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Passive House is “In” in 2017

Green Building Law Update

New York City Zone Green thick wall exclusion allows for up to 8 inches of wall thickness to be exempted from the calculation of floor area to encourage high performance buildings without decreasing the amount of usable space in the building, including Passive construction.

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When office-to-residential conversion works

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Office buildings are worth more” than residential as income generators, she explains. Generally, the highest and best use for something is office, if there’s a market for it. Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” This zoning provides opportunities to create a profitable development.”

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Income Tax Capital Credit: The Income Tax Capital Credit has been available since 1995. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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INCOME TAX CAPITAL CREDIT: Currently codified as Article 7, Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975. It is a credit of five percent of the capital costs of a qualifying project, to be applied to the Alabama income tax liability or financial institution excise tax generated by the project income, each year for 20 years.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, City Manager Chris Brady and Economic Development Director Bill Jabjiniak assisted Apple with its Foreign Trade Zone application to provide real and personal property tax relief for Apple’s investment in the Mesa site. Mesa also processed the required permits expeditiously. Project Impact Estimates.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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no personal income tax), business-driven tort reform, a variety of incentives and an overall low cost of doing business. Some, such as Southwest Data Solutions, have chosen the historic downtown area and others are located in one of the many office centers located along the US Hwy 287 Bypass. to do business.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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Join us as we zero in on the locations where New Energy is powering growth. The wind boom in Texas was assisted by the expansion of the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), use of designated Competitive Renewable Energy Zones and expedited transmission grid construction. All other sections were written by Jenny Vickers.].