo Leasing Scandal.

Little Witley

Bishop Oswald of Worcester (961-992) decided to reform the financing of the church by leasing more of its lands.

Margaret Maher

Margaret's brother-in-law Tom Kelley, a laborer, bought property from Emily Dickinson's father, Edward, in October 1864, that Tom had been leasing for his young family and Maher in-laws.

Monkstown Football Club

The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown as the name suggests, but moved to the Sandymount area in 1901 after leasing grounds at Sydney Parade from the Earl of Pembroke.

Offshore drilling on the US Atlantic coast

A number of oil companies bought federal leases offshore North Carolina, but in 1990 the US Secretary of Commerce denied Mobil Oil permission to drill after Congress passed the North Carolina Outer Banks Protection Act, prohibiting leasing and drilling on federal seabed offshore from North Carolina.

Parkteatret

In 2002 Parkteatret Scene started leasing the building, behind this new establishment was Geir Johnson, director of the ULTIMA Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, and Pål Steigan.

Paul S. Atkins

Most prominent among these situations was Bennett Funding Group, Inc., a $1 billion leasing company that perpetrated the then-largest "Ponzi" fraud to date in U.S. history.

Penn Lyon Homes

In January 2011, custom modular home manufacturer Haven Custom Homes of Linthicum, Maryland began leasing the facility to begin building their new "Classic Homes by Haven" line.

Price Chopper Supermarkets

In 2002, Price Chopper exited the convenience store business by leasing out its remaining convenience locations to Petroleum Marketing, a Getty operator.

Probus Management

Pete's wanted six Mercedes-Benz Varios but the leasing company (Cheshire Bus and Coach) could not obtain enough in time, so other bus types were operated, including a Dennis Dart SLF.

Runcorn Linnets F.C.

The club had been in discussion with Riverside College about leasing a plot of land at the Runcorn Campus, but this proposal was rejected.

Shahkur Ullah Durrani

In 1991 Orient leasing changed its name globally to Orix.

Shaz Bennett

Bennett was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to a mother who was a journalist for the Associated Press and a father who ran a leasing company and now owns Squashworks, Squash club in Salt Lake City.

Stéphane Plaza

As a youth, Stéphane worked aboard the trains of SNCF before becoming involved in real estate sales and leasing in 1981.

Strudyna

Other recognizable façade structures include Shilin Sogo department store MPG façade in Taiwan, Marina Bay Sands Casino Ned Kahn Wind Arbor in Singapore, LA Live Ritz Carlton hotel Los Angeles USA and People’s leasing bank HQ in Colombo Sri Lanka.

Three Points, California

Two years later, Anita had a heart attack and so the Felixes began leasing it to other operators.

Tiernan, Oregon

The community of Tiernan was named for R. Tiernan of San Francisco, who was leasing a local sawmill.

UAL Corporation

Between 1970 and 1988 UAL, Inc. would acquire and operate the Westin and Hilton hotel chains and the Hertz Corporation car rental company, as well as a regional airline, a reservations network, and several leasing and insurance companies.

United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind

Specifically, Attorney General Ulysses S. Webb was very active in revoking Indian land purchases; in a bid to strengthen the Asiatic Exclusion League, he promised to prevent Indians from buying or leasing land.

Volzhanin

The company is located in the city of Volzhsky Volgograd region, and includes leasing company, a distribution center, a network of dealers, and logistics center.

Wayne Ormond

Ormond has now expanded into other services including Refund Financial Planning, Refund Real Estate, Refund Property Investment and Refund Finance & Leasing.

Westdale Mall

Leasing duties were handed over to the Denver-based Frew Development Group as part of the sale.

Wilbur Breslin

Active in real estate development, leasing and brokerage for over 45 years, Breslin is an active member of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, the National Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the National Association of Real Counselors and the National Association of Review Appraisers.


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