Commercial Building: Page 356
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$1B Freddie Offering Goes to Market as Management Drain Continues
As the GSE offers its $1 billion in K-certificates, it deals with the resignation of Anthony Renzi, who oversees the GSE's single-family mortgage business.
By Ron Gallagher • May 2, 2012 -
JLL Finds Office Market Paused in Q1, but Sees Restart
The Office market was catching its breath, but Jones Lang LaSalle sees continued recovery, albeit with regional highs and lows.
By Ron Gallagher • May 1, 2012 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineData center construction
New projects from customers like Meta, Google and Amazon make this a burgeoning sector for contractors.
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Milestone at One WTC Offers Window on Progress at Ground Zero
It's now No. 1 on New York's skyline, but the need to finish lease-up continues.
By Ron Gallagher • May 1, 2012 -
Speeding Construction Recovery With Streamlined Code Review
During the next four years, the construction industry and government face immense challenges to revitalize, build and maintain sustainable economies.
By Ron Gallagher • May 1, 2012 -
New Rating System "Envisions" Sustainable Infrastructure
Envision is an infrastructure rating system that aims to cover the areas where LEED just doesn't apply.
By Ron Gallagher • May 1, 2012 -
Public Spending in March Pushes Total Commercial Construction Into Monthly Decrease
The annual rate was down 0.2% from February, but it would have been a gain if just the private sector counted.
By Ron Gallagher • May 1, 2012 -
Homeownership Erodes as Rentals Gain Momentum
Housing vacancies fell in the first quarter, but homeownership rate was at its lowest in 15 years, Census Bureau data show.
By Ron Gallagher • April 30, 2012 -
NLRB Rules on Union Elections Are in Effect
The agency's new process, which opponents call the "ambush" rule, compresses the timeline for the process.
By Ron Gallagher • April 30, 2012 -
LCOR Secures $43M Construction Loan; Scouting New Opportunities
Spain's Sovereign/Santander is providing the developer with a loan for an $86 million rental unit it will build at North Bethesda Center.
By Ron Gallagher • April 30, 2012 -
Home. Office. Shops. Rusting Hulks.
In rural Luxembourg, backers are pitching "urban living" in Belval, once the site of one of the region's biggest iron and steel mills.
By Ron Gallagher • April 27, 2012 -
GreenExpo365.com to Offer Webinars on EPA’s WaterSense Program
The free, four-session series goes on line May 9.
By Ron Gallagher • April 27, 2012 -
Update on Federal Government’s Approach to Defining ‘Waters of the United States’
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are moving ahead on their guidance
By Ron Gallagher • April 27, 2012 -
Pentagon Renovation: 9/11 Makes a Big Job Bigger and Faster
Think about getting the contract to renovate the Pentagon and then having the attacks on 9/11 take over your job.
By Ron Gallagher • April 27, 2012 -
REIT Finance: Preferreds, ATMs are Hot, Common Equity Less So
REITs are pulling in more money, but the routes it is taking a different.
By Ron Gallagher • April 27, 2012 -
Judge Acquits NYC Crane Owner in Fatal Collapse
Judge Daniel Conviser found crane-owner James Lomma not guilty on all charges in the 2008 collapse.
By Ron Gallagher • April 26, 2012 -
Boots On The Ground: 12 Steps to Backing Equipment Safely
There is no such thing as being too careful when backing up equipment on job sites.
By Ron Gallagher • April 26, 2012 -
Retractable-Roof Facility Could Doom Atlanta's Georgia Dome
The Falcons football team and the Congress Center Authority have taken a new direction in their discussions.
By Ron Gallagher • April 26, 2012 -
$600M Mixed-Use Development in Atlanta Suburb Gets Green Light
Alpharetta says "yes" to the 87-acre, mixed-use plan by North American Properties.
By Ron Gallagher • April 26, 2012 -
Tunneling Under Miami
The project will connect the port directly to the area's major highways.
By Ron Gallagher • April 26, 2012 -
Federal Realty to Start on Phase 1 of $250M Mid-Pike Plaza
The REIT has committed $250 million to the first phase of the Rockville, Md., project.
By Ron Gallagher • April 26, 2012 -
Data Is the Key in Retrofitting for Energy Efficiency
Efficiency in the existing building stock is the nearest-term path to significantly reducing energy consumption.
By Ron Gallagher • April 26, 2012 -
DOT Picks Five Projects to Apply for Innovation Loans
The winners are California's State Route 91 and Long Beach bridge efforts, Colorado's U.S. Route 36, I-35W in Texas and northern Virginia HOT lanes.
By Ron Gallagher • April 25, 2012 -
What’s the Matter With Wichita?
Wichita appears to be in a state of suspended animation in its real estate sector. What does that tell us about middle-sized cities?
By Ron Gallagher • April 25, 2012 -
Rogers joins Morgan/Harbour as senior project manager
Steven Rogers, a 27-year industry veteran, has joined Morgan / Harbour Construction as senior project manager.
By Ron Gallagher • April 25, 2012 -
Manhattan Multifamily Sales Jump in First Quarter
New York multifamily sales increased 34 percent in the first quarter of 2012.
By Ron Gallagher • April 25, 2012
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