Investing In Opportunity Zones
Business Facilities
AUGUST 29, 2022
As part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Qualified Opportunity Zones across the U.S. provide a vehicle to reinvest capital gains for near- and long-term tax benefits.
Opportunity Zones: Revitalizing Communities
Business Facilities
AUGUST 29, 2022
Qualified Opportunity Zone Program shows promise to revitalize both large and small communities. Still in its infancy, the U.S.
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Keep Emergency Communication Out of the “Dead Zone”
CCR Magazine
JULY 10, 2024
When this occurs, weak or non-existent signals result in radio communication “dead zones” within commercial structures that can jeopardize coordination among and the safety of first responders during an emergency. <p>The post Keep Emergency Communication Out of the “Dead Zone” first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.</p>
$80 million Q Casino redo includes hotel, entertainment zone
CCR Magazine
JANUARY 11, 2024
Q Casino in Dubuque, Iowa, has begun work on an $80 million project that includes the addition of an eight-floor boutique hotel tower, an upgraded casino floor and a new family entertainment zone with arcade games, digital ax throwing, duckpin bowling and a sports bar. The construction is expected to take around two-and-a-half years.
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There’s Still Time To Invest In Qualified Opportunity Zones
Business Facilities
AUGUST 10, 2020
The IRS has extended a critical deadline for investments in Qualified Opportunity Zones until the end of the year, hoping to entice investors who have largely sat on their money during the global pandemic. Read: There’s Still Time To Invest In Qualified Opportunity Zones at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Opportunity Zones: Window Of Opportunity
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 7, 2019
The new federal qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) tax credits are expected to unleash up to $6 trillion in capital investment in more than 8,700 economically distressed areas in the U.S. Read: Opportunity Zones: Window Of Opportunity at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Understanding Opportunity Zone Guidelines
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Just as with any planning technique, comparison of the potential benefits of Qualified Opportunity Zones to other tax deferral or elimination strategies remains crucial. Read: Understanding Opportunity Zone Guidelines at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Contract awarded for Melbourne Airport works
Roads Online
JUNE 2, 2024
A contract has been awarded to Seymour Whyte by Australia Pacific Airports for works on the Melbourne Airport’s Naarm Way Stage Two, which will reduce traffic congestion and enhance safety to new dedicated pick-up and drop-off zones.
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$13.8B for infrastructure underscored by WA Budget
Roads Online
MAY 9, 2024
Roads & Infrastructure Magazine outlines what the Western Australian Government’s 2024/25 State Budget means for the region, which highlights $13.8 for infrastructure underscored by WA Budget appeared first on Roads & Infrastructure Magazine. Image courtesy of the Western Australian Government. The post $13.8B
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El Dorado Debuts Innovative New San Francisco R&D Building by Developer Spear St., “Purpose-Built for Next-Gen Creators”
Civil + Structural Engineer
MAY 6, 2024
What we’re seeing in innovation districts and attractive downtown work zones is exactly what went into 300 Kansas, making it a magnet for high-tech makers, R&D companies, and laboratory-based innovators.” Louis, Kansas City, Houston, and Portland, Oregon.
New York State Adds NYU Incubators As START-UP NY Development Zones
Business Facilities
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. New York State Adds NYU Incubators As START-UP NY Development Zones appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. New York State Adds NYU Incubators As START-UP NY Development Zones appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.
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RAUPEX Pipe System Meets Challenge of 193 Heat Zones
The Contractor Magazine
JANUARY 11, 2024
System delivers comfortable and efficient radiant heating for new school building.
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Concept designs unveiled for new Melton Station
Roads Online
MARCH 24, 2024
The elevated station will become accessible from both sides of the rail line – with pedestrian walkways, cycling paths, pick-up and drop-off zones, and lifts and stairs to each platform. The post Concept designs unveiled for new Melton Station appeared first on Roads & Infrastructure Magazine.
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Safety upgrades complete for Kamilaroi Highway
Roads Online
APRIL 29, 2024
metre-wide sealed shoulders providing more room for vehicles, widened roadside clear zones, raised retroflective pavement markers and flatter roadside batters (or slopes). The post Safety upgrades complete for Kamilaroi Highway appeared first on Roads & Infrastructure Magazine.
