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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts 0 qpurcell Mon, 09/25/2023 - 12:49 Affordable Housing Trish Donnally, Associate Principal, Perkins Eastman, shares insights from three transformative affordable housing projects. Housing is Fundamental “Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing.

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Buyers, Renters Look to Sister Cities for More Affordable Housing

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Buyers, Renters Look to Sister Cities for More Affordable Housing. Increased freedom from the office has pushed many homebuyers and renters to seek more affordable areas, but they’re not going too far away. Consider Seattle and Tacoma with 1 hour and 15 minutes drivetime between them. Housing Markets. Housing Markets.

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Contractor Resource For Reaching Out To Realtors In Seattle Area

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They deliver flyers to the major real estate office in greater Seattle area. In the early years this was the main way realtor offices communicated with each other on brand new listings, upcoming open houses, price changes and special financing offers. Contractor Flyers Welcome! Emailing flyers directly to realtors.

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The Most Expensive Rental Market in the Country is.

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San Francisco and New York were hit hardest by the pandemic, as offices shut down and residents fled to either smaller cities or the suburbs. San Francisco saw a 79% increase in prospective renters, and Seattle experienced a 55% jump, according to RentCafe, another rental listing website. Housing Markets. Housing Markets.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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Cracking the code of affordable housing 0 qpurcell Fri, 10/20/2023 - 09:03 Affordable Housing Perkins Eastman's affordable housing projects show how designers can help to advance the conversation of affordable housing. His team is writing guidelines for transit-oriented developments that incorporate affordable housing. “As

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Open Borders

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Seattle and Vancouver, both burgeoning high-tech hubs, are engaged in an intense competition for the expansion dollars now being spent by tech giants like Microsoft who have long called the region home. Alleviating congested traffic between Vancouver and Seattle also is on the to-do list for CIC proponents. Canada border).

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