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Commercial Construction Real Estate Trends from ICSC 2014

HardHatChat

For one week each year, the commercial construction industry converges on the desert city as national retail construction firms, retail brokers and retailers all get together to make deals and plan for the following year. I felt like this was the largest RECON I’ve attended since 2008, the last year of the retail construction boom.

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How to Stop Further Deterioration of Distressed Commercial Assets

HardHatChat

Whether you’re a bank with distressed commercial real estate assets on your balance sheet, or you’re a real estate investor/developer who purchased a foreclosed commercial property, creating a viable workout plan can be an uphill battle. I’m not going to sugar coat it.

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Green Building Bonds as a Game Changing New Source of Capital

Green Building Law Update

Department of Energy''s Better Buildings Alliance as an inaugural Green Lease Leader, leading the market by incorporating lease clauses that help overcome market barriers and align tenant and property owner interests to save energy in commercial buildings. In November 2013, Bank of America issued the first ever U.S.

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The Most Green Building Friendly Zoning Code in the Nation - Baltimore?

Green Building Law Update

In 2008, the City Department of Planning began the current process to rewrite the Zoning Code. · Bicycle parking is now required for apartment buildings, schools, and commercial establishments over 10,000 sf. · Green roofs are encouraged in Commercial and Industrial zoning districts.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Negative equity is not a good sign for any segment of our market – new construction, existing home sales, new construction, commercial work as well as the support services that cater to the real estate market. On the commercial side, there are plenty of Private Equity funds set up to purchase Class A facilities. December 2008.

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Stimulus Package Update – Sort Of

Constructonomics

This is all fantastic about what is going on with the stimulus and everything, but my question is this: why is unemployment still at 10% for the country and a whopping 20% for the construction industry, which is as high (for both) as they have been since this whole mess began way back in 2008. Well, actually two reasons.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Negative equity is not a good sign for any segment of our market – new construction, existing home sales, new construction, commercial work as well as the support services that cater to the real estate market. On the commercial side, there are plenty of Private Equity funds set up to purchase Class A facilities. December 2008.