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Developer Plans Car-Free Neighborhood in 'Walker's Nightmare'

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Well known for being a walker’s nightmare, the metropolitan area of Phoenix will now be home to the first car-free neighborhood in the country. Publications have deemed Phoenix as the world’s least sustainable city, a suburbanite wasteland, and it makes the list for one of the worst cities for pedestrians, according to the New York Times.

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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

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Drafting settlement agreement and release reflecting amicable resolution of disputes and differences arising out of construction of green building. Telephone call with client and others including local counsel re application of Phoenix newly adopted IgCC 2015 with alternative compliance path in energy code for reskinning existing building.

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NAHB Chairman's Message: Developing a New Generation of Home Building Professionals

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These efforts include an agreement with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America that gives the more than 4 million young people enrolled in those clubs an opportunity to learn about careers in residential construction. with others slated to open this year in Houston, Phoenix, Sacramento, Calif., and Charlotte, N.C.

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Sun Belt Buyers Are Backing Out of Home Purchases

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House hunters flocked to Sun Belt cities like Phoenix, Tampa, and Las Vegas throughout the pandemic, going toe to toe for available properties and driving up regional prices to record highs, but as borrowing costs surge and the housing market cools, those metros are among the first to see a drop in home sales.

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Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, Con Edison Announce Solar Partnership

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Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development (ConEdison Development) have announced an agreement to partner in two of Sempra U.S. Gas & Power’s solar power facilities, the 150-megawatt (MW) Copper Mountain Solar 2 plant near Las Vegas and the 150-MW Mesquite Solar 1 power plant near Phoenix.

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If not private finance, ?then what?

Construction Law

There seems to be a widespread agreement that private funding in some form will be needed in a post austerity world, with the current Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid promising an ‘infrastructure revolution’ as an extra £13 billion or so is pumped into public services.

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Imperium Health Management To Establish Headquarters In Louisville, KY

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Imperium has operations in Phoenix, Jacksonville, Chicago and two in Kentucky,” said Gary Albers, co-founder and COO. The performance-based incentive allows a company to keep a portion of its investment over the term of the agreement through corporate income tax credits and wage assessments by meeting job and investment targets. “I