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Austin creates innovative plan to boost affordable housing

BD+C

City leaders in Austin, Texas are backing an innovative policy to increase the amount of affordable housing. The plan relaxes zoning restrictions and provides incentives for higher density construction in affordable and mixed-income developments.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

Business Facilities

P83 Innovation Center campus conceptual renderings. Feeding this worker pipeline is Arizona’s university system that produces in-demand graduates specializing in technology and innovation that can quickly make an impact on these growing businesses. While the national average of per-capita income going to taxes is 9.9

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Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

BD+C

A public-private partnership between Austin Community College and Red Leaf Properties led to the redevelopment of the 81-acre former Highland Mall near a working-class and immigrant neighborhood in Austin, Texas into Highland ATX, an innovative learning center and new mixed-income, transit-oriented community.

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Attend Greenbuild – The Best Way To Grow Your Green Building Business

Green Building Law Update

While attendance is off a bit from the huge Greenbuild in Boston in 2008 with 27,995 attendees, last year dwarfed the first Greenbuild in 2002 when 4,189 people gathered in Austin. It is all but impossible not to encounter new vendors and innovative suppliers. There were 19,058 attendees last year with 96 countries represented.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

Pro Builder

Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda. He was like, ‘I can really do something because there are so many capable people who are willing to collaborate and innovate.’” Wed, 12/15/2021 - 17:31. Ivory Homes in Salt Lake City is Pro Builder's 2021 Builder of the Year. Mike Beirne, Senior Editor. and Outward.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

Business Facilities

With a diverse population and innovation-driving ecosystem, Atlanta offers a wide range of opportunities for technology companies looking to do business in the U.S. BlackRock chose the region for its new Innovation Hub comprised of 1,000 jobs. AUSTIN, DENVER, NEW YORK CITY HAVE TOP STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS.

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Putting 9 senior living market trends into perspective

BD+C

For developers and operators of senior living communities, the upper-income part of the market has the most potential for financial success but also the most options. Our firm is in the early phases of planning and designing several such communities for innovative clients. It’s important, but it’s not enough.