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Skanska and Simmons University partner to finalize ground lease that enables transformational development

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million square foot mixed-use development, will bring new living, office, housing, retail, and community space improvements to the Longwood Medical Area (LMA). Skanska USA Commercial Development shared that it received official zoning approval of its Planned Development Area (PDA) from the Boston Zoning Commission on 14th April 2023.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Boston , New York , and San Francisco , are considering ways to improve the financial incentives, change zoning policies and expedite plan reviews, but developers should get a full-service team assembled to take a hard look at a conversion before they get started. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Devens – Secret Weapon In The Battle For Business

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Our proximity to Boston and our unique support provide the absolute best scenario for many firms. Because Devens is a self-supporting, quasi-public environment that was created specifically to support and grow businesses—and not a municipality—the zoning and permitting hurdles associated with most cities and towns are greatly reduced.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. The Corridor offers export assistance and Foreign Trade Zones. This trend may be speeding up plans of some U.S.

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Open Borders

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They’ve become proponents of a regional tech zone spanning the border; they’ve even got a name for it: the Cascadia Innovation Corridor (a name derived from the Cascade mountain range that cuts through the U.S.-Canada According to the Boston Consulting Group, foreign workers in the U.S. Canada border).

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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change

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as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, serving more than 5.6 Companies in the Greater Rochester, NY region with at least 50 employees can generate annual profits of $1 million more than the same operation in New York City, Boston, San Francisco or Washington, D.C. CREATING A CLEANER, BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR FLORIDA’S ECONOMY.

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LOCATION FOCUS: United It Stands

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square miles is a mix of urban areas, waterfront cities, rural villages, farmlands and forests in the epicenter of the Boston-Washington Corridor. Banking, finance, communication, high technology, retail, manufacturing and agriculture are just some of the many industries prevalent in the Empire State.