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Award of Merit Renovation/Restoration: Tucson Convention Center Capital Improvements

ENR Construction

Construction of two parking garages, new meeting space and other renovations at the Tucson Convention Center began in late 2019.

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Home Improvement, Remodeling Spending Expected to Rise

Pro Builder

Broad strength in house price appreciation, existing home sales, and residential construction suggest that many metros will see greater renovation activity this year,” says Abbe Will, Associate Project Director in the Remodeling Futures Program at the Center.

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Caterpillar Expands In Southern Arizona

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Construction and mining equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. has selected Tucson, AZ as the new location for its surface mining and technology offices. Caterpillar will begin moving employees to Tucson in the summer. This is a huge win for Tucson and the entire region,” said Governor Doug Ducey. “In

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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Some of the locations already are well-known for developing the next generation of technologies, such as Austin, home to Dell, Apple, Facebook and Google, and Tucson, with its hotbed of solar technology innovation. In addition to funding to construct the system, NEDO will monitor and test the system for the next two years.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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The largest project in the community’s history, the West Haymarket redevelopment project, was sup- ported financially by the Partnership through the passage of a bond issue that will construct a new 16,000-seat arena. Champlain Valley Specialty is renovating and expanding a former onion packing site into an apple processing facility.

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FEATURE STORY: Semiconductor HUBS – Macro Growth from Micro Chips

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Construction of the TDC is planned to begin in early 2013 with completion targeted for late 2014. Since breaking ground on Fab 8 in 2009, the project has created approximately 2,000 new direct jobs, 9,000 new indirect jobs, and more than 10,000 new construction jobs. Fab 8 is the most advanced semiconductor foundry campus in the world.

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The Politics of Adobe in West Texas

Natural Building

Unlike the iconic, softly rounded edges of New Mexico adobe houses, Marfa’s are typically quite stark or retain elements of whatever style was popular at the time of construction. Once people do renovate or build, a sticky problem arises. Swan House has stood empty for a long while, after health issues required Swan to move to Tucson.

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