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When office-to-residential conversion works

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Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” Eliminating single-use zoning so people can live throughout the city, where all of its districts thrive at all times, is a “net positive,” he says. There were few interventions to the exterior of One City in the historic Philadelphia building’s conversion to residential.

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Location Focus: New York – The Empire State Leverages Its Strengths

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The program transforms State University of New York (SUNY) campuses, private colleges and universities, and university communities across the state into tax-free zones for new and expanding businesses. ?Business Kennedy Airport. Just next door to Long Island MacArthur Airport is Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) #52.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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They operate three industrial parks in Oswego County—the Oswego County Industrial Park in Schroeppel, the Airport Industrial Park in Volney and the Lake Ontario Industrial Park in the city of Oswego—with other sites currently being studied for potential business parks.

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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AvEx, a world leader in the niche market of aviation exterior painting, has been located at Acadiana Regional Airport (ARA) in New Iberia for over 25 years. Market accessibility is a differentiator in the Gulf Coast region, with easy access to interstate, rail, ports, and airports. Tax Foundation. Credit: Enterprise Florida).

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Pennsylvania Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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These areas are defined as counties outside of the Philadelphia MSA and those with populations below 1 million. 92) known as the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act (73 P.S. §§820.101- 820.1309) (the “Act”). . The number and size of Zones varies.

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Business Facilities Names 2013 Deal of the Year Winners

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million-square-foot building located on 83 acres near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. A key component of the Urban Outfitters deal was the use of Pennsylvania’s Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ) incentive program, created in the 1990s to lure new and expanding businesses to the state. manufacturing.”

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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NOLA was followed by Newport News (VA), Baltimore and Philadelphia, respectively, in the annual logistics assessment from BF, a national publication focused on site selection and economic development. Houston (Zone 84) and El Paso (Zone 68) also shined in BF’s new ranking of top Foreign Trade Zones.

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