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Increased demand for student housing has developers looking at new ways to build student housing more quickly and inexpensively. But a lack of modular housing factories is making it more difficult for developers and universities to completely change the way they build their projects. 
The demand for student housing is only going to increase. The U.S. Department of Education reported in 2017 there were 20.4 million college and university students, an increase of 5 million students from 2000 to 2017, Valerio Dewalt Train Associates…
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Land Transfers Mark Crucial First Step In Long-Stalled Project In Alameda
Several completed land transfers mark a new phase for the transit-oriented mixed-used Site A redevelopment project in Alameda. The city of Alameda transferred 30 acres Friday to Alameda Point Partners, a JV among Trammell Crow Residential, srmERNST Development Partners, Madison…
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Facebook Files $303M Permit For Construction At Menlo Park Campus
Facebook is gearing up for construction of a $303M building as part of its headquarters expansion project in Menlo Park. The social media giant plans to build a four-story, 464K SF building as part of the western development of its…
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Fighting For A Living Wage: Union's Battle To Increase Minimum Wage For Hotel Workers Could Have DrawbacksThe nationwide push to increase minimum wage is now playing out on the doorstep of Disneyland, and if the union representing hotel workers in Anaheim gets its way, it could have a ripple effect across the nation. Unite Here Local 11, a union representing Disney and hotel workers in Anaheim, is preparing to gather signatures to place an initiative on the November ballot that would require hotels that receive city tax subsidies to pay their workers a $15/hour minimum wage starting in 2019 and climb to $18 and beyond by 2022. |
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Who's To Blame For The Deadly Florida Bridge Collapse?The construction world rarely sees such devastating failures as Thursday's collapse of a $14.2M pedestrian bridge at Florida International University in Miami. A 174-foot, 950-ton section of the bridge had been put up just five days earlier. It collapsed on cars underneath, killing six people. Now, everyone wants to know: Why did it fail? |
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