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Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this

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Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this 0 dbarista Tue, 07/11/2023 - 10:44 Multifamily Housing Is the office-to-residential conversion really what’s best for our downtowns from a cultural, urban, economic perspective? Or is this silver bullet really a poison pill?

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6 guideposts for cities to create equitable transit-oriented developments

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With demand, rents and property values increase, and the people who called the neighborhood home before the infrastructure improvements took place are priced out. However, there is a purposeful shift under way toward a concept that prioritizes equity at every step of the process to enable inclusive communities around transit stops.

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Three interconnected solutions for 'saving' urban centers

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In the last three years, urban centers have been hammered by an unprecedented series of connected, compounding crises—from existential threats like the pandemic and climate change, to complex issues of safety, equity, and affordability. Office to residential repositioning at 1 St. So what if we could solve one problem with the other?

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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MFPRO+ Blog Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Apartments Designers Architects New Project Portfolios A wave of residential projects rising across the country is meeting an insatiable demand, given the estimated shortage of 7.3 million homes that are accessible to low-income renters.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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SWLA’s transportation infrastructure is keeping pace with surging development needs. There are good sites to develop because of our infrastructure which includes six ports, interstate highway, railway, airports, a large pipeline system, a loyal and productive workforce, and training facilities,” Swift says. By Eric Cormier.

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South Dakota Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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million for new ethanol infrastructure at retail fueling stations. Local Infrastructure Improvement Program: This program provides grants to assist in funding the construction or reconstruction of infrastructure for the purpose of serving economic development projects. The REDI Fund provides up to 45% of a project’s total cost.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Firm Billings Continue Rise in December

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Architecture firms in the Northeast, Midwest, and South all reported increases, along with firms specializing in residential, commercial/industrial, and institutional projects. By market sector: Residential is down 54.3 Private Equity Expert William Lehr joins PSMJ’s M& Infrastructure & Energy Projects Continue to Carry.