FK Architecture Designs Mixed-Use St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Project
St. Petersburg, FL: September 10, 2024, FK Architecture, a Fugleberg Koch Company, is pleased to announce its design for Whitney Village, a new development of a portion of the Jim & Heather Gills YMCA property in St. Petersburg’s Grand Central District. In collaboration with Wannemacher Jensen Architects (WJA), hired to design the YMCA redevelopment, and Place Architecture, which will oversee retail and mixed-use development, the new St. Petersburg development will feature a mixed-use, pedestria...
Stantec selected to lead sustainable corridor redevelopment plan connecting Kansas and Missouri
Long-term, multi-jurisdictional strategy will support infrastructure, transportation, and economic development Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been selected to lead the Bi-State Sustainable Reinvestment Corridor project in Kansas and Missouri. The Mid-America Regional Council, the metro planning organization that oversees the region, chose Stantec to lead preliminary planning along the 24-mile corridor that connects four cities. The plan is funded by a $5.6...
Little Island, big impact - Heatherwick studio and Little Island's report shows the importance of public green spaces
©Hufton+Crow_037 Little Island may only be 2.4 acres but it makes a super-sized social impact, a new study has shown three years after it opened to the world. The research examined who uses this free public park and asked what visitors, artists and staff think about the space. It found that: Little Island attracts over 1.5 million visitors each year from a very diverse range of backgrounds and locations. 70% came from outside New York City and 30% were New York City residents....
Stantec-designed Orangeburg Railroad Corner Development breaks ground in South Carolina
Mixed-use project will include housing, retail, and a Civil Rights museum The City of Orangeburg, South Carolina, broke ground yesterday on the Orangeburg Railroad Corner Development. The 1-acre brownfield site will transform 12 historic, city-owned parcels into mixed-use commercial and residential spaces through new construction and reuse of heritage structures. Global integrated design firm Stantec collaborated on the project with the public-private partnership (P3) of the City and Ora...
Painted Prairie Named Best Masterplan Community of the Year
Civitas’ design and planning of Painted Prairie in Aurora, Colorado, has also been recognized as the ‘Best Community Land Plan’ and ‘Best Landscape Architecture for a Community’ at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC)’s 2024 Gold Nugget Awards Denver, Colorado – Painted Prairie, a growing development in Aurora, Colorado, has received three Grand Awards and one Award of Merit in this year’s 61st Annual Gold Nugget Awards, presented by the California Building Industry Association (CBIA)...
Camber Property Group & Riseboro Break Ground on $75 Million Affordable Development in Brooklyn
Camber Property Group and RiseBoro were joined by local elected officials and community leaders to kickoff construction at 1601 DeKalb Avenue in Bushwick The $75 million project will feature 127 units of affordable housing for both low and moderate incomes NEW YORK -Today, Camber Property Group and RiseBoro Community Partnership co-hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for 1601 DeKalb Avenue, a $75 million dollar affordable development featuring 127 units of new housing in Bushwick. Ca...
Stantec selected as lead interior designer for landmark Bread Building redevelopment in downtown Hollywood, Florida
The 26-story, mixed-use project will include 362 units, an amenity deck, and 16,000 square feet of retail space HOLLYWOOD, FL (April 4th, 2024) TSX, NYSE:STN: Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been selected to provide interior design services for the Bread Building Project—a mixed-use residential building on Young Circle in downtown Hollywood, Florida. Developed by Fort Lauderdale-based BTI Partners, the project is part of the revitalization program for...
HUD Announces Expansion of Program to Promote Innovations in Housing
Moving to Work Program expansion enables communities to develop creative housing solutions and resident services. WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman announced the final cohort of Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration program expansion after extensive collaboration with Congress, advocates, and industry groups. 14 selected housing agencies will evaluate MTW's impact on administrative efficiency and resident services. MTW off...
JLL closes $139.64M in financings from The Amazon Housing Equity Fund over last six months
The loans supported the development and preservation of 11 affordable housing communities located across Washington CHICAGO – JLL Capital Markets and JLL Public Institutions announced today that it has executed $139.64 million in financings from The Amazon Housing Equity Fund over the last six months for the development/preservation of 11 affordable housing communities, totaling 1,970 units, located across the Puget Sound region of Washington. JLL acted as the credit underwriter for A...
Cities of the Future - Official IMAX Trailer
Cities of the Future invites you to step into the future and discover the exciting innovations engineers are working on right now to help meet the challenges of a changing world. Renewable energy will be our primary power source, solar energy beamed down from space will power entire cities, smart buildings and greener infrastructure will keep us cool, and we will travel on aerial highways in individualized pods that run on little or no energy. We will also ride in electric flying vehicles! Traff...