Yearly Archives: 2017

KTGY Architecture + Planning has designed Theo, a new 105-unit multifamily building rising at 289 N. El Molino Avenue in Pasadena, California. KTGY is working with developer Summerhill Apartment Communities, as well as Pasadena Heritage and City of Pasadena Design Commission, on a structure that addresses its historic surroundings.

“How-to” Tool Aims to Help Charter School Operators Navigate the Facility Development Process from Concept to Financing Arlington, VA (October 11, 2017) — The process for...

Mayor Bowser announced the selection of eight projects that will produce or preserve more than 500 affordable housing units with funding from the Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF). The Mayor also announced new housing investments that will provide enhanced financial assistance to DC Government employees interested in becoming first-time homebuyers in the District, increasing the amount of home purchase assistance available for all DC Government employees under the Employer-Assisted Housing Program (EAHP) from $10,000 to $20,000 and increasing the benefits Metropolitan Police Department

Granger MacDonald, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Kerrville, Texas, issued the following statement regarding a proposal to reform the National Flood Insurance Program put forth by Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney

Mortgage applications decreased 0.4 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending September 29, 2017.

Hundreds of local and national organizations signed onto four National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)-led Hurricane Housing Recovery Coalition letters urging the White House and Congress to provide immediate relief to the people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and to ensure that federal housing recovery and rebuilding efforts are complete and equitable for all individuals and communities impacted by the devastation of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria

The U.S. Senate passed a resolution today celebrating the economic and environmental benefits of energy efficiency driven by four decades of federal policy support. The resolution, introduced by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) – honorary chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the Alliance to Save Energy – calls on Americans to observe Energy Efficiency Day and acknowledges the importance of cutting energy waste in saving consumers and businesses money, reducing pollution and supporting 2.2 million jobs.

NeighborWorks America (formally known as the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp.) announced that it awarded $800,000 in grants to 20 organizations in communities affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. The nonprofits will use the grants to help meet any emerging on-the-ground needs, such as cleaning up properties, providing supplies to affected households, coordinating disaster response with other partners, supporting mobile intake centers, and rehabbing and repairing damaged buildings.

The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased DentalWorks property located at 4405 Fox Valley Center Drive in Aurora, Illinois for $2,112,375. The 4,800 square foot DentalWorks property is located within an affluent area, 30 miles west of downtown Chicago.

Today, ConsensusDocs is publishing a new standard prime agreement for construction owners and constructors providing a best practice industry standard contract with integrated general conditions where the payment is based upon the cost of the work and includes a guaranteed maximum price (GMP).

Real estate’s leading automated marketing services provider, Imprev, just made it easier for real estate brokerages and franchises to generate more business for their agents from their listings. Today, Imprev announces the launch of a new generation of just-in-time content for its Listing Automation service.

The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton’s bill to clarify that the District of Columbia and the National Park Service (NPS) have the authority to enter into cooperative management agreements to maintain and operate NPS properties in the city, such as Franklin Park, was passed today by the House Natural Resources Committee

The House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 210. Introduced by Rep. Don Young (R-AK), the “Native American Energy Act” addresses the federal government’s overregulation of Indian lands to promote energy development by Indian tribes and Alaska Native Corporations

A new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) quantifies how much charging infrastructure would be needed in the United States to support various market growth scenarios for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs).