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Multifamily green financing programs grew rapidly in 2016

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Multifamily green financing programs boomed in 2016, and are likely to continue to grow in 2017 , according to the president of Partner Energy. HUD, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac updated existing programs and/or introduced new programs with more attractive features during 2016. The result: Over $3.2

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Anish Kapoor completes 'mini-Bean' at Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard

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“[It’s] small change for these people,” Kapoor (who purchased a condo in the building in 2016) said, speaking of developer Alexico Group’s private financing. It has a less-expensive twin at the MFA Houston and will get an official name later in the coming months, according to Hyperallergic.

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The fate of Miami's Marine Stadium hangs in the balance after a delayed vote on preservation funds

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million in revenue-bond financing for the building’s restoration. ” Previously: Architect of famed Miami Marine Stadium, Hilario Candela passes away at 87 / Photo: Ken Hayden Miami had previously approved $45 million in now-expired funding for a restoration effort after a 2016 Indiegogo campaign backed by Hein.

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New VA care center showcases the agency’s P3 approach to financing healthcare facilities

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This is the first of five pilot projects authorized to be built under the Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act, otherwise known as CHIP IN, which became law in 2016 and allows the cash-strapped U.S.

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Toward smaller condominium apartments

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The article goes on to rightly suggest that the prevalence of investors, and the way that condominiums are financed, could be leading to the construction of more buildings with smaller suites. This is compared to 640 square feet after 2016. In the 1990s, the average condominium apartment built in the Toronto CMA was 947 square feet.

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Amazon invests in a prefab module supplier

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million in the latest round of financing raised by Plant Prefab , a design and prefabrication company with a 62,000-sf factory in Rialto, Calif., which since May 2016 has produced modules for custom single- and multifamily homes. A fund controlled by the ecommerce giant Amazon is among the entities that invested a total of $6.7

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Gulliver DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague

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Completion date: 2016. Awards: Public Interior of the Year / award 2016. J&T Finance Group Headquarters , Sokolovská 700/113a, Prague 8 – Karlín. J&T Finance Group Headquarters. Gulliver DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague, CZ – Building Information. Architect and author: HAMR Hu? award 2017.