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BRAC Provides Economic Growth
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
The Maryland Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process is officially over. The $4 billion complexes at Aberdeen, Fort Meade, Fort Detrick in Frederick, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda and Joint Base Andrews in […]
South Philly Growth Attracts Hundreds of New Jobs
By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor
City officials announced this week that Philly Live!—Philadelphia’s destination retail, dining and entertainment district located on the former site of the Spectrum arena—is expected to create over 500 construction jobs during the first phase of the […]
Home Sales and New Developments Continue to Gain Momentum in the Region
By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor
Representatives of local developer The Roxbury Group and non-profit groups Invest
Detroit and Midtown Detroit programs announced this week the start of the Auburn complex, a 56,000-square-foot residential and retail development that will be built on […]
Disney World to Become Home to Largest Four Seasons Resort
By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
A $360 million Four Season Resort Orlando is in the works for Walt Disney World, with construction start set for the end of the year. The long-awaited project will rise on the northeast portion of Disney […]
Housing Environment May Create Favorable Economic Climate for Corporations
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
The economic breakdown is Las Vegas’ own leitmotif when dealing with all things finance, but some seem to look at it from a different perspective. Sure home prices are down to 90’s levels and the word […]
Greyhound Park’s First Possible Resident To Help Community in More Than One Way
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
The Mile High Greyhound Park in Commerce City is the talk of the town in Denver because of the hot prospect for redevelopment it has become after being bought by the city’s authorities. The Urban Revival […]
Dees Stribling’s Economy Watch Weekly
The quarrel over the jobs bill gets under way, the same week the Census Bureau releases grim statistics on poverty. CPE‘s Economy Watch podcast for the week ending Sept. 16, 2011.
AvalonBay Adds to Project Pipeline; Connell Eyes Early 2012 Completion for Rebooted Condos
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
Seattle has been one of the brighter spots of the real estate market’s gradual recuperation over the past few years, and the region’s multi-family development trend is adding to that luster. At least 14 apartment projects […]
Energy-Saving System Eyed for $200M Medical Research Facility
By Camelia Bulea, Associate Editor
Twin Cities-area medical institutions are continuing to make major investments in innovative new facilities. A case in point is the $200 million cancer and cardiovascular center building being built by the University of Minnesota near TCF Bank Stadium […]
$250M Mixed-Use Project Proposed Near Fenway Park
By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor
A $250 million plan to help revitalize a rundown area near Fenway Park between Boylston and Van Ness streets has been submitted to the Boston Redevelopment Authority by local developer Steve Samuels. If approved by the […]