World Architecture Community

MAY 23, 2024

Foster + Partners has unveiled design for the Changfeng mixed-use development in Shanghai, China. The project will form an integral part of the Shanghai Science and Technology Finance cluster in the city’s Putuo District.The new scheme, envisioned as part of the broader.

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Archinect

MAY 10, 2022

A New York developer has scored a $92 million loan to finish a project which is billed as the largest speculative office building in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood. The development is approximately 35 percent underway, with completion expected in October 2023.

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BD+C

JUNE 1, 2021

A creative financing scheme was use to enable a senior living community in the historic Italian-American neighborhood of Milwaukee to pencil out. The company’s tagline, “Enjoy life,” is evident throughout the development. Rita Square, a $28.9 Rita Square, a $28.9

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Brandon Donnelly

MARCH 5, 2023

Big Ben Myers of Bullpen Consulting doesn’t usually have strong opinions on Twitter (obviously joking), but I did see him respond to this tweet this morning: During significant downturns, developers can’t sell the units, and can’t get financing to build rentals. ” But what it ignores is development feasibility.

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Archinect

JANUARY 22, 2024

In Building Decarbonization 101: The Technology, Data, Operations, and Finances of Net Zero Development , participants will dig into groundbreaking buildings worldwide, hear from a global group of experts, and emerge with holistic strategies to apply to their projects. Winthrop Center. Image courtesy Harvard GSD Executive Education.

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Archinect

APRIL 29, 2024

Image: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum via X Sheikh Mohammed also said there is a plan for a one-million-person satellite city to be developed alongside the new terminal, joined by a logistics hub for international carriers. Finance reported the vision will be realized "within ten years."

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The country’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the package includes $2.68 Prime Minister Modi has said very publicly that he feels it is his responsibility to make infrastructure development a top priority for the world’s second-most populous country.

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Brandon Donnelly

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Metro Vancouver, which includes the City of Vancouver and 20 other municipalities, is proposing to increase its development cost charges (DCC) : Metro Vancouver is proposing to increase DCCs by roughly $23,000 per new single-family home; $21,000 per new townhome; and $14,000 per new apartment. So this is not all going onto new supply.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building, Architect, GDD Holding Group Project Design News. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building. Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre Guangzhou Building. 2 December 2022.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2023

The Biden Administration has announced a new initiative aimed at financing office conversions in an effort to combat the growing problem of high vacancy rates and housing affordability in markets large and small across the country. The announcement comes as vacancy rates have skyrocketed to 30-year highs, according to the White House.

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e-architect

MAY 25, 2023

Developed by CR Land, the project covers 6.18 Developed by CR Land, the project covers 6.18 The overall development totals more than 500,000 square meters and includes three office towers, a five-star hotel tower, an apartment tower, and a terraced retail complex.

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Archinect

MAY 17, 2024

The employee in question was apparently misled into believing they were in a video conference with senior finance staffers that were in reality deepfaked impersonations. Deepfake attacks on business have been on the rise international for several months as the technological sophistication of audi-visual mimicry continues a rapid development.

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Archinect

JANUARY 2, 2024

Oklahoma City could soon be home to the country’s second-tallest structure if plans for a new 1,750-foot skyscraper designed by the California practice Architects Orange (AO) are approved along with a larger $1 billion entertainment district proposal from developer Scot Matteson. Image render courtesy AO. "We

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Community Architect Daily

JULY 5, 2022

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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Archinect

APRIL 30, 2024

The news came last week (April 17th) after UK Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove remanded an Article 31 order calling on the local committee to pause its process in light of pushbacks against the planned demolition of the existing Bastion House and the former Museum of London that is an integral part of the scheme.

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Portland Architecture

AUGUST 3, 2022

The district is projected to include 1,200 housing units, forming with the Burnside Bridgehead development to the north a residential bookend to the otherwise non-residential Central Eastside. In the 1960s, that community was really suffering from the failure to compete with suburban development. Is that a step in the right direction?

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The Architecture Designs

AUGUST 8, 2022

Some people would say that you need to understand architecture to be a real estate developer, while others might argue that it’s unnecessary. The truth is that many different factors come into play when it comes to being a successful real estate developer. You also need to have a good understanding of the financing process.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

To address this threat, city officials have instituted developer fees as a condition to build in the area to help finance a seawall and other protective infrastructure. City-owned land in Boston’s booming Seaport district is vulnerable to flooding, a condition that will only worsen with climate-induced sea-level rise.

