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China Evergrande ordered into liquidation after $300 billion debt spiral

Archinect

A court in Hong Kong has ordered the winding up of Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted property developer, dealing another blow to investor confidence as China’s ailing real estate sector continues to weigh on its economy. Overseas creditors are currently owed a reported $25 billion.

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"We need a major shift in the way we look at public housing"

Deezen

To help kick off our Social Housing Revival series, Peter Apps calls for a return to mass public house-building in cities around the world. What does the future hold for our major cities? Children are also departing from major US cities , and homelessness in cities like New York has reached levels not seen since the Great Depression.

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Concept to Completion: A Tale of Tenacity in Small Community Architecture

SW Oregon Architect

The City of Myrtle Point initially retained my firm, Robertson/Sherwood/Architects, in November of 2002 for the purpose of designing a new building to replace its aging and undersized public library. The City identified another development option in March of 2004. We updated the project’s cost estimate in 2006 and once more in 2008.

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Decarbonization: Who can be the Tesla of Real Estate?

Community Architect

It came from an unexpected side: The real estate industry, the contributor of 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions! In many countries, real estate is the single largest contributor category. Real estate professionals and investors are key players at ULI. Clearly, ESG is, in part, "greenwashing".

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Merchant City mural to be 'largely retained' by mixed-use development

Urban Realm

A long-standing Glasgow city centre gap-site is set to be plugged following its acquisition by Artisan Real Estate. The regeneration specialists are already on-site.

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Could Blocking Private Equity From Buying Homes Actually Help Fix the Housing Shortage?

Dwell

Geoff Smith: It really started in the wake of the Great Recession and housing crisis after 2008, when there was a lot of distressed housing out there—properties that had gone through foreclosure, or were in the foreclosure pipeline, and were essentially available at a discount to anyone interested in buying them.

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A former monastery and cardinal’s palace finds new life as a mixed-use complex in Vilnius

The Spaces

More recently, it has suffered invasions and the partial destruction of its cities, including the capital Vilnius. But despite these experiences, the city still has many Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical buildings, and in 1994, its old town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.