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Yancheng East Lake Xinyu Commercial by Lacime Architects

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This project is located in the Urban Sports Park and along the canal in the Eastern Development Zone of Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. Surrounded by government offices, residential areas, reception hotels, and other facilities, it represents a typical new urban development zone in China.

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UNStudio wins competition for a new mixed-use residential development in Romania

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Romanian developers IULIUS group have recently announced their selection of a design from UNStudio in a shortlisted competition to deliver a mixed-use development called Palas Residential to the historic city of Iasi.

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Frank Gehry’s Forma development begins construction in Toronto

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A total of 2,087 residential units will be constructed as part of the process, filling out the pair of 73- and 84-story towers that, once built, will stand as the tallest buildings the 94-year-old Gehry has completed during the course of his illustrious six-decade career in architecture. Image courtesy Forma/Great Gulf.

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CetraRuddy to design landmark office-to-residential conversion at 55 Broad Street in Manhattan

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A bellwether overhaul of the aging Emery Roth & Sons-designed 55 Broad Street office tower in Lower Manhattan will be undertaken by CetraRuddy in what is billed as one of the New York market’s largest office-to-residential conversion projects in recent memory.

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Converting Commercial Property to Residential Property – Permitted Development Rights Explained

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It has recently been confirmed by the UK government that they will be implementing a new permitted development right (PDR) which will enable many business and commercial properties (defined as Class E) to be converted to residential use (defined as Class C) without planning permission being required. source: dailyexpress.com.my.

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D.C. steps up office-to-residential conversions in the face of housing shortage

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Through the doldrums of America’s pandemic-triggered office downturn, the nation’s capital is quickly turning into a case study for the conversion of former commercial spaces into residential housing and mixed-use development. million square feet of rentable office space a prime target for prospective developers.

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Texas A&M researchers receive $3.74M for the development of 3D-printed hempcrete buildings

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million grant for the development of resilient, 3D-printed building designs using a new green material called hempcrete. Leading the project is Petro Sideris, assistant professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, who will develop residential and potential commercial construction designs.