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Brandon Donnelly

OCTOBER 15, 2022

This Twitter thread by Richard Wittstock of Domus Homes (developer out in Vancouver) is a timely follow-on to yesterday’s post about housing supply, land-use regulations, and specific policies such as inclusionary zoning. ” If the math doesn’t work, developers will not build new housing.

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BD+C

JANUARY 20, 2021

The 25-story Casablanca Finance City Tower has become the first project to be completed in the newly-established Casablanca Finance City, a new business district being developed in Morocco's Anfa District.

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Archinect

JANUARY 25, 2024

The school describes: "Speakers will cover subjects including: the financing of architecture and design projects; the role of developers, clients, and unions; gentrification; the visual and material culture of money; economic histories of architecture and design, critical creative explorations of the economy."

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

The 180,000-sf building was financed and constructed through a public-private partnership between the School District of Philadelphia and Gilbane Development Company, which provided turnkey development for the new school.

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Archinect

JANUARY 3, 2022

In December, developers closed on $30.3 million in financing for the first phase of Arverne East, a master-planned community and revitalization project within a 116-acre oceanfront site in the Arverne and Edgemere neighborhoods in Queens’ Rockaway Peninsula.

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Archinect

AUGUST 31, 2023

As a pivotal project of the Sino-European "Silk Road in the Air", the center is designed as a large-scale foreign service complex to accommodate various functions, including international commerce, foreign affairs services, business finance, and cultural tourism.

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Habitus Living

AUGUST 1, 2022

The climate crisis has jolted a segment of consumers to think otherwise, encouraging Melbourne developer, C Street Projects, to offer Australia’s first off-the-plan certified Passive House project. What sets V-ZUG apart is their commitment to sustainability at all levels in their research, development and manufacturing process.

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BD+C

MAY 30, 2023

Milhaus, Gershman Partners, and Citimark close on $70 million multifamily development in Indy Versa will bring 233 studio and one- and two-bedroom apartments to Indianapolis's $271 million, Class-A Broad Ripple Village development enterprise. Versa will be the only recent development in the village featuring a pool and aqua lounge.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This news follows the announcement of the terminal’s financing and approval in November 2022. The new terminal will be developed in two phases, with the first new gates opening in 2026 and construction set to complete in 2028.

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Archinect

APRIL 21, 2023

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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Archinect

MARCH 14, 2022

The grants will be disbursed through Empire State Development (ESD), the umbrella organization for New York’s two principal economic development financing entities: The New York State Urban Development Corporation and the New York Job Development Authority.

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Matt Fajkus Architecture

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

When starting a remodel or new construction project, an important early step is developing your budget to set realistic expectations and avoid surprises midway through the design process. We recommend that a general contractor be engaged for pre-construction services at the end of schematic design to develop a hard cost budget.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Image credit: Qingyan Zhu for Heatherwick Studio The front of the workspace features multiple stacked cubes serving as display boxes for a collection of models from the studio’s Asian projects, including the Bund Finance Center , the Nanyang Learning Hub in Singapore, and the 1000 Trees development itself.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

million will go to the development of affordable housing projects in the state. The program aims to facilitate public and private sector collaboration in financing eligible affordable housing projects. The developments will remain at below-market rates for a minimum of 30 years.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Vornado Realty Trust, the developer hoping to remake the skyline around Pennsylvania Station with a bundle of new office towers, has put the brakes on the massive redevelopment plan for now as interest rates remain high and the real estate market struggles to recover from the pandemic.

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SW Oregon Architect

MARCH 3, 2024

Given the number of ongoing projects related to housing and economic development, City staff reached out to a broad list of housing and development experts, employers, and business owners to help inform the Urban Growth Strategies project’s priorities and outcomes. I found the kickoff meeting encouraging.

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MARCH 6, 2023

It will serve to oversee the finance and development of the project, which aims to improve access to essential jobs, health care, education, and entertainment in the city. Video courtesy UNStudio via Vimeo.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The donation, whose amount has not been disclosed, will be used to support students, pay for international studies, and finance university initiatives. Today, he is the president and CEO of Northwood Ravin, a development, construction, and property management firm. The new David R.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To keep pace with the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), which is deemed a key strategic role in the country’s development blueprint to implement innovation-driven reforms, the Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou) Technology Finance Centre comprises of a five-star hotel, offices, retail and residential spaces.

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