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These Cities Are Becoming More Affordable for Renters

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The personal finance site compared median household incomes to rent from 2016 to 2019, while including how the pandemic has affected rent prices, to find the cities with the greatest changes in rent affordability. The top five cities where rent has changed the most from 2016 to 2019 are Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, DC, and Baltimore.

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Model Sustainability and Green Building Initiatives for a More Verdant City and Town

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Modeled after laws in New York, Chicago, and the District of Columbia, this bill is designed to work with the County’s recently enacted PACE program to create market based incentives for building owners to increase energy efficiency. The County Council in all Democrat and very Blue.

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U.S. CRE Turning Around In 2014, According To New PwC/ULI Report

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As a result, the report anticipates that 2014 may be the year that many investors who have traditionally focused mainly on large established markets such as Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, will be expanding their focus to other cities in order to protect capital.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

Business Facilities

CHICAGO AIMS FOR THE TOP OF THE TECH CHART. Chicago is rising up in ranks to become the next big place for technology innovation. Chicago’s Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute (DMDII), has partnered with McKinsey & Co. Chicago’s Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute (DMDII), has partnered with McKinsey & Co.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Pennsylvania’s decision to consolidate hundreds of bridge projects into a single procurement financed by a bond fund managed by a new Public-Private Partnership (P3) should serve as a model for the rest of the country. The $722-million project is the largest private-activity bond financing of a public-private partnership in the U.S.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

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.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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Washington, DC 20417. Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters. City of Chicago. Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority. Wiencek + Associates Architects + Planners, DC LLP. Take a look at the letter and please post you comments. July 25, 2012. Acting Administrator Daniel Tangherlini. One Constitution Square.