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Commercial Construction Real Estate Trends from ICSC 2014

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If you are a player in the retail world, odds are you spent a few days in Las Vegas last month at ICSC’s “ Global Retail Real Estate Convention ” (RECON). It’s always an exciting event for the retail real estate industry. Here are my three takeaways for retail construction trends from RECON 2014: Money is out there.

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Things worth reading: 21st December 2017

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Things we’re reading today include … Bitcoin lottery launches in Ireland Top 10 Retail Banking Trends and Predictions for 2018 Tandem’s Takeover of Harrods Bank Approved by Bank of England BNY Mellon freezes $22 billion in Kazakhstan assets: source Bank’s olive branch increases chance of Brexit deal City can live … The post (..)

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Green Building Bonds as a Game Changing New Source of Capital

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With 332 retail properties, the REIT''s portfolio encompasses over 43.9 In November 2013, Bank of America issued the first ever U.S. bank green bond, but again its purpose was not limited to green building. The bank acted as underwriter on Regency’s deal. exclusively for green building.

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Housing’s Great Rethink: Workforce Development Takes Center Stage

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The construction industry is also dealing with what has been a 25-year erosion of vocational training and in-school programs, as well as some bitter critics from within its own ranks who effectively shrink the pool of (mostly younger) workers by dissuading them from considering construction jobs as an avenue to job security and fulfillment. “Low

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Your ENERGY STAR Score is About to Fall Precipitously

Green Building Law Update

This is a huge deal because EPA says that more than 40% of U.S. The following 1 to 100 ENERGY STAR score models will be updated: bank branches, courthouses, financial offices, hotels, houses of worship, K-12 schools, offices, retail, supermarkets, and warehouses. commercial building is LEED certified).

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Setting Up the Chart of Accounts: QuickBooks for Contractors

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QuickBooks comes with a default Chart of Accounts, which includes generic accounts that are most commonly used by retail businesses: Accounts like Accounts Receivable, Cost of Goods Sold, Sales of Product Income, and others. Each account will correspond to a field on either the Balance Sheet or Income Statement.

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Steady Optimism Among U.S. Commercial Real Estate Executives, Increased Investor Appetite

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REITs are expected to continue to serve as a leading source of real estate debt and/or equity funding while banks also are projected to boost funding in 2014. Confidence in the banking industry as a primary source of commercial real estate financing has increased by 34% since 2011. Private equity sources are predicted to drive U.S.