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Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

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Still, catalysts can also be public institutions such as community college facilities or hospitals and healthcare facilities to support greater social infrastructure. New healthcare facilities are critical infrastructure for anchoring a new resilient neighborhood, especially when it brings those services into previously underserved regions.

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FEATURE STORY: Semiconductor HUBS – Macro Growth from Micro Chips

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In Austin, TX, Samsung is already at work in a $4 billion plant expansion in Austin. In the Rochester area, CNSE’s Smart System Technology and Commercialization Center (STC) offers state-of-the-art capabilities for MEMS fabrication and packaging. “If AUSTIN, TX: CHIP CAPITAL. for every $1.00 Texas is now the nation’s No.

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South Louisiana Methanol Announces $1.3 Billion Investment

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of Austin, Texas, and Todd Corp., Methanol is used by manufacturers to produce everyday goods, such as plastics, polyester fibers and fabrics, pesticides, fuel additives, pharmaceuticals and adhesives for the wood products industry. South Louisiana Methanol LP will build and operate a world-scale methanol production facility in St.

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Phantom Payouts

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–While Samsung enjoys $112 million in property tax abatements for its Austin, TX semiconductor fabrication facility, the Times noted, school class sizes in the area are exploding as the state cuts school funding. The biggest cheap shot of all in the Times’ opus was reserved for General Motors.

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STATE FOCUS: Lassoing Jobs In Texas

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million people and a nation-leading state infrastructure, it’s ensuring the future is as bright as the present. Manufacturing companies can qualify for significant tax exemptions, including state sales and use tax exemptions available to taxpayers who manufacture, fabricate or process tangible property for sale.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Affordable Eco.

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Sharing common facilities and infrastructure. Using pre-fabricated elements or existing structures. Austin Tinting said. Using the space between buildings. Building collectively. Sharing the cost of the land. Avoiding the use of experts. Careful choice of materials. Avoiding a purist approach. Great article on green building.

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Seven Projects Land Deal of the Year Honorable Mentions

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San Marcos, strategically positioned between Austin and San Antonio, had its first shot at an Amazon distribution hub in 2012, but the site the online giant was considering in San Marcos wasn’t aligned with the company’s timeline and ultimately they chose another location. This program will derive more than $5.28

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