With the landmark 21st Century Road to Housing Act now law, local governments may finally rein in the red tape that is choking off the construction of new…
Read more Why Red Tape Reform Is Key to the Housing Bill’s SuccessThe sale of notorious Oceanwide Plaza in downtown Los Angeles is expected to be approved by a bankruptcy court judge, clearing the path for removal of graffiti that…
Read more Graffiti towers set to be cleared for cleanup and saleThe building at the center of this week’s Midtown scare is the former Pfizer world headquarters at 235 East 42nd Street: a 33-story tower built in 1960 that,…
Read more ‘Failures happen during construction’: Office-to-residential conversions are all over NYC, but failures usually get fixed before they get worse | FortuneIn every corner of the metro, and across Minnesota, you’ll find construction crews ripping up roads and rebuilding bridges. Work being done along Interstate 494 in Bloomington is…
Read more What happens to road construction waste?The project to transform Capital One Arena has entered a much more visible phase, as work on the exterior of the building is prompting temporary changes to allow…
Read more New design, entrance and LED system: Capital One Arena renovation advances to much more visible phase – WTOP NewsThe U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of President Donald Trump’s appointees, on Thursday approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White…
Read more Trump-appointed arts panel approves his White House ballroom proposalConsumers say they want country-of-origin labelling on wood products sold in Australia, as more timber is shipped in from overseas. Timber imports have hit record levels, continuing to…
Read more With imports on the rise, why aren’t we told where our wood comes from?A key reason President Donald Trump cites for his tariff policy is boosting U.S. manufacturing. On two recent occasions, Trump has touted a factory-building record on his watch.…
Read more Trump overstates pace of factory constructionA project to widen a four-mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Chester County began this week. The work is estimated to take around five years and cost…
Read more Five-year, $338 million project begins to widen four-mile stretch of Pa. Turnpike in Chester CountyImmigrant laborers play a key role in the housing pipeline, especially for the nation’s top homebuilding metros, according to a new study from Harvard University’s Joint Center for…
Read more Report: Immigrants drive housing production in top US homebuilding metros – Houston Agent MagazineThe smell of smoke lingered in the streets of Denver’s Washington Virginia Vale neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon, where the charred wreckage of a partially built apartment complex continued…
Read more Federal officials join Denver crews on Leetsdale Drive fire investigationLeetsdale Drive in Denver remained closed Sunday after flames consumed an apartment complex under construction along the road — the worst fire to spark in Denver in decades.…
Read more Leetsdale Drive remains closed in Denver around massive five-alarm fireIt’s a new year and the start of a new chapter at RDU, with construction at Terminal 2 kicking off Monday, Jan. 5. Joe Milazzo, Executive Director of…
Read more Plan ahead: Construction at RDU begins Monday ahead of $2.5 billion expansion projectWanda Paul BECON screen grab Wanda Paul, the Broward schools official overseeing construction and operations for the district, submitted her resignation late Sunday, hours after a school board…
Read more Broward schools operations chief to resign following construction, office rental debaclesOn Wednesday, Apex Town Council awarded the long-awaited Salem Streetscape Project a contract. According to Apex Mayor Jaques Gilbert, the council voted 5-0 to award the construction project…
Read more Long-awaited streetscape project for Apex’s Salem Street awarded $4.7M construction contractDANVERS — The old Danvers Fire Station on Maple Street is up for sale. The building that was built about 1900 is listed for $2 million on loopnet.com.…
Read more Old downtown Danvers fire station for saleThe Blackburn Room at Tonno, which expands the space of the downtown restaurant, was designed with the idea of preserving the historic nature of the building in which…
Read more Chef, builder create function room in historic Blackburn BuildingABHA, Saudi Arabia — From the air, Abha’s mountains emerge as a shock of emerald green rising from a sea of sand. Terra firma brings other surprises: a bracing wind…
Read more In Saudi Arabia’s green highlands, a different kingdom emergesChina Vanke’s 000002 -5.60%decrease; red down pointing triangle proposal to delay repayment of an onshore bond led to trading halts in three other local notes and triggered a…
Read more Vanke’s Bid to Delay Bond Payment Sparks Selloff in Chinese DevelopersFor centuries the giant prehistoric monument in southwest England has remained a mystery. Who built Stonehenge? What was its meaning or purpose? Mark Phillips takes us to Stonehenge…
Read more Studying the mysteries of Stonehenge
