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Boston reprioritizes Planning and Development Agency as reformers push to eliminate structural inequality

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The Boston City Council passed a measure Wednesday to shift planning authority away from the Boston Planning and Development Agency, a body that's reshaped much of the city in the 20th century and has faced criticism for the power it wields over building and urban renewal. as overwhelmingly white and male.

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Elon Musk is planning a utopian Hoovertown outside of Austin

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In meetings with landowners and real-estate agents, Musk has reportedly described his idea for the estate — which he envisions building on thousands of acres of property he purchased on the Colorado River — as a utopia, so that his employees can live, work, and play without ever leaving. This is just the beginning.

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New data reveals the growing state of adaptive reuse residential conversions nationwide

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More precisely, this increasingly popular real estate niche brought a total of 28,000 new rentals in 2020-2021, well above the pre-pandemic years of 2018-2019 when 22,300 apartments were brought to life through adaptive reuse. In the last two years, apartment conversions jumped by 25% compared to two years prior.

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KPF breaks ground on a new headquarters for T. Rowe Price in Baltimore

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An exciting birthday gift is underway in the Charm City as Kohn Pedersen Fox has finally broken ground on a new headquarters for T. Rowe Price in the company’s hometown of Baltimore 85 years after its founding. The global investment advisory firm’s sweet new digs come at a cost of $110 million and will include some 1.6

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American Houses: US Homes, Real Estate

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Key Real Estate Developments – Homes in the USA: Best Contemporary Residential Property. USA Real Estate , chronological: Oct 14, 2021. Roughly 50 miles north of New York City in the middle of Lake Mahopac on its own island, there is a stunning house cantilevered over the water that has had its share of controversy.

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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s Mansion Lawsuit Has a Verdict, and Other Celebrity Real Estate News

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Just before the Americans among us depart for our yearly, morally dubious celebration of colonialism and, I suppose, gratitude, we gather together today to celebrate that which we are grateful for most: celebrity real estate news. Let’s hope the sale of the late Barbara Walters’s former New York City home goes a bit more smoothly.

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"Great cities need tall buildings to help them thrive"

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Skyscrapers get a bad rap but are crucial to the success of cities , writes economics professor Jason Barr. Height limits eventually fell by the wayside as cities realised they caused more harm than good Around the turn of the 20th century, cities frequently banned skyscrapers. The fundamental answer is markets.

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