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Why Is the Real Estate Market Booming in the UAE?

The Architecture Designs

During the second quarter of 2022, the UAE real estate market is standing firm on its ground. Despite the global headwinds and rising inflation concerns of the world government, the UAE real estate market has shown little to no effects. The real estate properties in Abu Dhabi also follow the same trend of rising demand.

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Rent-controlled apartment

Brandon Donnelly

It is estimated that about 1% of the total housing stock in New York City is rent controlled (2019 figure), which is something different than rent stabilized. This was the case for the late real estate agent, Alice Mason, who died at the beginning of this year at the age of 100: She never left the rent-stabilized [controlled?]

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How climate, pandemic, and war shape the "future proofing" of buildings, cities and regions

Community Architect

Future proofing in highly uncertain times Amortization in real estate frequently exceeds 25 years, comprehensive plans try to shape the future for 10 years, sometimes longer. Total net anthropogenic GHG emissions have continued to rise during the period 2010–2019, as have cumulative net CO2 emissions since 1850.

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Toronto proposes at 49% increase to development charges

Brandon Donnelly

The big news this week for Toronto city builders is that the city has put forward a proposal to substantially increase development charges. When our cost consultant ran the numbers back in 2019, the estimate was that about a quarter of the price of a new condominium in Toronto was going to government fees and taxes.

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Ten significant mass-timber buildings that changed the way we think about wood

Deezen

Constructed using wood from trees killed by mountain pine beetles, it was intended to demonstrate to the US real-estate industry that large mass-timber projects were viable – and it worked, with 1,677 mass-timber buildings now either finished or in progress across the country. metres – though likely not for much longer.

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Seattle is building more accessory dwellings than single-family houses

Brandon Donnelly

In 2019, Seattle made it easier to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The result is that the city is now permitting close to 1,000 ADUs per year (2022 figure). Part of what’s driving this adoption is that the City created 10 pre-approved plans that owners/builders can choose from.

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Renovation Generation: Why Will Adaptive Reuse Will Reign In 2023

Architizer

Tour de Montréal by Provencher_Roy , Montreal, Canada, 2019. The United States has an excess of paved parking spaces (an estimated 2 billion ), and city officials have begun exploring alternative uses of these concrete spaces in the hopes of encouraging pedestrian movement and discouraging vehicle use. Photo by Stephane Brugger.