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Secret Formula—Office Vacancy Rates—Prompts Roger Staubach To Bet On The Broncos

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more space available for lease) have won the Lombardi Trophy 62 percent of the time, including last February when Baltimore (15.5 points per game over their last five contests, and is almost as hot as Seattle’s South Lake Union submarket (vacancy rate of just 4.0%). percent vacancy) edged San Francisco (11.8 percent vacancy).

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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To meet demand, rails increased capacity with 1,300 new and rebuilt locomotives; 3,800 freight car purchases; and 700 new leased freight carts. Positive absorption remains in all industrial submarkets in DuPage County, showing continued strength and growth in the county in leasing, user sales and construction completions.

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The benefits and drawbacks of mixed-use development

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That’s aided by the longer-term leases developers can secure from commercial tenants. Union Station in St. The Korte Company has partnered with Union Station on many occasions since the space—once one of the busiest train terminals in the world—was converted to a multi-level festival mall in the mid-1980s. Louis, Missouri.

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How efficient, collaborative construction boosts speed to market

The Korte Company

Those that lease existing spaces often time construction to coincide with the expiration of a lease agreement. If the project is finished early, leaders must decide whether canceling that lease (and incurring a penalty) to get into the new space makes more fiscal sense than continued occupation of leased property.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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Union Pacific, ConAgra Foods, Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc. In fact, two of Greater Omaha’s Fortune 1000 companies are in this sector, Union Pacific and Werner Enterprises. The company will continue to maintain a presence at their Norwood location until their final lease ends in 2013. and Mutual of Omaha. of new office space by 2014.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. Small Producer Credit (AS 43.55.024(c)): Credit of up to $12 million per year for taxpayers incurring eligible oil and gas lease expenditures in North Slope operations.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Hagerstown-Washington County, MD-Martinsville, WV, Lexington-Fayette, KY and Spokane, WA were our top three. Washington County’s government, business, and community organizations partner to help diversify the local economy by providing specialized support to industries that have been identified to benefit from the area’s assets.

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