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State of the Construction Industry: January Roundup

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billion expansion of O’Hare International Airport to modernize the facility. billion in new construction permits issued in 2018, while in-state neighbor Nashville currently has 18 projects underway valued at $100 million or more, including two $1 billion projects. In Chicago, officials are mulling over several design plans for an $8.5

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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Additional construction will continue into 2016 and the plant is anticipated to begin commercial production in 2018. Cloud’s Airport Industrial Park, an area certified as “Shovel Ready” under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Shovel Ready Site Certification Program. This is the first U.S.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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million loan participation program fostering business expansion and job creation in Arizona by providing debt financing for small businesses (in collaboration with private finance partners). For 2018 and thereafter, the tax credit rates will be 20% of the first $2.5 97% increase in personal property tax exemption. TAX INCENTIVES.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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If you seek a STEM job or a design job once you graduate from college you have a real chance of having your student debt relieved.”. This includes easy access to an international airport, the Port of Charleston, SC and an inland port via I-77. Amazon’s new 2.4

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Loan proceeds are to be used for working capital, inventory, equipment purchase, and real property improvements but cannot be used for refinancing of existing debt or outstanding debt payments. Funds cannot be used for debt refinancing or contingency funding. The program ends December 2016. EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROGRAMS.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The debt-free, state-of-the-art AnC Bio facility will take about 18 months to build. In his spare time, Stenger and his partners have been raising EB-5 funding for nearly $600-million worth of projects in Vermont, including expansions at Jay Peak and nearby Burke Mountain, and a new hotel and airport upgrade in Newport, VBM reports.

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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Luxembourg’s air freight hub has been reinforced with the opening of LuxairCARGO‘s new dedicated Pharma & Healthcare Center at the capital‘s national airport. Construction of the first manufacturing buildings at the new Baxter campus is expected to be completed in 2015, with full commercial production commencing in 2018.

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