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How Amenity Design Can Make or Break Residential Projects

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How Amenity Design Can Make or Break Residential Projects. Housing Design Matters offers tips for updating residential amenities to accommodate changing homeowner preferences. Like residential design, amenity design has been disrupted by the pandemic. Wed, 04/13/2022 - 10:36.

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Where Have All the Mailboxes Gone?

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The mailbox is often an overlooked feature on residential properties, particularly for those living in multifamily units or master planned communities with clustered mailrooms or storage units. One 55+ community in Massachusetts wanted a separate community post office. In some cases, this solution may be mandated by local officials.

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Another Firm Invests Millions into Single-Family Rentals

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The company will lead a group of investors in a $300 million minority investment in landlord giant Tricon Residential Inc, which operates more than 30,000 single-family rentals, according to National Mortgage News. The suburbs are in high demand as city-dwellers seek quarantine comforts such as backyards and room for home offices.

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Construction Sectors Explained

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There are five major construction sectors which include Industrial, Commercial, Institutional and Residential and Civil. The commercial construction industry is all about the areas of office, retail and entertainment. Commercial construction can include buildings from doctors offices to movie theatres to office buildings to malls.

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6 guideposts for cities to create equitable transit-oriented developments

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Multifamily Housing Affordable Housing Office Buildings Retail Centers Shopping Centers Transit Facilities Despite the best efforts of city governments and their transportation departments, transit-oriented-development projects often unintentionally burden existing residents and small businesses in the area.

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Getting Older Homes Up to Snuff for Energy Efficiency

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Getting Older Homes Up to Snuff for Energy Efficiency ibush Sat, 04/29/2023 - 08:30 Residential buildings account for about 21% of energy use and 20% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado Energy Office, and others. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

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November 2019 Brings Eight Top Construction Projects in US

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From small houses and shops to major residential, offices, and retail we are seeing a lot of developments starting in the last couple of months. Though the area is for the higher-income parties, 30% of the total residentials will be under the Affordable New York program targeted for the lower-income bands.

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