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The impact of office-to-residential conversion on downtown areas

BD+C

However, we are beginning to see multiple cities tackle this issue by offering incentives ranging from cash grants for projects that meet certain criteria, waived permit fees or development charges, and property tax breaks over a period of time.

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The programmatic evolution of the lobby

BD+C

The reinvention of these pinch points for a more meaningful indoor/outdoor connection is driving the creation of intriguing prototypes that provide open-air amenity spaces, weather permitting, as welcoming zones for users that are great for buildings with little or no rooftop space nor access to green space.

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Feature Story: Aiming For The Top In Utah

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Herbert’s economic development effort has been built around six strategically targeted growth clusters, including aerospace/defense, life sciences, IT/software, energy, finance and outdoor products/recreation. A focus of his effort has been to expedite the federal permitting process for energy development on public land.

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

The Korte Company

He did return every summer to work on a permit as a union carpenter with his father. Vernon Distribution Center over a weekend and hand-delivered the proposal to Walgreens’ Headquarters in Chicago on Monday morning to edge out five other competitors that had a two-week head start. . Company management noticed Dennis’s prowess.

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Home Builder Success and the Fragility of Good Things

Pro Builder

Finance and Zebras . Over time, the concept has migrated through multiple disciplines including finance, marketing, product development, ecological risk assessment, and even cultural anthropology. . The mega markets may have five times the number of permits, but 10 times the competition. But a bit more study was required. .

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

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. Youngstown, OH: Exports Engine.

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