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Franklin Consulting Company in conjunction with Hotel Investment Services brokered the sale of Yarrow Golf and Conference Resort, a 300-acre championship golf course and conference facility located in Augusta, Michigan. FCC and HIS were retained by the owner, a private investment group, to market the property on a national basis. The property was sold to a private foundation located in Nashville, Tennessee.

Franklin Property Corporation was retained by members of the Pulte Family and Hotel Investment Services to market Yarrow Golf and Conference Resort, a 300 acre resort property located in Augusta, Michigan. The property was successfully sold in 4 months to a private foundation based in Nashville, Tennessee for a special use facility.

Andrew Milia testified as a key witness on behalf of the State of Michigan’s Attorney General’s office in the case State of Michigan vs. Chesapeake Energy. The litigation resulted in a victory by the State of Michigan in its criminal complaint against Chesapeake Energy against fraudulent leasing practices in Northern Michigan Oil and Gas leases in 2010. “This is a victory for Michigan taxpayers and a victory for all the Michigan land-owners who took deep hits to their pocketbooks following the October 2010 private land auction,” Attorney General Schuette said in a statement. “This settlement will achieve recovery for every one of the more than 700 affected victims who come forward and make a valid claim.”

Franklin Consulting Company was retained by Bank of America, one of the Nation’s largest financial institutions, for a pending litigation matter in Oakland County Circuit Court. Franklin Consulting will provide expert witness testimony, litigation support and property value analysis for a portfolio of properties located in Macomb County, Michigan. New York based O’Melveny and Myers, LLP, and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan based Plunkett Cooney are providing legal counsel to Bank of America.