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NYT: Rising insurance costs impinging on affordable development efforts nationwide

Archinect

Unlike market-rate apartment developers, those building multifamily projects financed by subsidies and tax credits do not have the ability to simply pass on those higher insurance costs to tenants, since they are limited by government guidelines as to how much rent they can collect.

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India is taxing cryptocurrencies to finance its push for new infrastructure

Archinect

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has included hefty spending on infrastructure projects in its annual budget, looking to spur growth and improve its popularity just ahead of key state elections. The country’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the package includes $2.68

Finances 245
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Foster + Partners and Arup release first designs of California High-Speed Rail stations

Archinect

Construction is underway , and planners expect to have the first operable line readied between 2030 and 2033 after years of financing issues and a recent multibillion-dollar boost from the federal government.

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Architecture Collaborations: What are Public-Private-Partnerships?

ArchDaily

These partnerships bring together the strengths of both the public sector, represented by governments or municipalities, and the private sector, combining their resources , expertise, and investment power. Read more »

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Longhu International Center by Shanghai HuaDu Architecture & Urban Design Co., Ltd. (HDD)

Archinect

As a pivotal project of the Sino-European "Silk Road in the Air", the center is designed as a large-scale foreign service complex to accommodate various functions, including international commerce, foreign affairs services, business finance, and cultural tourism.

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“A different way of developing cities” — SERA Architects' Tim Smith discusses the OMSI District and civic ecology

Portland Architecture

The district is projected to include 1,200 housing units, forming with the Burnside Bridgehead development to the north a residential bookend to the otherwise non-residential Central Eastside. In the 1960s, that community was really suffering from the failure to compete with suburban development. So what can we do?

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7 hip high-rise developments on the drawing board

BD+C

They include Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill''s whimsical Dancing Dragons tower in Seoul and a 1,312-foot-tall finance and trade center under construction in Nanning, China. On the Drawing Board Education Facility Government Buildings Multifamily Housing Construction Office Building Retail Centers High-rise Construction'