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Rising Mortgage Rates Prompt Would-Be Sellers to Stay in Place and Renovate

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Home sales may be slowing and home prices may be falling, but with sizable equity gains from record home appreciation, homeowners are moving full speed ahead with renovation projects. As a result, home improvement retailers like Home Depot and Lowes are reporting strong quarterly earnings and rising stocks. By the end of Q1 2022, ??Americans

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Behind the Build: Interview with Maggie Farrell, Diversity & HR Manager at S. M. Wilson & Co.

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For these reasons (and so much more), construction businesses must focus on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) and ensure that every employee feels included and represented. Wilson was founded in 1921, so we recently celebrated 100 years in business, which is a fantastic accomplishment for us. Wilson & Co. Louis University.

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Five Predictions for Commercial Construction Trends in 2012

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Value-based retailers like hhgregg, Ross Dress for Less and Savers should experience construction growth in 2012. It’s that time of year when our team predicts the 2012 commercial construction trends – from what’s on tap for Chicago retail construction to national restaurant construction and hospitality construction.

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Predictions and National Trends in Commercial Construction

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Value-based retailers like hhgregg, Ross Dress for Less and Savers should experience construction growth in 2012. It’s that time of year when our team predicts the commercial construction trends for the upcoming year– from what’s on tap for Chicago retail construction to national restaurant construction and hospitality construction.

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

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If we apply Occam’s Razor—the premise that the simplest solution or explanation is usually the best solution or explanation—it leads us to the conclusion that perhaps the best thing to do with all this vacant office space isn’t to convert it to another use but to keep it as is. draining the vitality of [downtown].”

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U.S. CRE Turning Around In 2014, According To New PwC/ULI Report

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real estate recovery is set to continue into 2014, with investors increasingly looking beyond some of the traditionally popular markets to secondary markets in search of higher yields, according to Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2014 , co-published by PwC US and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). real estate advisory practice leader, PwC.

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Insight Into Trumark’s Growth Strategy and Daiwa Partnership

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Trumark's co-founders discuss Daiwa House Group's equity interest in their business and the ways in which the two companies align . Such was the case earlier this year when Daiwa House Group , of Osaka, Japan, acquired a 60% equity interest in builder/developer Trumark Companies, Pro Builder 's 2018 Builder of the Year. Co-founders.

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