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Zoning Laws Stop Wind

Green Building Law Update

The application of zoning laws, many of which date to the 1920s are bringing alternative energy projects to a halt in 2014. In a recent New York case, the Town of Allegany issued a special use permit to a landowner on July 11, 2011, allowing it to construct a wind farm. Kaplow Stuart Sustainability Wind turbine zoning'

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Manhattan developers could be forced to demo 20 floors from top of luxury condo

Construction Dive

Legal action taking aim at permits being granted in an alleged zoning loophole could put the nearly complete project's financing in jeopardy and affect at least 20 other projects in New York City.

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Build Me A Building As Fast As You Can

Construction and Infrastructure Law

Earlier this week, New York’s First Department, Appellate Division issued its decision related to 200 Amsterdam, [1] overturning the lower court’s decision which would have required 200 Amsterdam to remove several floors of its building in order to comply with zoning. Of the State of N.Y. ,

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3D-Printed Homes Aren't the Future—They're the Now

Pro Builder

The first publicly available 3D-printed home hit the market last month, created by New York-based SQ4D and 3D home pioneer ICON just wrapped up four homes in East Austin. We built four homes in the configuration we did because we could do it in the existing zoning,” he added.

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Build Me A Building As Fast As You Can

Construction and Infrastructure Law

Earlier this week, New York’s First Department, Appellate Division issued its decision related to 200 Amsterdam, [1] overturning the lower court’s decision which would have required 200 Amsterdam to remove several floors of its building in order to comply with zoning. Of the State of N.Y. ,

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Why Giving Back to Clients Makes ‘Fore’ Good Business

HardHatChat

The competition has never been in the Chicago area and it hasn’t been in the central time zone since 1971. New York, Florida and California are a few of the places where our out-of-town guests will venture from. We may even have some international guests if schedules permit. Like I said, it’s a big deal. So we acted.

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After Sandy: New Report Looks At Mitigating Climate Change Through Land Use

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

As a result, we are seeing different approaches to development in the 21st century,” said Joseph Azrack, managing partner at Apollo Global Real Estate in New York City. Conduct a cost/benefit analysis of the defined land use typologies to identify less vulnerable zones for long-term planning and public spending.

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