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Business Report: Missouri – Commerce Bank Puts New HQ In Joplin Tornado Recovery Zone
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 7, 2014
Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Business Report: Missouri – Commerce Bank Puts New HQ In Joplin Tornado Recovery Zone appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. A new high-tech bank building will rise on the site of a branch destroyed by the F5 tornado on May 22, 2011.
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September / October 2021 Issue (Volume 54, Number 5)
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 13, 2021
The September / October 2021 issue looks at startup ecosystems, innovation centers and Opportunity Zones. The post September / October 2021 Issue (Volume 54, Number 5) appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. Roy Cooper.
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Enhancing the I-5
Civil + Structural Engineer
AUGUST 1, 2023
Furthermore, in many areas, the spaces surrounding the construction zone are considered Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) and are off limits for construction access. Lane closures enable access for the slow-moving dump trucks and concrete trucks that need to merge from the work zone into traffic.
Harness safety with 3M fall protection solutions
Roads Online
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Additionally, 3M provides connectors designed specifically for positioning and travel restriction, ensuring workers are kept out of fall hazard zones and preventing free falls from short distances. The post Harness safety with 3M fall protection solutions appeared first on Roads & Infrastructure Magazine.
Ports And FTZs: Searching For A Safe Port
Business Facilities
APRIL 27, 2022
Ports and Free Trade Zones have taken on much greater importance as supply chain issues increase and demand for product grows from businesses and consumers.
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Free And Easy Trading At Ports Of Entry
Business Facilities
APRIL 27, 2021
Foreign trade zones, located in or near U.S. Customs ports of entry, enable duty-free movement of foreign and domestic merchandise. there are more than 200 U.S. FTZs, each a driver of regional economic growth. Read: Free And Easy Trading At Ports Of Entry at BusinessFacilities.com.
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MBMA Releases CEU Course: “Evaluating Metal Building Systems Using COMcheckTM”
Civil + Structural Engineer
JANUARY 15, 2024
This new course, produced in partnership with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Architectural Record magazine, is now available through Architectural Record’s Continuing Education Center website and also via a mobile device app. climate zones. The course provides one Learning Unit credit for AIA members.
Innovating LXRP’s
Roads Online
JANUARY 4, 2024
It is perfect for narrow cut situations or applications with extreme obstructions within the fill zone, and offers complete aesthetic versatility, with facing panels allowing for a wide variety of surface patterns and textured if desired,” he says. This article was originally published in the December edition of our magazine.
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A Visit to the Cairo Monorail
Civil + Structural Engineer
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Abdel Fattah predicts that the next six months will involve a “painstaking phase of diversion of utilities in the Zone 4 area, which is also a highly populated area.” Furthermore, for the WoN line, Abdel Fattah expects significant progress in Zone 4’s line segments and stations.
Transforming road safety
Roads Online
JUNE 15, 2023
Australian Flexible Pavement Association Executive Director – Queensland and the Northern Territory, Mark Piorkowski, provides an overview of a new traffic camera pilot program aimed at reducing speeding in work zones. This article was originally published in the May edition of our magazine. To read the magazine, click here.
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Roads sector steps up to protect frontline workers
Roads Online
MAY 5, 2024
“Industry has seen an unacceptable rise in the number of incidents, serious injuries and fatalities impacting road workers, signalling a need to continually improve the safety of road workers as well as the public travelling through work zones.
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Business Facilities
APRIL 2, 2015
Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Feature Story: 2015 Economic Development Awards appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Locations across the nation are rapidly applying the best practices needed to meet the requirements of new and expanding 21st century businesses.
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Opportunity Zones: Boom Or Bust?
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Opportunity zones allow investors with unrealized capital gains to sell those assets and reinvest the gain in a QOZ with a bigger after-tax return. The post Opportunity Zones: Boom Or Bust? appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.
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TRT: An iconic model
Roads Online
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Under the system, both the operator and the dogman are warned through visual and audible cues that they have moved into the red zone, restricting them from steering or slewing any further into the red zone. To read the magazine, click here. The post TRT: An iconic model appeared first on Roads & Infrastructure Magazine.
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State Focus: New York – A Startup Empire Grows In New York
Business Facilities
MAY 14, 2015
Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Since its inception in 2013, more than 80 companies have embraced the Empire State’s innovative START-UP NY program, which created tax-free zones linked to New York’s system of higher education.
