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Brokers look forward to a commercial real estate market that mirrors 2018’s solid results

BD+C

Commercial real estate brokers are optimistic about their industry’s growth prospects for 2019, according to a poll of brokers that Transwestern released last month. They are buoyed by strong consumer and business confidence, steady employment growth, and the anticipation of available debt and equity liquidity.

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University design to help meet the demand for health professionals

BD+C

Plenty of jobs are available right now in healthcare professions—and more are coming Overall employment in health care is projected to grow 13% over the next decade, resulting in about two million new jobs. We need to make it possible for our students to graduate without massive debt.

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Let’s make Mental Health and Wellbeing a Construction Industry Priority

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In 2021, the survey found that 59 per cent of workers did not tell their employer that the reason they needed time off was for mental health. In 2019, 72 per cent of construction workers said they could not be honest with their employers about why they needed time off. . Although this figure is alarming, it is an improvement.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

From the July/August 2019 Issue. The TNECD website summarizes Tennessee’s approach to business climate with this credo: “We believe in high expectations, low debt and a pro-business regulatory environment. By Business Facilities Staff. The competition is the show: there must be winners and losers. Ellison, Lowe’s president and CEO.

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Pro Builder

economy into its worst quarter since the Great Depression, with unprecedented declines in gross domestic product, employment, consumer confidence, retail spending, and just about every other metric. . . In the last quarter of 2019, he looked at his spec home inventory and decided he needed to move some units.

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Housing and the 2020 Presidential Election

Pro Builder

But Hunter also wonders how many builders now see a second Trump term as possibly counterproductive to their interests on matters such as the national debt and trade. To that end, Trump signed an executive order on June 25, 2019 , establishing a White House Council on eliminating barriers to affordable housing development.

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Business Report: Garden State Growth Zones Aim to Lift New Jersey’s Cities

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Both programs have been extended until July 1, 2019. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) recently approved the first projects under the revised Grow NJ program to encourage businesses to increase employment in New Jersey. It can also apply to projects that have a below-market development margin or rate of return.

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