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Health & The Built Environment: Scales of Impact

Stok

“We are separated by geography, income, time, size… ultimately, we are fundamentally distanced from the result of our decisions. So stok teamed up with ILFI and other changemakers to take a fresh look at one of the biggest movements in the industry: health and the built environment.

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The impacts of affordability, remote work, and personal safety on urban life

BD+C

Our respondents come from cities in four global regions: North America (Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.), Income level creates the most variation in agreement for this statement.

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Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

BD+C

Inherent in the collapse of this antiquated shopping mall typology is a massive opportunity to redefine the paradigm of how we create sustainable and equitable suburban environments to live, work, learn, and yes, shop. The Future of Shopping Malls Shopping malls were once the quintessential suburban community anchor.

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5 criteria to optimize medical office design

BD+C

A garden area can serve as a place of respite for patients and staff to step away from the clinical environment, but it can also prove valuable to the waiting families of patients. The 17,000-sf Family Tree Clinic, Minneapolis, offers reproductive and sexual health services largely for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and low-income patients.

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

Pro Builder

Trust Neighborhoods has created a new, innovative approach to tackle affordable housing: the Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust, or MINT, that owns and operates a portfolio of rental housing under community control to maintain permanent affordability. Four MINTs now operate in Boston, Fresno, KC, and Tulsa.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

Pro Builder

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 See past Builder of the Year winners. Business Success: Easy as 1, 2, 3? and Outward.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

Business Facilities

While the national average of per-capita income going to taxes is 9.9 In addition, Arizona’s taxes on property, gas and personal income remain low compared to the rest of the country. Having an available, high-quality workforce is essential in today’s competitive business environment.

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