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PACE Bill Due in Baltimore City

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A public hearing is scheduled tomorrow on a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loan program ordinance in Baltimore City. PACE state enabling statutes generally authorize local governments to engage private sector lenders to provide upfront low interest financing to property owners for qualified projects (e.g.,

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Lawyers' Opinions in Green Building Transactions

Green Building Law Update

The size and nature of a transaction may well affect the scope of the opinion requested and in larger traditional mortgage financing as well as bond financing, lenders attribute increased value in the security being provided for loans when a building is LEED certified or the like. a mortgage) a green building. ASHRAE 189.1

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Maryland: Green Energy Institute Brings Innovation To Market

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MCEC uses statute enabled financing authority to leverage private capital investments and provide financing to assist residential, commercial, municipal, and not-for-profit consumers. and less than 40 miles southwest of Baltimore. Built for business.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Terms for both are normally 10-20 years and can finance up to 100 percent of the project costs. It allows for the construction of roads, bridges, etc.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The new facility, which will increase Apple’s workforce in Austin to more than 6,700, will serve as the primary operations nexus for the company in the Americas outside of Apple’s global headquarters in Cupertino, CA, centralizing accounting, human resources, sales, marketing and finance. According to Maryland Gov.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

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House Bill 1069 requires an owner of a residential rental property that is served by a private water supply well to provide the results of the most recent water quality test when a tenant signs a lease and then for water quality testing every three years and disclose the results to current and prospective tenants.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Available to businesses of all sizes and a wide variety of industries, these incentives benefit business in many ways, including reduction or elimination of property, payroll, income and/or sales tax liability; customized job training; and special financing, grants and loans. Other locations that performed well were Baltimore, St.

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