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A film about the intersection of public stimulus and a community’s fight for equal access to good jobs and safe parks, City of Treeswill be shown as part of the Environmental Film Festival this month in Washington, D.C
In its sixth-consecutive year of double-digit growth, U.S. e-commerce saw sales grow 14.6 percent to $341.7 billion during 2015, according to the U.S. Commerce Department, illustrating the growing importance of e-commerce behind new demand for warehouses. Plus, interest rate survey data from Trepp.
This video, captured by drone by photographer Duncan Sinfield, shows the progress on the spaceship-like main building, plus a 100,000 square foot fitness center, parking structures for nearly 11,000 cars, a research and development facility, and 1,000 seat underground auditorium. Once completed, the Apple Campus 2 will house some 12,000 employees.
Real estate investment trusts experienced some ups and downs during February and ended the month with relatively flat performance. Positive performance by mortgage REITs largely offset the decline in the equity REIT sector. Current REIT performance reflects broader market behavior but could also signal that markets may be plateauing. Plus, interest rate survey data from Trepp.
Amid the ongoing debates over climate change, considerations of “peak auto” have eclipsed those of “peak oil” in recent years. In this cautiously optimistic book, the former notion is updated and aligned within a set of long-term strategies necessary to achieve a low-carbon green economy.
U.S. housing market conditions have affected both timber and single-family-home real estate investment trusts (REITs). Limited new residential construction, the strong dollar, and concerns about China’s economy have taken a toll on timber REITs, while returns for single-family-home REITs are down 15.06 percent, marking the weakest performance of any sector this year. Plus, interest rate survey data from Trepp.
The FTSE NAREIT All Equity REIT average made healthy gains last week, and total annual returns currently outpace the NASDAQ and Russell 200 Index. But the freestanding, net lease retail REIT sector is the only sector with positive returns this year. Five other REIT sectors stand out for year-to-date total returns that are only slightly negative. Plus, interest rate survey data from Trepp.
This book by Barbara Miller Lane, an emeritus professor of history at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, describes a unique era in American homebuilding that gave both working-class and more upwardly mobile middle-class Americans a shot at what many consider the American dream—a house and a yard in the suburbs.
In his book, Alexandros Washburn writes that “nothing important in a city can change without an alignment of politics, finance, and design.” As New York City’s chief urban designer under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he played a key role in the planning and building of the High Line, the 21st century’s most notable civic design project. That experience shaped his view of city design.
Last week, Yahoo became the most recent large tech company to announce layoffs and office closures as it explores alternatives for its web business. Moves like this highlight the growing issue of sublease space among tech and energy companies, whose expansion drove demand for office space in recent years. Are new availabilities relieving tight conditions or a sign of something more severe? Plus, interest rate survey data from Trepp.