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One-Third of Single-Family Rental Investors are Foreign

Pro Builder

Big foreign investment firms that buy office buildings, hotels and shopping centers around the world have a new favorite real-estate play: single-family homes in American suburbs. These institutions are partnering with U.S. housing companies to buy or build rental homes by the thousands. Read More. . Built for Rent. Market Data + Trends.

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Chime Solutions Expanding In North Carolina

Business Facilities

The Atlanta-based customer-contact service provider will expand in Charlotte, adding 250 new jobs for licensed life and health insurance agents. Read: Chime Solutions Expanding In North Carolina at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Kaiser Permanente Bringing 800 Call Center Jobs To Georgia

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The move will bring more than 800 new jobs to metro Atlanta by 2020—most of them by 2017. ” Metro Atlanta’s market for call center workers—the seventh largest in the country—was a key reason Kaiser Permanente chose to locate a national contact center in Georgia. .

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August 2015 newsletter

FDR Safety

These costs include health insurance claims, disability claims, lost productivity, overtime and the cost of hiring new employees. Business Insurance magazine has named FDRsafety as one of the top three firms in the country exclusively focused on safety consulting. FDRsafety named one of the top 3 safety consulting firms in the U.S.

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Acoustic ceilings to support occupants’ health

Construction Specifier

Nelson Architects designed the interior of Anthem Technology Center’s new LEED Silver-certified, 21-story, Class A, build-to-suit office tower in Midtown, Atlanta, to include acoustic stone wool ceiling products that deliver a high NRC of 0.95 In offices, excess noise results in a drop in performance and impaired concentration.

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constructionattorneyblog: Airport Design team sues Atlanta

Construction Lawyer

He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier. Airport Design team sues Atlanta. TrackBack URL for this entry: [link].

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CoreNet Global Index Predicts Upbeat Economic, Corporate Climates for Second Half of 2013

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The types of real estate managed are office space (84.8%); industrial (34.8%); laboratories (32.6%); research and development (32.6%); data centers (39.1%); retail (26.1%); and others including mixed use development (19.6%).

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