article thumbnail

P3 Inks Deal for Detroit-Windsor Bridge Project Financing

ENR Construction

Bridging North America, a partnership of Fluor, ACS Infrastructure Canada and Aecon Group, reached financial close late last month to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the 1.5-mile-long mile-long Gordie Howe International Bridge Project for the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority under a 36-year, $4.4-billion

Detroit 30
article thumbnail

The Road to Recovery in Detroit

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

These have been dark days for Detroit. But out of the ashes of this monumental collapse — and in the midst of one of the most run-down neighborhoods in Detroit — a remarkable revival is rising like a phoenix. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side.

Detroit 51
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

Your eyes weren’t deceiving you when you saw Detroit, MI sitting at No. Yes, we know that Detroit became the largest city in history to file for bankruptcy protection, a process the city is expected to emerge from this year. Airbus is the largest customer of the U.S. aerospace industry, with over $14 billion in purchases from U.S.

Metro 111
article thumbnail

FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Google’s Pittsburgh site has focused on three areas of work: the Google Product Search, which presents items available for online purchase; work that determines which ads to display based on a search query; and search infrastructure, which handles the computer systems fueling every result page. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown.

article thumbnail

Amazonia, USA

Business Facilities

.” [New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon refused to comment on reports emanating from our lunchroom that he offered to let Bezos build HQ2 next to Citi Field in Flushing Meadow, conditional to Bezos’ agreement to change the name of the company to Amazin.]. Something like… a new water system for Flint, MI?].

Seattle 63
article thumbnail

Construction Issues in Limbo as Nation Awaits Election Results

ENR Construction

Steve Hall, American Council of Engineering Companies senior vice president for advocacy, notes that whoever takes the White House will have to deal with important infrastructure legislation in 2021. ” If Biden wins, another infrastructure package is likely. . ” If Biden wins, another infrastructure package is likely.