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Commercial Construction Strategies: Flagship Stores to Footprint Expansion

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Bringing the general contractor in as early as possible and negotiating with them to manage these challenges for you will ensure a smooth and successful project. And, of course, the desire to use union vs non-union labor can dramatically influence costs and timelines. It is something we have done time and time again.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Texas also is home to six of the top 50 companies on the Fortune 500 list, third only after New York and California. expansion and is its largest operations office in North America outside of its Menlo Park, California headquarters. And the U.S. The Austin office represents Facebook’s first major U.S.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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CALIFORNIA – updated for 2014. The California Capital Access Program (CalCAP): Encourages participating banks and lending institutions to provide loans to small businesses that fall outside of conventional underwriting standards. Any unused credit may be carried forward for a period of nine years.

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Deal of the Decade

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As this is being written, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, Alabama, Utah, California and Washington reportedly have thrown their hats into the ring in what is shaping up as the biggest economic development contest in recent memory. Jay Inslee and Everett Mayor Ray Stephenson to resume talks. Far West U.S. Plains U.S. Rocky Mountains U.S.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CALIFORNIA. To qualify, a taxpayer’s research must be conducted within California and include basic or applied research of scientific inquiry, original investigation for the advancement of scientific or engineering knowledge or improved function of a business component. Possible city business tax exemption.

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