Victor Correia Ohio ranks just above the national average for making payments on time. Staff Dayton Business Journal Like getting your loans repaid? Ohio residents are a mixed bag in that regard. The state ranks just above the national average for making payments on time.That’s according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which just published a national survey of “community credit” -- an idea of measuring the economic health of regions by surveying the credit status of households.A map in the report shows, by state, the percentage of households with loans whose payment history is current for each of the past four quarters. The national average is 79.2 percent, and Ohio sits at 79.7 percent.Stronger credit scores can lead to increased home and vehicle sales in a state, as those folks can more easily secure a loan.North Dakota leads all states with a 87.2 percent payment history. On the flip side, Mississippi is last at 70.3 percent.Click here for more information[1]. References^ Click here for more information (www.newyorkfed.org)...

Vicki Thompson Hangar One at the NASA Ames Research Center will be re-skinned by Google within two years. Nathan Donato-Weinstein[1] Real Estate Reporter- Silicon Valley Business Journal Email[2] | Twitter[3] In the hunt to lease Moffett Federal Airfield, Google Inc.[4] faced competition from one other entity hoping to land the deal: An East Bay developer that was targeting the iconic base's enormous hangars as a unique commercial real estate play for science and technology tenants.Orton[5] Development Inc., an Emeryville-based firm with a long history of historic renovations, was the only other potential lessee whose response to NASA's 2013 request for proposals to lease the airfield was "deemed responsive," according to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. Google, through its Planetary Ventures LLC affiliate, won the lease last year[6], agreeing to pay hundreds of millions to improve the property and $1.16 billion in rent over 60 years[7].Federal officials had not previously disclosed who else was in the running to lease Moffett Field[8], which includes the historically significant but dilapidated Hangar One, two active runways plus a golf course. The presence of just one other serious contender could suggest the complexity of the opportunity, which will require massively expensive environmental cleanup. A third proposal from the Moffett Federal Airfield Alliance (also known as the Silicon Valley[9] Space Center) was deemed "non responsive" and was returned to the applicant, NASA said.The Business Journal requested all of the responses to the request for proposals that NASA and the General Services Administration received for the opportunity. On Jan. 20, NASA provided Google's and Orton[10]'s, both with redactions of information deemed confidential.Orton[11]'s name should perhaps not be surprising. The firm in 2010 announced it wanted to rehabilitate Hangar One[12]— which was slated to have its toxic siding removed but not replaced by the…