A data released by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS indicates that economic insecurity has led to a drop down in home sales in California during September this year though the sales remained at a higher level on a year-to-year basis for the third month in succession.
By Joel Scanlon
18 Oct 2011
The Center for EcoTechnology (CET) through a joint venture with Columbia Gas of Massachusetts has renovated a century old brick mill building, a historic construction, through a green renovation process to achieve 60% energy savings when compared to traditional renovation methods.
By Joel Scanlon
18 Oct 2011
Oxford Properties, the real estate division of OMERS Worldwide Group, has formed a 50/50 partnership with CPP Investment Board (CPPIB) to develop RBC WaterPark Place for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).
By Joel Scanlon
18 Oct 2011
iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Practical Guide to Green Technology for Ground Engineering.
Zocalo Community Development, a Denver-based housing development and construction business, declared that it has contracted an accord with Berkeley Heights, New Jersey located Connell to sell its Solera, a high-rise downtown Denver apartment construction project.
By Joel Scanlon
15 Oct 2011
Worldhotels, a hotel group having regional hotel brands and independent hotels in its fold, declared that it has included the Brazil located Hotel Transamerica Sao Paulo in its South American portfolio.
By Joel Scanlon
15 Oct 2011
NVR, a mortgage banking and homebuilding group of companies, declared the construction completion of new townhomes at The Village at The Streets of West Chester located in the West Chester Township, OH.
By Joel Scanlon
15 Oct 2011
PPG Industries, architectural glasses and exterior and interior coatings manufacturing company, has declared that a number of its glass and coating products can assist the construction projects to get LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) pilot credit instituted by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
By Joel Scanlon
15 Oct 2011
Primera Terra community owned by KB Home has been granted the 2001 LEED for Homes certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The project, one among the largest in California has received the LEED Platinum certification under the multi-family category.
By Joel Scanlon
15 Oct 2011
Home Properties, declared that it has bought an apartment community located in Leesburg, VA. The community known as Somerset Park contains a total number of 108 units and is located in the center of Loudoun County, a wealthy and populous county.
By Joel Scanlon
15 Oct 2011
Walsh/DeMaria Joint Venture V based in Chicago, Illinois, has secured a contract worth $98.8 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs to construct a new rehabilitation center on the VA Palo Alto Health Care System’s campus.
By Joel Scanlon
14 Oct 2011
The National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution has earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification. It is the first museum of the Smithsonian Institution to secure the LEED rating.
By Joel Scanlon
14 Oct 2011
ThyssenKrupp Elevator has secured an order to deliver 7 TWIN elevators with 14 cabs in total for the Tour D2, a 40-story office tower located in Paris, marking the debut of the TWIN in France.
By Joel Scanlon
14 Oct 2011
The Sacramento Business Journal honored Brown Construction, a West Sacramento-based general contractor, with a top Housing Project award for its effort in the Tercero Student Housing Phase II project located at the University of California Davis.
By Joel Scanlon
14 Oct 2011
Skanska has announced that it is investing €24 million or SEK 216 million in the second phase or building B of the Green Towers office project located in Wroclaw, Poland.
By Joel Scanlon
14 Oct 2011