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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion

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Nationwide, office vacancies stand at 17%, with some big cities—San Francisco, Houston, Austin—topping 30%, while the U.S. A ground floor restaurant or retail space can further complicate a conversion, as new shafts and penetrations will need to be run through the building. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

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Marc Asnis, AICP MFPRO+ Blog University Buildings Healthcare Facilities Mixed-Use Apartments Retail Centers Shopping Centers Designers Architects Adaptive Reuse Exterior Restoration Interior Architecture Sustainability Sustainable Development The death of the 20th century shopping mall is evident all across the country.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Zoned mixed-use/commercial. Strong workforce within a 45 minute commute zone. Build to suit retail/restaurant pads and Class A office development opportunities. Adjacent to San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners spring training facility. More than 2 million square feet of retail and restaurants within 3-mile radius.

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Open Borders

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They’ve become proponents of a regional tech zone spanning the border; they’ve even got a name for it: the Cascadia Innovation Corridor (a name derived from the Cascade mountain range that cuts through the U.S.-Canada Upscale retailer Nordstrom, a Washingon-based company, has opened a flagship store in Vancouver.

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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change

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as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, serving more than 5.6 Companies in the Greater Rochester, NY region with at least 50 employees can generate annual profits of $1 million more than the same operation in New York City, Boston, San Francisco or Washington, D.C. The Greater Rochester, NY region is also the U.S.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Key Incentives: Emerging Technology Fund, Enterprise Zones, Skills Development Fund, Renewable Energy Incentives, TX Industry Development Loan Program. Fridays and is expanding to other cities including Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Denver, DC, Dallas and Houston. million square feet of retail space and 8.2

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Heroic Efforts In California

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The City offers affordable land and buildings in the center of Southern California along two national interstate highways and is seeking international investors for technology/science park development, new office projects, medical projects, retail, restaurant and hotel development. Sited along Interstate 15 and U.S.