May 5, 2016
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Code was supposed to be near approval, but that won’t happen until at least late 2017.
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American City Business Journals has unveiled its nationwide ranking of the best cities in the U.S. to start a small business, and Austin came in No. 1.
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Our special luncheon included one panel of RECA's earliest members and co-founders, and a second panel looking to the future.
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Mayor Steve Adler is asking as many Austin businesses as possible to let their employees work from home on May 11 — or at the least just allow them to avoid rush hour.
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Alcoa Inc.has put its Texas land holdings on the market for $250 million, which include a vast array of water rights that could be the biggest known deal of its kind ever struck in the Lone Star State.
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The SkyBEAM UAV is used for identifying energy leaks, rooftop damage, deteriorating façades, and safety issues without requiring scaffolding or cranes.
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Austin's clean technology industry got some national recognition Wednesday with a visit by Secretary of State John Kerry who said improved energy technology is lowering the price of alternative energy and increasing infrastructure investments.
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East Austin will soon be adding another mixed use space to its quickly changing ecosystem, as the Austin City Council recently approved a plan for The Foundry from Cielo Property Group. The new space will include 75,369 square feet of office space and 18 residential units on the lot where the Habitat for Humanity ReStore used to stand at 310 Comal Street.
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Demand has now outpaced new supply for six consecutive years and the need for more affordable space could spur increased development activity in Austin’s outlying submarkets.
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Social media platform Snapchat Inc. — known for its disappearing multimedia messages app — has decided to make its foray into Texas with a new regional hub based in a Deep Ellum coworking concept in Dallas.
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A recent study by Make Room, a rental advocacy group, reported that the percentage of seniors who need affordable housing is rising faster than the increase in the elderly U.S. population.
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A year ago two former Harvard classmates built three 160-square-foot houses, hauled them to rural locations outside Boston, and made them available for nightly stays with an odd proviso: Guests would plunk down $99 to book a night in a tiny house, but they wouldn’t find exactly where the house was until the day before. It's not a literal blindfold, but the intent was close enough—forcing guests to unplug from their busy, overplanned lives and engender a stripped-down adventure.
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On March 20, 2016, President Obama became the first United States president in almost 90 years to visit the island of Cuba, located a mere 90 miles from the coast of Florida—signaling not only a renewed diplomatic relationship between the United States and the communist country, but also, the dawning of a new commercial age which will undoubtedly transform Cuba and its real estate industry.
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The city is transforming an old, major road into a new public park
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI)™ today announced a partnership to advance the AIA’s design and health initiative. As the first corporate supporter of the initiative, IWBI will bring leading edge health and design information, research, and professional education opportunities to AIA members to enable their stewardship of health and wellness-focused design and architecture
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