Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 8, 2017

New York City Zone Green thick wall exclusion allows for up to 8 inches of wall thickness to be exempted from the calculation of floor area to encourage high performance buildings without decreasing the amount of usable space in the building, including Passive construction. Information is available from events@psssivehousecal.org.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 25, 2017

Earlier this year, we told you how Las Vegas purloined the NFL’s Raiders from Oakland, CA after Clark County, NV agreed to finance $750 million of the cost of a new $1.9-billion Canton is aiming for an end zone of prosperity built around its football legacy. billion stadium. Here’s hoping they score the winning touchdown.

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BD+C

DECEMBER 14, 2023

connects residents to downtown and Oakland—and to their neighbors in Uptown and the Hill District. At district levels, we’re seeing zoning incentives that allow greater density or parking exemptions for developments that take significant affordability and sustainability measures, which can really help a project’s bottom line.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“What we’re trying to do as a practice is be the leaders and stewards for design principles and quality of life for affordable housing,” says Principal Steve Line of VIA—A Perkins Eastman studio, who works in Oakland, Calif. His team is writing guidelines for transit-oriented developments that incorporate affordable housing. “As

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

A new containers-on-barge service, called the M-580 Marine Highway, for shipping ocean containers between the ports of Stockton and Oakland is scheduled to start operations this year. Import containers arrive at the Port of Oakland and are trucked along the I-580/I-5 corridor to distribute centers in the Central Valley.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Major maritime shipping hubs including Los Angeles/Long Beach, Seattle/Tacoma and Oakland are ready to service the huge post-Panamax containers. Its key feature is highly automated 30+ lane transfer zones and automated live e-gates. West Coast ports, meanwhile, aren’t giving up their share of this shipping bonanza without a fight.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 18, 2012

in Oakland Park is a computer engineering consultancy that develops turnkey computing solutions for its clients. The Port of Little Rock, on the Arkansas River is a designated Foreign Trade Zone and a United States Customs Point of Entry. Other Greater Fort Lauderdale IT companies include Microsoft Latin America; Cbeyond, Inc.,

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