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Oceanwide Plaza auction rumored for mid-September after buyers' interest springs

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“A key hurdle that any buyer would need to surmount is the question of financing: not so much to acquire the project, but rather to finish construction on it. million-square-foot CallisonRTKL design was abandoned in 2020 and now stands as perhaps the largest unfinished project in the United.

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Austin Transit Partnership names UNStudio, HKS, and Gehl to lead city's public transit expansion

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Austin voters approved Project Connect in November 2020, followed by the formation of ATP, an independent organization created in partnership with the City of Austin and CapMetro. The voter-approved investment includes new light rail , expanded bus routes, a subway , and more services across Austin.

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Will Rocket Companies’s Recent Acquisitions Transform Home-buying—for the Better?

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The home buying and mortgage market has been struggling: According to National Mortgage News , 2025 forecasts for total mortgage production this year fall below pandemic lows; "the change in interest rates from 2020 to 2024 has seen the residential mortgage ecosystem careen from feast to famine," NMN explains.

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Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba

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Development for "up to a million people" According to the BBC, the project for the island in the southwest of the country is set to be "financed through a public-private partnership", with Sherbro designated as a special economic zone. I'm not qualified for that. But I am qualified to dream big."

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El Salvador president reveals design for volcanic Bitcoin City

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To finance the city El Salvador intends on issuing a $10 billion bond that will be half invested in Bitcoin and half in building the city's infrastructure. In 2020 singer Akon signed an agreement with the government of Senegal to build a city with a cryptocurrency-based economy named Akon City.

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Solar carports can help with California’s Title 24 mandates

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Solar carports , virtual net-metering software, and tax-enabled financing can help apartment builders and owners meet California’s new Title 24 mandates. 1, 2020, all new residential buildings in California under three stories tall must include solar panels. Starting Jan.

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Yasmeen Lari wins 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

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These include Pakistan's first public housing scheme, the Anguri Bagh project and landmark buildings such as the Finance and Trade Centre and the Pakistan State Oil House in Karachi. At 23 she returned to Karachi in Pakistan and established her studio Lari Associates, which became successful in creating numerous offices and housing projects.