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Marvel-designed Gowanus Green will offer 955 affordable rental units in Brooklyn

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Marvel-designed Gowanus Green will offer 955 affordable rental units in Brooklyn The community consists of approximately 955 units of 100% affordable housing, 28,000 sf of neighborhood service retail and community space, a site for a new public school, and a new 1.5-acre acre public park. acre public park. acre public park.

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Rhode Island goes for LEED for Neighborhood Development and SITES

Green Building Law Update

The State of Rhode Island is expanding its longstanding Green Buildings Act adding built landscapes to the list of public projects that must be built to recognized green building standards. Green Building Council associated Green Business Certification Inc.

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Green light for British Land London multi-storey logistic hub

Construction Enquirer

British Land has got the planning green light to build a 455,000 sq ft multi-level logistics hub in Enfield, North London. The Heritage House site, near Junction 25 of the M25, will see construction of a main 435,000 sq ft building to be split into two levels. To date, British Land has submitted planning applications for 1.6m

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Green light for Manchester Georgian student scheme

Construction Enquirer

The scheme will house 261 students in a mix of cluster en-suite rooms and self-sufficient studios, including a proportion of affordable accommodation. Alumno Managing Director David Campbell said: “We are looking forward to commencing work on the site later this year.

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Pennsylvania is First State to offer Tax Credit for Passive House

Green Building Law Update

Pennsylvania is the first state to offer tax credits for low income Passive House building. Applications submitted under the PennHOMES and low income housing tax credit program are scored and ranked in accordance with a numerical criteria. “Maximize your gains, minimize your losses” summarize the approach.

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Lovell wins £50m east London 160 home scheme

Construction Enquirer

London Borough of Redbridge has signed a £50m deal with Lovell Partnerships to deliver a near 160-home scheme on the site of a former school in Ilford. DDS Demolition has started site clearance and enabling works at the Loxford Lane site with the aim of starting piling works in August.

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Barratt to demolish 36 new homes with faulty foundations

Construction Enquirer

Housing giant Barratt is set to demolish 36 new homes on an estate in Cambridge after finding faults in the foundations. Local paper the Cambridge Independent first revealed the problems on the Darwin Green site where Barratt David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire is building a new community of nearly 1,600 homes.