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Bisnow Panels Suggests Education, Taxes, and Construction Costs Will Dictate The Future Of Center City Philly

Constructonomics

Basically, they were some big players in the Philadelphia Real Estate scene and, perhaps not very surprisingly, they did not appear to disagree on too much. It was noted that Philadelphia has almost the same construction costs as New York but commands nearly half the rent.

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

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

During construction of the new riverfront complex, IBM will be temporarily lease space at the Essen Centre office complex in Baton Rouge. 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.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

The P3 project is a 50-year agreement between the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) and Ports America Chesapeake to lease and operate the 200-acre Seagirt Marine Terminal. A massive, $300-million Delaware River dredging project is helping the Port of Philadelphia get post-Panamax Ready. Names Innovation Hubs.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

If GSA, as the “landlord of the federal government,” were to require or use something else, it would add cost to the building and leasing process across the building industry. City of Philadelphia. Service Employees International Union. We are not in favor of adding cost. Chula Ross Sanchez. City of Chicago. City of Cincinnati.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

Business Facilities

Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal. There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. Union Pacific operates major yards in Little Rock and Pine Bluff, along with a locomotive repair facility in North Little Rock.