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Shopping Mall Development Trends: Are Ghost Kitchens the Answer for Vacant Mall Space?

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CRE developers and owners are continuing to think creatively about filling vacant shopping mall space, and recently the idea of bringing in “ghost kitchens” to fill obsolete retail square footage has started to gain traction. From our perspective, bringing ghost kitchens to malls certainly isn’t a bad use of vacant retail space.

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

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Preliminary feasibility studies are flouting the conventional wisdom, showing that it’s more fiscally responsible to raze a commercial tower and replace it with a ground-up residential tower rather than an adaptive reuse into residential. In his slate.com article, “The Ticking Time Bomb in America’s Downtowns,” Henry Grabar explains, “.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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A ground floor restaurant or retail space can further complicate a conversion, as new shafts and penetrations will need to be run through the building. Determining whether the floor plate is made of concrete, steel, or wood has a significant impact in the feasibility of a project. RELATED ARTICLE: About 11% of U.S.

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Flying Without Altitude

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The new terminal debuted with numerous features that were innovative in 1992, including an AirMall with more than 100 retailers and restaurants. The recent discovery that fracking is feasible at PIT could not come at a better time for the financially strapped airport. Mid Atlantic Fracking'

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Noting that the rolling pasture land was less than 20 miles from Atlanta’s international airport, the Pinewood team indicated it was a feasible location for their new studio complex. -based Pinewood Studios was interested in establishing a U.S. Deloitte Consulting LLP.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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The City intends to create a financially feasible, operationally self–sustainable signature facility that will promote economic development, create jobs and enhance educational offerings. million square feet of retail space and 8.2 Sugar Land Town Square is a 32–acre, award–winning, mixed–use, public–private development.

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FEATURE STORY: Thailand — Nuanced Nation, One-Stop Shop

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Projects with investments exceeding $17 million USD must submit a feasibility study to gain approval. Citibank is the largest American retail bank in Thailand while Western Digital, a computer hard drive manufacturer, is the largest employer of Thai nationals (approximately 25,000 people).