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Byline: Kirk Pinho I reported last week on the campaign in Birmingham to get a bond issue passed that would pave the way for a new $140 million mixed-use development [...]

Twelve schemes have been shortlisted in Property Week's Meanwhile London competition to find exciting and innovative temporary uses for sites in Canning Town and the Royal Docks. The competition aims [...]

1 King Abdullah Economic City Client: Emaar, The Economic City Sector: Real estate Stage: Under construction Budget: $93bn Completion date: Q4 2029 Location: Rabigh, Western Region, Saudi Arabia Part of [...]

Many franchisors use sophisticated franchise sales programs to recruit new franchisees. These companies spend tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars generating and qualifying franchisee leads, working candidates through a [...]

PREFACE The Model Real Estate Development Operating Agreement (the "Model Agreement") is an exploration and examination of issues that arise in the drafting of limited liability company ("LLC") operating agreements. [...]

Far East Consortium International Limited (FEC) reported that the Group has been selected as the preferred proponent to develop Lots 3B, 6 and 7 of the Perth City Link in [...]

While forecasts across much of the nation call for a big real-estate downturn, especially in residential, downtown Denver is in the early stages of a building boom--including residential--that has been [...]

JIM STUCKEY IS clearly having trouble containing his excitement. As he waits for the small scrum of reporters to get ready, he adjusts his light-purple tie. He smooths his shock [...]

RESIDENTIAL DEVELopment in the Chenal Valley project was still in the pioneer stage when Fontenay Circle came on line nearly 14 years ago. Fontenay is remembered as the second Chenal [...]

Development agreements, contracts in which municipalities freeze existing zoning regulations in return for guarantees of public benefits from owners or real estate developers, are discussed. The agreements are readily enforceable and attractive vehicles in early and late vesting states.

The structure of a landowner/developer joint venture agreement must be continually updated because every occurrence cannot be planned for. An ethical and capable joint venture partner is the crux of the issue. If the landowner and developer trust one another, then all the difficulties that may arise will be surmounted.

Byline: KIRK PINHO Dan Gilbert has his eyes set on a different slice of real estate in Detroit: A largely vacant 8.4-acre portion of Brush Park, the enclave just north [...]

Design and build contracts are gaining in popularity. Approximately one fifth of all projects are now procured as design and build with the concept most popular in the public sector. Contractors welcome the trend as it gives them nore control over a project while clients prefer having only one organisation to deal with and a fixed price. However, design and build contracts are becomming more sophisticated and some clients employ consultants to do initial design work, thus restricting the contractor. Architects can face problems when they are employed by contractors.

News junkies will always pair the words 'Granby, Colo.' and 'bulldozer rampage' because those were the words in the headlines produced by one of the most bizarre events in the [...]

LIVERPOOL IN THE LATE 1990S WAS A CITY THAT HAD lost its confidence. It was haemorrhaging shoppers to Manchester and Chester and the unemployment rate hovered at around 12%. Then [...]

WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE ON THE 'MAINLAND' WHAT springs to mind when they think of the Channel Islands, some might say Bergerac, others might say tax avoidance and others still [...]

Fierce competition has almost obliterated the prototypical strip center, replacing the historically bland designs with neighborhood settings that rival the decor and amenities found in regional shopping centers. Donahue Schriber [...]

When Pulte Homes Inc. last month announced it has entered a 50/50 joint venture with its largest trade contractor in Arizona and Nevada, eyebrows went up across the American housing [...]

Glen A. Skillrud, the construction industry veteran, revealed the plans of a $12 million new residential high-rise project that would bring 46 high-end condominiums to the Northwest Side at Interstate Highway 10 and Huebner Road along 1-10 corridor. Both the CityView Office Building and The Chancellor are part of the larger, mixed-use project known as CityView