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ESG is an Opportunity for Commercial Landlords

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The ‘just in time’ delivery supply chain mantras of the 1980s promising lower costs through no inventory and efficient logistics seem a distant memory. Commercial real estate may be the best ESG supply chain opportunity. It offers a positive that the supply chain contract, the lease, is in writing.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

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Office Buildings Engineers M/E/P Systems Reconstruction & Renovation Resiliency Sustainable Design and Construction The trend toward building electrification in commercial properties with a view toward decarbonization is increasingly at the forefront of the effort to mitigate climate change.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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Cape Coral is positioned for strong commercial growth in 2016 and beyond. Pine Island Road Commercial Corridor was completed last year, ready for innovators who want get in on the ground floor of a major commercial destination. RETAIL SEGMENT LEADS THE COMMERCIAL MARKET IN BRANSON, MISSOURI. Find them in Booth S494P.

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West Virginia Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Indirect Loans: The West Virginia Economic Development Authority provides a loan insurance program through participating commercial banks to assist firms that cannot obtain conventional bank financing. The exemption does not apply to inventories of raw materials or goods in process. TAX INCENTIVES. WORKFORCE TRAINING.

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Tennessee Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Business Inventory: Finished goods inventory in excess $30 million may be excluded from the franchise tax base when held by manufacturers or warehouses and distribution facilities. Tax rates of industrial and commercial real property vary with locality. TAX INCENTIVES. Qualified Headquarters: There is a credit of 6.5%

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Illinois: Unveiling the Future of Digital Design and Manufacturing

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SOM recently worked with UI Labs, a Chicago-based research and commercialization collaborative, on the programming and concept design for an exciting new facility: the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII). WHEELING: DYNAMIC COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL BASE KEEPS GROWING. The lab opened in May 2015.

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

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percent in 2014 due to stronger shipment volumes and inventory carrying charges that were up 2.1 To meet demand, rails increased capacity with 1,300 new and rebuilt locomotives; 3,800 freight car purchases; and 700 new leased freight carts. percent in 2013 and 8.3 percent in 2014. Overall rail traffic was up 4.5 percent for intermodal.

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