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6 guideposts for cities to create equitable transit-oriented developments

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Multifamily Housing Affordable Housing Office Buildings Retail Centers Shopping Centers Transit Facilities Despite the best efforts of city governments and their transportation departments, transit-oriented-development projects often unintentionally burden existing residents and small businesses in the area.

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Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this

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A better solution to increase the occupancy of downtown urban-core office towers could be to attract more professional services and businesses that are currently working in-office throughout less-dense urban and suburban areas in half-empty low-rise and inefficient office buildings, ubiquitous in every city’s commercial corridors.

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South Dakota Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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million for new ethanol infrastructure at retail fueling stations. Local Infrastructure Improvement Program: This program provides grants to assist in funding the construction or reconstruction of infrastructure for the purpose of serving economic development projects. It offers fixed rate interest, which is currently 2%.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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SWLA’s transportation infrastructure is keeping pace with surging development needs. There are good sites to develop because of our infrastructure which includes six ports, interstate highway, railway, airports, a large pipeline system, a loyal and productive workforce, and training facilities,” Swift says. By Eric Cormier.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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Cerberus, an equity player who had acquired a majority stake in Chrysler from German auto giant Daimler-Benz in 2007, went into bankruptcy in 2009. Gilbert is aggressively moving forward with a daring plan to revive two square miles of property with a variety of commercial enterprises, including hotels, casinos and retail stores.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Firm Billings Continue Rise in December

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Architecture firms in the Northeast, Midwest, and South all reported increases, along with firms specializing in residential, commercial/industrial, and institutional projects. Real estate markets saw only modest activity in most regions, but commercial markets showed signs of ongoing improvement in several districts. West is down 45.1

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New York Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Commercial District Revolving Loan Funds: ESD has capitalized over $600,000, making funds available to five community-based corporations to administer and make loans to small retail and service businesses in their service areas. Borrowers must have at least a 10% equity interest in the project or business. 10% Borrower Equity.