- RETAIL; PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania) July 2, 2008 Wednesday
Collier Crossing, a retail and office project proposed for a site along Interstate 79 in the South Hills, has stymied more than one developer. Maybe ...
- PHASE LL OF SCRIPPS PROJECT UNVEILED
Palm Beach Post (Florida) July 1, 2008 Tuesday
It's Scripps: The sequel. Palm Beach County and a private landowner are putting the final touches on a blueprint for developing 683 acres, the second...
- Former racetrack bought to build business park; The buyer also is developing three other sites in the area.
Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) July 1, 2008 Tuesday
A Michigan company has bought the former Jax Raceways site on the Northside and intends to build an industrial business park where previous owners en...
- GREEN LIGHT TO BUILD ON THE GREEN Construction moves ahead at Epstein's in Morristown
The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) July 1, 2008 Tuesday
For a year, construction crews have been digging down at the former Epstein's department store site in Morristown. Now workers are building up. The $...
- Canon will see green in new Melville HQ
Newsday (New York) July 1, 2008 Tuesday
Canon USA is expected to file building plans today for its new headquarters in Melville, a five-story, 690,000-square-foot facility that would be Lon...
- Contractor sets 2010 deadline for 391 recovery projects in New Orleans area
New Orleans CityBusiness (New Orleans, LA) June 30, 2008
Now that the bulk of some $411 million in federal recovery money is flowing into city coffers, recovery officials are ready with a plan to finish nea...
- Vote may clinch Wal-Mart in Blair The retailer expects to unveil plans soon for a store in the Nebraska town, but city officials say a rezoning decision is crucial.
Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska) June 30, 2008 Monday
BLAIR, Neb. -- Since last year, wooden billboards in a field across from the Woodhouse Chrysler dealership have teased motorists about one of the lar...
- NLR development site waiting on soil cleanup, power-line relocation
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) June 30, 2008 Monday
Development of a North Little Rock riverfront property has lost energy while city officials wait to resolve where to relocate power lines from the si...
- Condos envisioned at run-down mall site; City Council might consider developer's proposal next month
Ventura County Star (California) June 30, 2008 Monday
The Channel Islands shopping center has seen better days. Half-empty, its light blue 70s-style mansard roof and walls fading to white, the place has ...
- Condos envisioned at run-down mall site; City Council might consider developer's proposal next month
Ventura County Star (California) June 30, 2008 Monday
The Channel Islands shopping center has seen better days. Half-empty, its light blue 70s-style mansard roof and walls fading to white, the place has ...
- Grant turns N.O. onto solar power; Panel installers receive training, awareness raised
Times-Picayune (New Orleans) June 29, 2008 Sunday
Gathered around a mock roof in the middle of a workshop at the Louisiana Technical College Jefferson campus this week, 13 potential solar panel insta...
- Horizon: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN METRO ATLANTA; Ahead of the Curve: $35 million in bonds OK'd for Perry studio; Your eye on community development
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution June 29, 2008 Sunday
The Atlanta Development Authority has agreed to issue $35 million in bonds to help filmmaker, television producer and actor Tyler Perry build a studi...
- Little town weighs pluses of annexing project site
Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri) June 28, 2008 Saturday
CLARK - As the Clark City Council waded through insurance claims and bid contracts for rebuilding the torched city hall, local developers presented a...
- Lowe's clears final hurdle to construction
Lowell Sun (Massachusetts) June 28, 2008 Saturday
LOWELL -- The state Land Court has dismissed the sole remaining legal appeal that had delayed construction of a Lowe's home improvement center at Con...
- Orland Park confident in Triangle plan; Officials see train traffic as incentive for developers
Chicago Tribune June 28, 2008 Saturday
Ridership is spiking every day at Orland Park's new train station at 143rd Street and Southwest Highway. But the residential and retail development t...
- Porsche plans offices in Palmer Township; Carmaker eyes 2009 opening, scraps Lower Nazareth site.
Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) June 27, 2008 Friday
A regional office building for luxury sports car company Porsche could be built within the year in the Chrin Commerce Centre near Route 33 in Palmer ...
- Twin Cities hospital renovations and expansions
Finance & Commerce (Minneapolis, MN) June 27, 2008 Friday
One of the Twin Cities' largest projects under construction is at Regions Hospital. The facility is undergoing a 385,000-square-foot, $179 million ex...
