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Avoiding Commercial Construction Remodeling Pitfalls.

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For a number of reasons – usually cost, location or a lease agreement – commercial real estate owners are opting to refresh or remodel their retail stores , restaurants and hotels instead of building new commercial construction projects.

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FTC Settles Charges Over Deceptive Zero VOC Claims

Green Building Law Update

The FTC also charged the companies with facilitating deception by retailers who sold their paint. The Commission vote to accept the consent agreements was 2-0. The FTC published a description of the consent agreement packages in the Federal Register. after X number of hours). The proposed orders against Benjamin Moore & Co.,

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Bisnow Panel Shows Confidence in Industrial Development

Constructonomics

I would usually concentrate on apartments, hotels, office, retail, mixed-use, etc., I think that if several experts in a particular field can come to some consensus or agreement about a particular topic, the chances of the opinion being accurate are extremely high.

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

Green Building Law Update

And all of this is against a backdrop of more efficient and dramatically lower cost photovoltaic panels that call into question the efficacy of long term lease and power purchase agreements, in particular for homeowner rooftop installations, most of which have increasing electricity rates over time.

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Thinking outside the big box (store)

BD+C

Thinking outside the big box (store) 0 dbarista Tue, 09/17/2024 - 15:42 Retail Centers For over a decade now, the talk of the mall industry has been largely focused on what developers can do to fill the voids left by a steady number of big box store closures. But what do you do when big box tenants stay put?

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Greenbuild: Designing the Perfect Green People

Green Building Law Update

Arguably among the more important substantive discussions was at the session lead by Brendan Owens about the ICC, ASHRAE, AIA, IES and USGBC agreement to collaborate on the development of future versions of 189.1, It is clear that green building is thriving. the IgCC and LEED. And while we all know the use of LEED outside the U.S.

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NELSON and FRCH Design Worldwide are merging

BD+C

And today, NELSON announced that it had entered into a merger agreement with FRCH Design Worldwide, an architecture and design firm with three offices and 200-plus employees, which specializes in retail, hospitality, and mixed-use. It recapitalized its business with two financial partners, H.I.G. Capital and Prudential.

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