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A lasting housing impact: Gen-Z redefines multifamily living

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Nathan Casteel MFPRO+ Blog Affordable Housing Student Housing Apartments Designers Urban Planning Generation Z doesn’t settle for the typical living environment. With the market’s competitiveness, we focus on creating environments where people want to live. Bustling environments serve as their own amenity.

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Fall Conference Circuit: 12 Top Takeaways

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As outlined in a session on sustainable and healthy workspaces , employers want lower costs, shorter lease terms, fewer commitments, a shift from fixed to variable costs, talent attraction and retention, and increased flexibility. 9: Rebuilding with intangibles. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development! 10: Plants can imagine!

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Location Focus: Illinois – Trying to Make Headway in Every Way

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According to the Chicago Tribune , “The fund will award convertible notes initially ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 to early-stage Illinois-based companies working in renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart grid, next-generation transportation and water resource management. This venture capital fund allocated with $2.3

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FEATURE STORY: The Story Of Storage

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“The environment has been getting a lot of love from data center operators this year,” he says. When a world-class company like Google decides to expand in the Palmetto State, it shows we are providing the sort of business environment that helps foster success.” Paul Campbell. Facebook ‘Likes’ Oregon.

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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But when coupled with the right sets of policies and institutional environments, PPPs can be powerful catalysts for economic growth. In 2011, Emerson leased 18,000 square feet of space at the Sawgrass International Corporate Park with the option for an additional 9,500 square feet. MEDC: LEADING INNOVATOR IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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To meet demand, rails increased capacity with 1,300 new and rebuilt locomotives; 3,800 freight car purchases; and 700 new leased freight carts. because of its strong pro-business environment. Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. Overall rail traffic was up 4.5 percent in 2014.

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John Young to Head Nuclear Lobby Group | ENR: Engineering.

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Environment. Obituaries of Industry Leaders and Innovators. -- Advertising --. Bill Allan also joined the firm as vice president and project executive; he had been in those same roles at Lend Lease. ESD), a Chicago consulting engineer specializing in high- performance building systems. ENR Subscriber Login ». -->. -->.