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Incentives Won’t Be Enough to Keep Buyers in the Game as Housing Shortage Grows

Pro Builder

As a result, builders are applying for fewer construction permits, and 87% are planning to slow down their pace of construction in the year ahead. Metropolitan areas like Boise, ID; Austin, TX; Phoenix; and Salt Lake City are slowing the most, she says. New-Home Sales.

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Discover Your EDGE in Avondale

Business Facilities

Avondale, Arizona offers a low cost of doing business, uncomplicated permitting process, access to critical transportation corridors, and a deep talent pipeline of skilled workers. Read: Discover Your EDGE in Avondale at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

Business Facilities

Boasting a population of nearly 500,000, Mesa is the 36th largest city in the United States and second largest in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area. AZLabs is located adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport making it a strategic location for unmanned and autonomous vehicle research and operations.

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Lean Construction, Payroll and Equipment Tracking

Carol Hagen

Recently representatives of Mortenson spoke at a NAWIC Greater Phoenix Chapter meeting and discussed renewable energy (showcasing a wind farm project in Hawaii) and how lean construction practices have improved productivity and their bottom line. WDUs also have a GPS receiver to permit localization of PDCs in the network.

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Colorado Permits Reveal New-Home Construction Trend

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Colorado Permits Reveal New-Home Construction Trend. Single-family construction permits increased 7.6% from 2019 to 2020 statewide in Colorado, and breaking down the permits per county reveals a trend for new-home construction. But its increase in permits last year was much lower. cbroderick. Mon, 07/26/2021 - 10:04.

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Megabucks Park

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

For several decades now, the National Football League has shown a propensity to permit its teams to pack up and move to more lucrative locations (back and forth, in some cases), leaving behind loyal fans and empty stadiums built on a foundation of civic debt. Megabucks Park originally appeared on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Entered By: Greater Phoenix Economic Council. The winner of our top award emerged from a collaborative effort between Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC), the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), DMB Associates, Salt River Project (SRP), Maricopa County and the City of Mesa. Mesa also processed the required permits expeditiously.

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