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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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The P3 project is a 50-year agreement between the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) and Ports America Chesapeake to lease and operate the 200-acre Seagirt Marine Terminal. The 50-foot deep container berth was completed in 2012, two years ahead of its original schedule. DREDGING THE DELAWARE AS PHILADELPHIA GETS READY.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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million in state and local performance-based grants (to assist IBM with facility lease costs, building operating costs; workforce recruitment, relocation and internal training costs; and payroll incentives). The design of the Philadelphia headquarters expansion will begin in this year, with groundbreaking expected in 2017.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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Highlights include the largest industrial spec development lease in the last five years in Broward County. Family-owned Duncan Aviation is undertaking a $25-million expansion including an 80,000-square-foot maintenance hangar, 95,000 square feet of office and shop space; the new facilities are scheduled to open in June 2014.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The first phase of the terminal is scheduled to open in the 2025-2028 timeframe. The P3 project is a 50-year agreement between the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) and Ports America Chesapeake to lease and operate the 200-acre Seagirt Marine Terminal. Over the next 50 years, the P3 project is expected to generate up to $1.8

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

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The office building is scheduled for completion by spring 2015 with the residential complex following in the summer. During construction of the new riverfront complex, IBM will be temporarily lease space at the Essen Centre office complex in Baton Rouge. With its proximity to the center of the U.S.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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Situated in Upstate New York, Oswego County is located centrally to New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Toronto and Montreal. The company’s lease of the Hackensack building expired on June 30th, 2017. (The Kentucky section was written by Jack Mazurak.). OSWEGO COUNTY, NY IS MADE FOR MANUFACTURING. The firm will spend $6.7

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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GSA is ahead of schedule in reducing its potable water and electricity use. If GSA, as the “landlord of the federal government,” were to require or use something else, it would add cost to the building and leasing process across the building industry. City of Philadelphia. That incredible reduction led all federal agencies.