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City Council Offers $4M for Relocation of HVHC
By Camelia Bulea, Associate Editor
The San Antonio City Council really wants to keep HVHC in the city. It recently approved a $4 million incentive plan that would relocate the headquarters of the company behind Eyemaster from a North Central San […]
HUD Awards $30.5M Grant for Public Housing Redevelopment
By Amalia Otet, Associate Editor
State and local government efforts to rebuild the city’s economy seem to finally be paying off: New Orleans is included in an index that highlights the areas that have recorded steady improvement over the past six […]
Cuyahoga County Land Bank Rebuilds Neighborhoods, Thanks to New Financing Sources
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
On Aug. 29, the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation, also known as the Cuyahoga County Land Bank, received approval to change its source of funding.
The land bank works with cities, lenders, government units or individual property owners, […]
Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors Procured $29 Million in Financing for Bressi Ranch Village Center; Westcore Properties Expands Portfolio
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor
Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, on behalf of an institutional separate account investor, has procured $29 million in financing for Bressi Ranch Village Center, RenTV.com reports. The transaction was arranged by senior managing directors Dana Brome and […]
Kings Island to Double Size with $10M Water Park Expansion
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
The Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, announced it will undergo a major expansion and redesign, replacing the current park, Boomerang Bay, with the all-new and exciting Soak City. Before the announcement was made, Kings […]
Burns & McDonnell Announces Expansion
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor
Burns & McDonnell is expecting to add 1,000 jobs, including 500 in Kansas City, within three years. The engineering and architecture services company currently has over 3,000 employees nationwide, and 2,150 are Kansas City based.
In order […]
Abandonment Issues Hit Winter Drive Hopefuls; ACA Spending Big Bucks on New Home
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
After an almost two-decade long initiative, Winter Drive in Phoenix is set to undergo the final steps to receive “private” designation. Actually, the short street running east from 16th Street south of Northern Ave. dead ends […]
Baltimore Approves Main Street Redevelopment Projects
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor
The Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) announced on August 31 that it has obtained the approval of Baltimore’s Board of Estimates for two deals that will each bring a new development project to the Main Street communities […]
$2B Plan Detailed For Convention Center Expansion
By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor
A $2 billion proposal to expand the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center aims to reinvigorate both the facility and the parking lots and the industrial parcels that flank the convention center in South Boston.
The convention center itself […]
Dees Stribling’s Economy Watch Weekly
The president presses Congress to act on jobs, and the debt crisis in Europe spent another week simmering, but didn’t blow up. For the week ending Sept. 9, 2011.