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High Global Investor Confidence, Increased Interest In The U.S.

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Office Properties Stay on Top: Globally, office property investment is the most popular, with industrial and logistics close behind for U.S. Cost of Debt Expected to Rise: Nearly half of the survey respondents expected the cost of debt to rise. and Latin American investors. as retailers look to expand into new markets.

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Crystal Ball 2014

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– “Rounding error” in Paul Ryan-Patty Murray federal budget deal adds $2 trillion to national debt. – Pope Francis visits Las Vegas during U.S. . – Olympic figure-skating judges arrested, accused of violating Russian anti-gay laws after Russian skaters fail to win medals. – CA Gov. .”

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Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, ConEd Partner In NV & CA Solar Projects

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Gas & Power’s 250-megawatt (MW) Copper Mountain Solar 3 project near Las Vegas, and Consolidated Edison Development’s CED California Holdings, LLC portfolio: the 50-MW Alpaugh 50, 20-MW Alpaugh North and 20-MW White River 1 facilities in Tulare County, and the 20-MW Corcoran 1 facility in Kings County. “We Gas & Power.

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Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, Con Edison Announce Solar Partnership

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Gas & Power’s solar power facilities, the 150-megawatt (MW) Copper Mountain Solar 2 plant near Las Vegas and the 150-MW Mesquite Solar 1 power plant near Phoenix. Gas & Power and Consolidated Edison Development (ConEdison Development) have announced an agreement to partner in two of Sempra U.S. The post Sempra U.S.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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The health of this industry is a vital economic indicator since sales tend to be driven by personal income, consumer confidence and interest rates. According to the NRF, retail industry sales (excluding automobiles, gas stations and restaurants) will grow 3.1 percent this year,4 percent higher than the 10-year average of 2.7

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Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

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industry jobs. Power & Industrial. Equipment rentals allow contractors to shift downtime risk while trimming expenses, including licensing, insurance, taxes and debt, among others. in 2011, according to the Associated Equipment Manufacturers, a Milwaukee-based industry trade group. contact us. Transportation.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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The success of that strategy, as well as a sincere and long-standing commitment to industry innovation, community service, the environment, and collaboration with local government—the upshot of which is a 90% customer satisfaction rating and $620.3 Local home builders are vital to our industry.