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24-unit apartment complex could be built on Main Street

UPDATE: Architect Phillip Frisk on Wednesday said the units will be one- and two-bedrooms, and range from 600-800 square feet. Glenn Safadago of GBH Holdings, who was behind a three-story, nine-unit apartment building on Edmonds Street and Third Avenue North, and who decided not to provide on-site parking for tenants (allowed under existing Edmonds...

Why Renters May Be in Trouble

Accelerating housing costs are squeezing out renters. 

Human trafficking in Finger Lakes region: 'It's real, and it's here'

UR Medicine Thompson Health staff learn of warning signs of growing crime

Genesis buys building in Omaha's Midtown Crossing for luxury, high-tech fitness center

It used to be the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Omaha's Midtown Crossing. The building's new owner has big plans for something completely different.

Bring Solar to Your State's Government Buildings

To avoid catastrophic climate change we must keep fossil fuels in the ground and rapidly transition to renewable energy. A concrete step we can take toward a sustainable energy system would be installing solar panels on government buildings.

Energy Audits of Small Government Buildings

Which government building is piloting facial recognition technology?

Government building design: Automation and controls 

When your client is the government, engineering design can be tricky, thanks to stepped-up regulations, budgetary concerns, and other considerations. Respondents discuss building automation and controls in government, state, municipal, federal, and military facilities.

Millions being wasted on vacant government buildings

Spinners and Winners How much does it cost to maintain a vacant building? After rent and utility bills? Quite a lot. That's why most people who own real estate usually work hard to sell or fill up any vacant building with lease-paying tenants. But a recent study found that the government doesn'

Dynamic SageGlass helps government buildings meet energy-efficiency and worker comfort requirements

Electronically-tintable SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain, is being incorporated into a growing number of government buildings to help public workplaces save energy and provide an improved work environment for employees.A wide variety of federal, state and local government projects ranging from homeland defense facilities to research labs have recently installed SageGlass dynamic glass to solve challenging sun glare and heat-gain problems, resulting in considerable cost and energy savings.

Improve The Management & Access Of Government Building Permit Records

Digitizing building permit records is critical for fast, accurate processing. Contact DRS for secure & affordable document management & data storage.

Climate activist douses government building in orange paint

A photo showed the glass doors of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy dripping with orange paint

See the cutting-edge tech turning government buildings into lean, green machines

The federal government has 300,000 buildings, and they’re massive energy hogs. New tech being piloted could slash their carbon footprint.

Building Up Residents, Not Just Housing

A symbiotic relationship exists between an apartment building and its residents. The building needs residents to keep it vibrant, advise the staff about maintenance needs, and support the operations through their rent. And people need a home base from which to grow and thrive. As awareness grows about the value of supporting residents’ broader needs …

Building Opportunity through Affordable Housing

Home matters - now more than ever, the need for affordable housing is great. This podcast: Habitat for Humanity's work to meet this need.

Should the State stop building social housing?

Approved housing bodies offer an efficient alternative to council housing

Building Wealth: First Rung on the Ladder is Housing

How Housing Matters is a joint project of the Urban Land Institute and the MacArthur Foundation. It is “an online resource for the most rigorous research and practical information on how a quality, stable, affordable home in a vibrant community contributes to individual and community success”.<br>A

Building Vibrant Mixed-Income Communities

by Cynthia McNeal Low income children who live in mixed-income communities have been shown to do better financially throughout their lives . We believe strongly in the benefits of mixed-income neighborhoods and that they extend even beyond future finances. Diverse housing and residents help to bui

This Start-Up Is Building Affordable Housing for All

NEULANDT is making a portable precast plant available to developing countries so that skilled workers can begin building affordable housing for all.