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Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this

BD+C

A better solution to increase the occupancy of downtown urban-core office towers could be to attract more professional services and businesses that are currently working in-office throughout less-dense urban and suburban areas in half-empty low-rise and inefficient office buildings, ubiquitous in every city’s commercial corridors.

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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.

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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.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

In 2008, Chrysler rolled the dice and told the world it would invest $1.8 The Jefferson North facility seemed an unlikely candidate in 2008 for this largesse. Cerberus, an equity player who had acquired a majority stake in Chrysler from German auto giant Daimler-Benz in 2007, went into bankruptcy in 2009.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Firm Billings Continue Rise in December

PSMJ Resources

Architecture firms in the Northeast, Midwest, and South all reported increases, along with firms specializing in residential, commercial/industrial, and institutional projects. Real estate markets saw only modest activity in most regions, but commercial markets showed signs of ongoing improvement in several districts. West is down 45.1

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Have we reached the point when the AEC industry starts redesigning fast-food menu items?

PSMJ Resources

The sector index is as follows: Multi-famliy residential (50.1), commercial/industrial (44.9), institutional (43.1), and mixed practice (40.3). Projects are being delayed or cancelled because lending institutions are placing unusually stringent equity requirements on new developments. Northeast 45.7, South 41.32, West 40.5.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Infrastructure & Energy Projects Continue to.

PSMJ Resources

PSMJ’s latest quarterly survey shows continued strength in regulated markets Despite the prolonged lackluster plateau of some pockets of the A/E industry such as Education and Government, the end of 2011 provided some rebound in the Housing and Commercial sectors, and continued strength in the Healthcare and Power/Utilities markets.