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ESG is an Opportunity for Commercial Landlords

Green Building Law Update

It offers a positive that the supply chain contract, the lease, is in writing. LEED, Green Globes and other third party verified green building rating systems provide certainty able to satisfy the E (environmental) in ESG for many organizations. government and The Group of Seven. yes, this blog will continue).

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Commercial Real Estate Recovery To Accelerate In 2014

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The firm’s top researchers believe the “global real estate disconnect” between buoyant investment markets and more cautious leasing markets that existed during 2013, is narrowing in the United States as the nation’s recovery broadly diversifies ahead of many of its global counterparts.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

Green buildings generate large quantities of data. In an age when many have opinions about Edward Snowden’s disclosures, foreign state sponsored hacking, and Uber’s massive customer data hack, most people have not considered matters of data protection from their real estate, green building or otherwise.

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Business Report: GEICO Expansion Brings 1,000 New Jobs To Katy, TX

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

When you create a place that rewards innovation and hard work and frees people to do best in pursuit of their dreams, good things happen. Like many cutting-edge companies, GEICO knows that Texas is a great destination for innovative companies looking to excel.”. The company extended its lease in Greenway Plaza in March of 2013.

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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

Green Building Law Update

LEED Commercial Interiors projects present the best single opportunity for greening buildings. million existing commercial buildings in the United States today. LEED for Commercial Interiors enables project teams who may not have control over the whole building to build out green tenant spaces. There are more than 5.6

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Recycled Houses

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Location: Crestone, Colorado, United States. There are are "green" benefits as well.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Louisiana’s capital has had great success in executing the state’s strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. We have partnered successfully with the state to build The Shaw Center for the Arts in downtown,” said John G.

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