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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

Pro Builder

Shortly after, I read another piece on bankruptcies in home building, and soon I was thinking of the more than 250 builders I’ve worked with over more than three decades and wondering: Does this “ Anna Karenina Principle ” about families also apply to home building? The question is: How profitable and sustainable are they, and at what cost?

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds…with Stephen Moret, Secretary, Louisiana Economic Development

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

These have been dark days for Detroit. city in history to file for bankruptcy. But out of the ashes of this monumental collapse— and in the midst of one of the most run-down neighborhoods in Detroit—a remarkable revival is rising like a phoenix. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

A central element of the public-private partnership that secured the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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