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MSG Developer Officially Withdraws Plans for Sphere in London

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Image Courtesy of The Madison Square Garden Company Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSG), the developer behind the recently opened The Sphere at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas , has announced that plans for a similar project in London have been withdrawn for lack of support from London’s planning officials, as reported by The Guardian.

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Plans for London’s Sphere are no more as developers abandon project

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The developers behind the proposed MSG Sphere in London have withdrawn plans for the project. In a letter to the UK government’s Planning Inspectorate, developers Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSG) said that the scheme had become “merely a political football between rival parties.”

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HUD Finds Discrimination in Chicago’s Public Housing Development

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Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) detailed the findings of a recent probe into the city’s affordable housing development practices. According to the Sun-Times, HUD found that the city has wrongly denied the development of new affordable housing through the tool of "aldermanic prerogative."

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Deep Dive: Unearthing the Potential of Underground Development

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Consider the possibilities of expanding underground development to encompass a broader range of building typologies. Numerous countries across the globe are actively venturing into underground development beyond transportation and utility infrastructure. Completed in 2018, the bicycle parking accommodates over 13,500 bikes.

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Rowan Moore pleas to end the time-wasting for Glasgow’s lost Mackintosh library rebuild

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Moore also claims “the responsibility to bring back a national treasure should not be theirs alone” (meaning the school’s) in support of his view that setting up an SPV for development would be, for now, the best way to go in order to meet the original promises issued in 2018.

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Developer holds Baltimore City hostage - can he be forced to develop?

Community Architect Daily

Can a developer be forced to develop a vacant lot? A lot that is only vacant because the developer decided to purchase and demolish a historic theater venue? A lot that has been sitting in the defunct status for 17 years, ever since the developer acquired it? It’s time to put up or shut up. Not these days, anyhow.

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Do you speak French? Your next career move could be to Serpentine designers Frida Escobedo Studio

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Among the core responsibilities for the role will be to develop and support project design concepts, create and maintain project schedules and budgets, and produce and coordinate drawing sets and specifications.