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Turbocharging Motown’s Recovery

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We took some ribbing last summer when we put up a post in this space entitled “ The Road to Recovery in Detroit ,” predicting that the Motor City would quickly rebound from its financial woes and become a magnet for new industries. cities for job-skills training. Welcome back from the Dark Side, banksters.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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A central element of the public-private partnership that secured the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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Construction Issues in Limbo as Nation Awaits Election Results

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As votes continued to be counted around the country, the outcome of the race for the White House and several tight Senate contests were all unsettled as of midnight Nov. In recent weeks, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ” If Biden wins, another infrastructure package is likely. That bill has $1.5 Ballot Measures.

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Amazonia, USA

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However, we encourage everyone to take Moody’s recommendations with a boulder of salt: this is the same outfit that stamped triple-A ratings on bundled mortgage securities filled with sub-prime dreck in the run-up to the global financial meltdown in 2008.

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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Its most recent high-profile initiative is the December 2013 announcement by cyber-security firm Prolexic Technologies that it will move its global headquarters and round-the-clock security operations to Fort Lauderdale. More accurately, it came with their departure from Silicon Valley and a return to Detroit.

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

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In my home market of Detroit, which few consider a good market, there are just a handful of nationals and a few smaller regionals. There is no simple formula here, with myriad approaches to securing money, but the strongest builders always stay on top and in front of their needs. Strong locals have done well. People/culture .

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Industry Focus: Data Centers – To Serve And Protect

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Data centers are facilities that house an organization’s IT operations and equipment, and where it stores, manages and disseminates its data. Today, the facility houses nearly 300 employees, many of whom are PhDs and leading healthcare professionals in the American biomedical marketplace. By Dominique Cantelme. Wixcom Business Center.