- Longmont's growth spurt: city sheds bedroom
status.
The city of Longmont has transformed itself in the past decade from one of Boulder's bedroom communities into a first-class city. Bolstered by the city of Boulder's cloistered development scene, it has attracted several top-shelf employers while maintaining a broad range of housing that currently leans toward the affordable. [ILLUSTRATION ......
- Calgary gets first LEED Platinum multifamily residential development
The Vento Residences in downtown Calgary, Alb., illustrate perfectly that living green—deep green, in this case—is possible regardless of scale and budget. The 39,000-sf project, which earned LEED Platinum certification in October from the Canada Green Building Council, is the first multifamily residential project in North America to earn LEED's ......
- NAHB unveils green building
guidelines.
WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Home Builders released voluntary guidelines to help home builders incorporate environmental practices into every phase of the home building process white putting a priority on housing affordability. "The guidelines are revolutionary because they will help all builders, not just niche builders, construct more energy-efficient, ......
- Home builders pound out steady beat
New home starts across Northern Colorado are on pace to eclipse 2001 totals, with the chance to exceed 6,000 housing permits for the first time. According to figures compiled by the Home Builders Association of Northern Colorado, builders pulled 5,002 permits for new homes in the region through the first ......
- Residential construction risk
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies now offers two new insurance products for homebuilders and residential developers. The Residential Project Builders' Risk policy is designed for builders who typically construct semi-custom and custom single-family homes costing more that $500,000. The Residential Open Builders' Risk policy is primarily for developers of ......
- The Quarry purchased by CAM Subdivisions
CAM Subdivisions, with financing from Sky Bank, has finalized the purchase of The Quarry, a residential development in northwest Ohio. The acquisition of The Quarry reunites a team of northwest Ohio home builders and residential developers, including Bob Cavalear, Duane Ankney, and David Miller. With over 45 years in the ......
- Mixing, Matching and Marketing
HEADNOTE No longer strict purists, builders do both residential and office projects It wasn't so long ago that real estate developers picked a specialty and stayed with it. Commercial developers wouldn't touch residential projects and vice versa. That, like so many other business verities, has changed over the past few ......