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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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Lower gas prices are creating more discretionary income to save, pay down debt and spend on travel, eating out and personal services. The new Lakeside Shops retail center at the Landing was added to the inventory in the fourth quarter of 2015, and the tornado-damaged Branson Mall also has been put back on the market. percent to 13.06

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Many builders reported that last December was unusually busy, the best in years for housing starts and contracts. In the last quarter of 2019, he looked at his spec home inventory and decided he needed to move some units. In 2008, when Hodges was working through the housing crisis in Florida for builder K. Then, poof!

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Instead, Clark Ivory reassumed his CEO duties and set a bold, uncharted course to diversify the company’s successful semi-custom, move-up home legacy to include affordable housing for an increasing underserved segment of buyers. Design Within Reach—Exploring Attainable Housing Options. See past Builder of the Year winners. and Outward.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Steadfast And Strong In The Wake Of Superstorm Sandy

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Houses and businesses cleared away, leaving swatches of sand or burned-out ruins in their wake. In January, HuffPost reported that Sandy damaged or destroyed 305,000 housing units and disrupted more than 265,000 businesses in New York. In NJ, 346,000 housing units were destroyed or damaged, and 190,000 businesses affected.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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Some states manage their programs in-house with a committee that reviews the application, but in Georgia we have a third-party site location consultant that handles it.”. We also have one of the best balance sheets in the country with a very low debt burden. OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN INDIANA. As a state, Tennessee is a solid partner.”.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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USDA Rural Development in Alabama: A variety of loan, grant, and loan guarantee programs, plus technical assistance in the areas of business and industry, cooperative development, rural housing, community facilities, water and waste disposal, and telecommunications, including distance learning and telemedicine. TAX INCENTIVES.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Eligibility qualifications are different for rural and metro areas. Loan proceeds are to be used for working capital, inventory, equipment purchase, and real property improvements but cannot be used for refinancing of existing debt or outstanding debt payments. The program ends December 2016.

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