- SFCC Plans To Train for Green Jobs; New building will help prepare students for eco-friendly work
Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico) June 27, 2008 Friday
Santa Fe Community College wants to train students for green-collar jobs. Next year, the college plans to break ground on an $11.3 million building t...
- CITY IS GETTING BLUEPRINT FOR GOING GREENER; AIMS TO CUT CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS 20% BY 2023
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania) June 24, 2008 Tuesday
When you leave the room, turn out the energy-efficient lights, and then drive the city hybrid to the certified-green firehouse before unchaining your...
- Downtown housing plan splits Fairfax residents
Marin Independent Journal (California) June 23, 2008 Monday
Fairfax residents are divided over a plan to rezone much of the downtown area, allowing property owners to add second-story housing to commercial pro...
- Proposed Novato complex could be a 'green' model
Marin Independent Journal (California) June 23, 2008 Monday
THE OWNER of the Fireman's Fund complex in Novato has ambitious plans to not only rejuvenate the campus, but make it an environmental model for futur...
- Former McCrory distribution center sold
The York Dispatch (Pennsylvania) June 24, 2008 Tuesday
New life is heading for the former McCrory Corp. Distribution Center in Springettsbury Township. The building, which has been intermittently vacant s...
- ENVIRONMENT Green efforts really add up Carbon calculator will help builders meet LEED requirements
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS June 24, 2008 Tuesday
Companies wanting to go green now have a handy online gizmo to help them. Today, Austin-based BeGreen will unveil a carbon calculator to help designe...
- Isn't She Lovely? Approved Design for New Domino Development
New York Observer June 24, 2008
Here she is -- the scaled-down, more contextually appropriate design for the New Domino residential development, which got the official stamp of appr...
- The University of North Florida and Jacksonville University are increasing programs to capitalize on the area's geography, including rivers, marshes and the ocean, which are ripe for study.; Science begins to dive deeper into our waters
Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) June 23, 2008 Monday
To University of North Florida President John Delaney, the St. Johns River and surrounding waterways are more than just unique bodies of water. They ...
- Chelmsford Animal Hospital hoping to expand its nest
Lowell Sun (Massachusetts) June 24, 2008 Tuesday
CHELMSFORD -- Over the years, they've patched up hundreds of local patients that bark, hop and fly. Now the veterinarians at Chelmsford Animal Hospit...
- New developer wants landfill site for project
Pasadena Star-News (California) June 23, 2008 Monday
MONTEREY PARK - A New Jersey developer wants to build a retail development on a 45-acre parcel on the city's east side that had once been earmarked f...
- POQUOSON MARINA ASSOCIATES ASKS FOR ZONING EXCEPTIONS FOR WHITEHOUSE COVE PROJECT
Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia) June 21, 2008 Saturday
Next week, Poquoson Marina Associates will face the latest hurdle in their ongoing effort to redevelop Whitehouse Cove. They are seeking several zoni...
- Developer's plans for former landfill site cloud earlier deal
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (California) June 22, 2008 Sunday
MONTEREY PARK A New Jersey-based developer plans to build a 45-acre retail development on the city's east side near the 60 Freeway. The announcemen...
- Hospital construction on the rise; The boom is fueled by demographics, competition, technological advances, and an evolution in care.
The Philadelphia Inquirer June 22, 2008 Sunday
In a time described as the most significant era of hospital replacement since World War II, Bucks County is booming. There is emergency department c...
- UNIVERSITY PARK Team may step in to settle land deal between city, SMU Group of 3 appraisers would determine final value of Potomac Park
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS June 21, 2008 Saturday
In a potential break over the cost of a strip of city land once eyed for the Bush presidential library, Southern Methodist University and University ...
- Residents unhappy with developer's revised plan
The Virginian-Pilot(Norfolk, VA.) June 21, 2008 Saturday
By Jen McCaffery The Virginian-Pilot PORTSMOUTH Some homeowners in the city's largest new residential community weren't happy to learn that the neigh...
- Solicitor restricts debate in Wal-Mart hearing; North Whitehall should consider land use now, details later, lawyer says
Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) June 20, 2008 Friday
North Whitehall Township's solicitor says opponents of a Wal-Mart Supercenter proposed on Route 309 can raise some, but not all, of their concerns ab...
