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The Citadel effect

Brandon Donnelly

Today, the Miami housing market is feeling the effects : “They’ve been buying here aggressively,” said Michael Martinez, a real estate agent with Sotheby’s in Miami, who recently brokered the sale of a $5mn home in Coconut Grove, a quiet salubrious suburb, to a Citadel employee.

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Reinvestment without displacement: North Avenue Market

Community Architect Daily

In 2008, a $1 million initiative to restore the building as an “arts-focused mix of shops, eateries, and offices” was launched. According to Ellen Janes it helped tat the sellers were assisting in financing the purchase cost of. According to Ellen Janes, Executive Director of CBP, the fund is in need of being replenished.

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Taking A Different Path

EntreArchitect

In the summer of 2008 I embarked on an around the world trip, starting in Australia, attending the Glenn Murcutt International Masters Class, and then to Japan where I started a 5-month overland and sea trip from Tokyo to Berlin without flying – although this is an adventure story for another day. Another got into teaching design.

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BDP Architects Practice Information + News

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BDP has helped complete the delivery of phase one of the new St James Quarter, Edinburgh, working with client Nuveen Real Estate to create a new destination in the heart of the capital. Heather Wells has been appointed group finance director taking over from John Parker who previously held the position. A new and modern 1.7

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

Right: Public Farm 1, a 2008 installation on the grounds of Long Island City’s MoMA PS1 by Amale Andraos’s firm, WORKac; the museum described the installation as “a living structure made from inexpensive and sustainable materials recyclable after its use at PS1”; images via MoMA PS1 and Archinect. Kimberly Dowdell. Sheila O’Donnell.

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Taking A Different Path [11]

A Better Built Environment

In the summer of 2008 I embarked on an around the world trip, starting in Australia, attending the Glenn Murcutt International Masters Class, and then to Japan where I started a 5-month overland and sea trip from Tokyo to Berlin without flying - although this is an adventure for another day. Another got into teaching design.

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Scottish Architecture News: Buildings in Scotland

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Previously, BDP held an Edinburgh office from 2008 to 2011. BDP has helped complete the delivery of phase one of the new St James Quarter, Edinburgh, working with client Nuveen Real Estate to create a new destination in the heart of the capital. This includes most recently at the Housing & Finance Institute.