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Chinese developer completes $1B Metropolis, thanks to Los Angeles' design-permitting process

Construction Dive

Greenland USA credited the city's Parallel Design-Permitting Process as helping speed up construction of the four-building project, which hasn't been as easy for other Chinese mega-project developers in California.

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New Housing Permits Drop to 8-Year Low in Southern California

Pro Builder

New Housing Permits Drop to 8-Year Low in Southern California. For the second quarter of 2020, new housing permits were down 27% in a year, according to Whittier Daily News. For Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, only 7,505 permits were filed by builders during the quarter. cbroderick.

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L.A.’s expedited permitting process credited with faster approvals on $1 billion project

BD+C

The completion of the $1 billion Metropolis development in downtown Los Angeles was aided by the city’s streamlined permitting process, according to the developer.

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How One Designer Changed ADU Construction, Saving Builders Thousands

Pro Builder

One East Los Angeles native-turned-landlord became frustrated with the struggle to create smart yet low-cost housing solutions and turned to accessory dwelling units as a solution. ADU construction can upwards of $350,000, but Navarro’s system totals up to less than $100,000, reports the Los Angeles Times. cbroderick.

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Court Rules All NAHB Members Eligible for Loan Forgiveness

Pro Builder

NAHB Policy Brief: A court challenge resulted in a ruling that eligibility requirements were wrongly applied to PPP loans for homebuilders; top markets for single-family and multifamily construction permits during the past 10 years. 1 (363,067 permits), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington at No. Texas Has It Goin’ On. 5 (135,181).

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Godot, The Boring Machine Completes First Segment

Construction Equipment

According to his Wednesday afternoon tweet, Musk's Boring Company drill, named Godot, has completed the first segment of a tunnel in Los Angeles. Looks like Elon may be specializing in city-to-airport transportation.

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Solar Panels Mandated for Muscle Beach and.

Green Building Law Update

On April 26, 2016, Santa Monica, which lies west of downtown Los Angeles, adopted local amendments to the California Energy Code. A 30 story highly energy efficient proposed LEED Gold building being permitted in Baltimore has little alternative but to purchase 10 years of RECs (i.e.,

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