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Can Looser Zoning Rules Help the Housing Shortage? Biden Thinks So

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Can Looser Zoning Rules Help the Housing Shortage? President Biden’s infrastructure plan will set aside $5 billion for a grant program aimed at tackling “exclusionary” zoning laws that inflate housing costs. Housing shortages are not exclusive to dense cities such as Boston and San Francisco, but metros such as Grand Rapids, Mich.

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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. When IMEG worked on the conversion of 100 Van Ness , a 1970s-era office building in San Francisco, the original precast-concrete wall system was replaced with new unitized glass curtain wall.

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NOLA Tops Logistics List, San Jose Leading IT Hub In BF’s 2013 Metro Rankings Report

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San Jose, CA, San Francisco and New Orleans took the top three places, respectively, in BF ‘s new Information Technology Employment Leaders metro ranking. Southeast Anchorage Baltimore Business Facilities Economic Development GE Memphis New Orleans Newport News Panama Canal Philadelphia rankings San Francisco San Jose'

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Rooftop stormwater management technologies climate change adaptation and resilience

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in San Francisco in October 2021. In many major American cities, a sizable percentage of rainfall occurs in fewer days, during larger and more intense storms. For example, the atmospheric rivers brought 138 mm (5.44 of rain over 24 hours in Sacramento and 102 mm (4 in.) Sustainable roof colors—blue or green?

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Rooftop stormwater management technologies climate change adaptation and resilience

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in San Francisco in October 2021. In many major American cities, a sizable percentage of rainfall occurs in fewer days, during larger and more intense storms. For example, the atmospheric rivers brought 138 mm (5.44 of rain over 24 hours in Sacramento and 102 mm (4 in.). Sustainable roof colors—blue or green?

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Making Sense of the Construction Tax Landscape

Viewpoint Construction Technology

5 in San Francisco. The complimentary Viewpoint Tax Symposium featured keynote presentations from leading construction tax experts – including Moss Adams, LLP , Marcum LLC and BRAYN Consulting. A Tax Review. In the kickoff event, held Feb.

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Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

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The Opportunity In the San Francisco Bay Area, according to the “ Mall and Office Transformation Guide ” by Perkins&Will for the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), malls and business parks account for more than 9,000 acres of underutilized property across the region.

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