- Changes sought for retail development
Connecticut Post Online (Bridgeport, Connecticut) June 20, 2008 Friday
FAIRFIELD -- A developer who wants to build a bridge over state land to access a proposed retail development on Kings Highway Cut-off should be requi...
- SALVATION ARMY WANTS NEW FACILITY; New Proposal: The Group Seeks A Permit For A Church And Community Center In Hemet.
The Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA.) June 20, 2008, Friday
HEMET A proposed Salvation Army chapel and community center, a project that was rejected by Hemet officials last year, is up for another try. The Sal...
- Rezoning denied for industrial parcel
Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri) June 20, 2008 Friday
By a unanimous decision, the Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission last night voted against a rezoning request for 31.25 acres abutting the COLT Ra...
- Remy starts development on Bixby riverfront complex
The Journal Record (Oklahoma City, OK) June 17, 2008 Tuesday
The Remy Cos. intends to start construction this fall on South Village, an estimated $55 million mixed-use development along the Arkansas River in Bi...
- WELLINGTON PBCC SITE TAKES GREEN FURTHER; CONSTRUCTION THAT IS SUSTAINABLE IS PART OF THE PLAN
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) June 17, 2008 Tuesday
The eco-friendly construction craze is catching on in Wellington. The village already requires that any new village-owned structure be built to an en...
- PLANTATION PLANNERS TO DEBATE CONDO HEIGHT LIMITS
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) June 17, 2008 Tuesday
A developer will be allowed to build 348 condos at the mixed-use 321 North, the new name for the old Fashion Mall. At least for now. The project, the...
- Upper East Side Tower Plan Significantly Scaled Back
The New York Sun June 17, 2008 Tuesday
Almost 17 months to the day after the Landmarks Preservation Commission sent the developer Aby Rosen and the architect Norman Foster back to the draw...
- Developer eyeing PaulAnn rebirth
San Angelo Standard-Times (Texas) June 17, 2008 Tuesday
Is the third time the charm for Paul-Ann's long lost industrial park? A combination of factors - including potentially the largest infusion of manufa...
- Plaza Bonito medical building goes up at El Dorado - Construction Spotlight
The Idaho Business Review (Boise, ID) June 16, 2008
A new Class A office building going up at the El Dorado Business Campus in Meridian is intended to serve a neighboring hospital. Plaza Bonito is a 31...
- Developer wants to beannexed into Mattawan
Kalamazoo Gazette (Michigan) June 16, 2008 Monday
BY ROD SMITH Special to Hometown Gazette ANTWERP TOWNSHIP -- A local developer told Antwerp Township trustees that it was nothing personal, but he in...
- bush Administration to propose greater access for disabled
The Virginian-Pilot(Norfolk, VA.) June 16, 2008 Monday
By Robert Pear The New York Times WASHINGTON The Bush administration is about to propose far-reaching rules that would give people with disabilities ...
- Planners urge zoning switch to allow gaming on NLV land
Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada) June 14, 2008 Saturday
review-journal Boyd Gaming Corp. and the Olympia Group have won unanimous approval from the North Las Vegas Planning Commission to change a land parc...
- Mixed-Use Facility Planned For Brooklyn Cultural District
The New York Sun June 16, 2008 Monday
In an adjustment to a worsening economic climate, a triangular parking lot in downtown Brooklyn that originally was slated to be an Enrique Norten-de...
- N.O. schools set for building boom; But master plan remains unknown
Times-Picayune (New Orleans) June 16, 2008 Monday
Add one more to the long list of New Orleans schools to be rebuilt in the next two to three years. The Federal Emergency Management Agency decided la...
- Developers submit 'green' plans for Fireman's Fund site
Marin Independent Journal (California) June 13, 2008 Friday
The San Diego-based developer that purchased the Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. headquarters in Novato last year submitted plans this week for a "green...
- HOSPITALS' ACREAGE IS LURE FOR DEVELOPERS; NEIGHBORS ARE WARY OF FACILITIES' FUTURE
The Baltimore Sun June 15, 2008 Sunday
Chicken coops and cornfields surrounded the state asylum in Owings Mills when it opened almost 120 years ago. The quiet countryside was considered by...
- Lincoln Avenue could have housing above retail
San Jose Mercury News (California) June 13, 2008 Friday
Lincoln Avenue could be on its way to having high-density housing above retail, patterned after such centers as Santana Row. A group of Willow Glen b...