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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): Understanding the Construction Connection

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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are owners, operators, and financers of income-generating real estate properties. The primary purpose of a REIT is to generate income for its investors through rental income, capital gains, or both. As such, it may lead to higher rental income and property values.

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High-performance air- and water-resistive barriers deliver improved sustainability

Construction Specifier

By Richard Martens Sustainability is a complex topic in all fields; every initiative seeking to improve sustainability brings both improvements and setbacks. Within modern construction, there is an exception to the inherent complexity of sustainability comparisons. Photos courtesy Sto Corp. Construction is no different.

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Can Built-For-Rent Sustain a Frenzied Housing Market?

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Can Built-For-Rent Sustain a Frenzied Housing Market? Once you have or hire property managers, it becomes an alternative stream of income. Wed, 07/13/2022 - 10:39. Buyers unable to afford for-sale homes are finding affordability and a range of housing options in the built-for-rent sector. And why not? On the outside, they’re not.

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Ongoing DOD shift to sustainment / repair at local level becomes formal

Job Order Contracting

Other than base build-ups related to Irag/Afghanistan and terrorism, the DOD has been shifting priority to facilities sustainment, renovation, repair via local action and global oversight for decades. The post Ongoing DOD shift to sustainment / repair at local level becomes formal appeared first on 4BT. contact-form].

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

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The community consists of approximately 955 units of 100% affordable housing , approximately 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.

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Affordable Housing That LEEDs in Being Green and Sustainable

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Affordable Housing That LEEDs in Being Green and Sustainable. The project was developed and designed by Norstar Development USA and Sustainable Comfort. All photos: Sustainable Comfort). . . This LEED Platinum project demonstrates that quality housing can be both affordable and sustainable. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 07:00.

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Current Housing Price Growth 'Not Sustainable'

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Current Housing Price Growth 'Not Sustainable'. While the housing market’s boom can be justified, there are a handful of trends resulting from low inventory and high demand that are not sustainable. This magnitude of price growth "is not sustainable" for the long term, he notes. cbroderick. Fri, 04/30/2021 - 09:29.