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Design Ideas for Single-Family Built-to-Rent Homes

Pro Builder

The idea of building single-family homes to rent (SFB2R) has existed for a number of years, but really began to draw attention near the end of the Great Recession, fueled by consumers unable to afford the down payment for a for-sale home. As with auto leasing, homes for rent suffered a period of stigma. Are You Ready for Build to Rent?

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Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

BD+C

With the State of California encouraging housing development in commercial zones, these projects are prime opportunities for alleviating the housing crisis. Rarely are mall properties owned by a singular entity and they come with handfuls of long-term lease agreements with retailers.

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4 ways to transform old buildings into modern assets

BD+C

To chart the way forward and draw tenants back, we partnered with JLL to create four cost-effective, scalable design solutions—the “Midlife Metamorphosis”: Hit the Streets: Reinvigorate the ground floor. Renewals can transform these unused (or under-used) areas into community-minded hubs to draw tenants in.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

Business Facilities

The Director of Economic Development, Frank Fink will serve as the Parish guide to finding the right site, work through Zoning and Permitting issues and provide a complete set of regional demographic data and interpretation. Generally these sites are leased. Mary Parish draws upon a regional workforce of over 400,000 workers.

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Woven in stone: The role of CMUs in architectural design

Construction Specifier

While existing zoning and site constraints influenced the volume and footprint parameters, every aspect of the 0.6-ha The building volume and footprint was decided based on the existing zoning and site constraints (cross access easements, site geometry, adjacent uses, etc.).

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, City Manager Chris Brady and Economic Development Director Bill Jabjiniak assisted Apple with its Foreign Trade Zone application to provide real and personal property tax relief for Apple’s investment in the Mesa site. Mesa also processed the required permits expeditiously. Direct economic impact of $1.33

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Less Is More In New England

Business Facilities

The Granite Ridge Development District: The creation of the Granite Ridge Development District, a 913-acre commercial and entertainment zone, involved policy changes as well as active investment attraction. The short drive results in manufacturing space at a lower cost, while still drawing from the same educated workforce. The NH Dept.