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August 11,2010The $325 million Atlantic Plaza II lifestyle center will be built on 8.5 acres in Delray Beach, Fla. Designed by Vander Ploeg & Associates, Boca Raton, the complex will include six buildings ranging from three to five stories and have 182,000 sf of restaurant and retail space. An additional 106,000 sf of Class A office space and a residential component including 197 apartments, townhouses, ...
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August 11,2010During a time when interest in the restoration of historic buildings is at an all-time high, strict preservation guidelines make these projects more challenging for building teams and owners. The main challenge is preserving historic integrity while at the same time modernizing the building for energy efficiency, client use and to meet fire- and life-safety codes.
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August 11,2010Construction work has commenced on a $27 million studio building in Burbank, Calif., for Woodbury University's architecture program. Designed by Los-Angeles-based architect Rios Clementi Hale Studios, the two-story, 19,000-sf facility will accommodate studio, critique, and exhibit space for approximately 200 architecture students.
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August 11,2010With sparks flying from a cauldron of controversy, thousands of union steelworkers descended on Washington, D.C., Feb. 28 to lobby Pres. Bush for high tariffs on imported steel. At press time, the White House was expected to make its "delicate" decision on March 6.On one side, domestic steelmakers have long argued that cheap imports have been decimating U.
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August 11,2010St. Louis-based Paric Corp. has completed the conversion of the six-story, 97,325-sf Elias Haas Building, originally built for a family-owned hat business, into 96 loft apartments and 4,000 sf of retail in St. Louis. The Locust Street Lofts feature exposed glazed brick, expansive windows, and refurbished wood flooring.
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August 11,2010The overall (downtown and suburban space combined) national office vacancy rate fell from 9.6 percent during the second quarter of 1999 to 8.1 percent during the same three months of this year, according to data from the most recent survey conducted by Torto Wheaton Research.Second-quarter vacancies in office buildings this year were 0.
