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New York City Football Club selects HOK to design $780 million new soccer stadium in Queens

Archinect

The ten-year-old MLS franchise has been playing its home matches at Yankee Stadium since 2015 and will soon move into its new privately-financed 25,000-seat home that forms the centerpiece of a development that will include 2,500 units of affordable housing, a hotel, and a 650-seat public school.

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World's largest museum captured ahead of opening in Egypt

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In the photos shared by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the colossal building, also known as the Giza Museum, is framed against the Pyramids of Giza. The studio completed the concrete shell of the Grand Egyptian Museum in 2015 and, at the time, opening was projected for 2018.

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Chris Averill named President of Pepper Construction Group 

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dbarista Thu, 06/22/2023 - 11:37 Pepper Construction Group Averill joined Pepper Construction in 2015 as Chief Financial Officer and has since been instrumental in driving the company's growth and success. In his new role, Averill will assume leadership responsibility for the Pepper Construction Group’s growth and performance.

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In Portland, Oregon, the Paths to Homeownership Are Multiplying

Dwell

In 2015, Eric Thompson heard that his city of Portland, Oregon, was considering overhauling its low-density zoning. Thompson’s business is alive and thriving; every one of its recent projects has turned a profit, he says, and financing hasn’t been too hard. He joined the project’s advisory committee with one paramount goal: to stop it.

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Port Covington under new leadership: What's next?

Community Architect Daily

Plus, in 2019 Weller has drawn the $148 million first tranche from the city tax increment financing (TIF) bonds. Kevin Plank in March 2015) Since then a lot has happened. Seven years after Plank outlined his perspective in 2015, it is still in large part an aspiration. Those existing financial terms will remain in place.

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Michael Heizer completes monumental City sculpture in Nevada desert

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The City is now part of the Basin and Range National Monument , a federally protected park created by president Barack Obama in 2015 , in part to protect the in-progress work.

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Dodge the I-195 fooddoggle

Architecture Here and There

Yesterday’s Sunday Journal describes the growing dispute between Providence restaurants and the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission, which wants to use state money to finance a food pavilion in the park at the west end of the Van Leesten Memorial Pedestrian Bridge. No restaurateur would get “free” space from the state.