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LXRP wraps up at Narre Warren
Roads Online
DECEMBER 13, 2023
It will also have bigger bus bays and a signalised pedestrian crossing on Webb Street, a new drop-off and taxi zone, upgrades to existing car parks, CCTV and improved lighting. The post LXRP wraps up at Narre Warren appeared first on Roads & Infrastructure Magazine. For more information on the project, click here.
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New Deer Park station and road rail bridge now open
Roads Online
APRIL 25, 2023
Major work will still continue on the new Deer Park Station over the next few months to install lifts and ramps, fit myki readers, create 150 new and upgraded car parks and build the multi-bay bus interchange and pick-up/drop-off zones.
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Industry Focus: Ports & FTZs – Drivers For Commerce And Trade
Business Facilities
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Foreign-trade zones are playing a greater role in development efforts geared to increased imports and exports. The post Industry Focus: Ports & FTZs – Drivers For Commerce And Trade appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.
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Supersized and (Almost) Ready to Go
Business Facilities
JANUARY 29, 2015
Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Supersized and (Almost) Ready to Go appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. It''s time to take a closer look at the economic bonanza that will result from the expanded Panama Canal. Mid Atlantic U.S. Mid Atlantic U.S. Southeast panama canal expansion'
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Industry Focus: Food Processing – Food Facts
Business Facilities
APRIL 6, 2015
Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Industry Focus: Food Processing – Food Facts appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. The more we know when it comes to what’s in our food, the more we want to know. Pleasing this knowledge palate can mean big bucks for the food processing industry. Great Lakes U.S. -
Maryland: Expanding Opportunity For An Expanding Workforce
Business Facilities
JULY 8, 2019
million to attract new businesses to its Opportunity zones. MD also has extended a 10-year tax credit for jobs created in the zones. Maryland has dedicated $56.5 Read: Maryland: Expanding Opportunity For An Expanding Workforce at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Business Facilities
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Foreign-trade zones are playing a greater role in development efforts geared to increased imports and exports. Industry Focus: Ports & FTZs – Drivers For Commerce And Trade appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.
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Everything Is Big In Texas—And Getting Bigger
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
The post Everything Is Big In Texas—And Getting Bigger appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. The Lone Star State has been the top state for exports for 19 consecutive years, surpassing the combined total for its three closest competitors.
Exact Sciences Commits $350M To Wisconsin Expansion
Business Facilities
JANUARY 14, 2022
The post Exact Sciences Commits $350M To Wisconsin Expansion appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine. Cancer screening and diagnostics company Exact Sciences will create 1,300 jobs at its new Madison, WI facilities.
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State Focus: Southern California – Where The Leading Edge Lives
Business Facilities
APRIL 10, 2015
Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. State Focus: Southern California – Where The Leading Edge Lives appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. So Cal’s Leading Edge has the right stuff to deliver advanced materials, clean transport systems and green energy, as well as the world’s most advanced aircraft.
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Global Passport
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 14, 2014
Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. The CDC director opposes a ban on travel from the Ebola hot zone in Africa. Global Passport appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.
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Florida: An International Gateway To Growth
Business Facilities
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
The post Florida: An International Gateway To Growth appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. Florida’s 15 deep-water seaports and 19 commercial airports are the entry points for a vast international trade infrastructure.
Cedar Port: Largest U.S. Industrial Park, With The Best Infrastructure
Business Facilities
AUGUST 12, 2021
Industrial Park, With The Best Infrastructure appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park is the largest master-planned, rail-and-barge-served industrial park in the U.S., The post Cedar Port: Largest U.S.
Alabama Launches $231M Rail Project Program
Business Facilities
JANUARY 5, 2022
The post Alabama Launches $231M Rail Project Program appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine. program of rail projects has been proposed to upgrade economic development infrastructure in central and southern Alabama.
Business Report: Georgia – Latvian Fiberglass Producer Puts U.S. HQ in Dublin, GA
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 9, 2014
Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. HQ in Dublin, GA appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Valmiera Glass will invest $20 million in a new manufacturing facility, creating 150 jobs. Business Report: Georgia – Latvian Fiberglass Producer Puts U.S.
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