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Flash Update: Case-Shiller Home Price Index in 20 Cities (December 2024 Release)
CivMetrics collects key real estate data for the largest cities in the United States. In this post, we look at new Case-Shiller Home Price Index data for 20 cities. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]. Data is...
Flash Update: Unemployment Rate in Every Metro (January 2025 Release)
CivMetrics collects key employment data for the largest cities in the United States. In this post, we look at new data on unemployment rates in US metro areas. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]. Data is from...
Florida Tech to Build New 555-Bed Student Housing Complex
To meet the rising enrollment rate, Florida Tech is planning to build a six-story, 555-bed student housing complex atop the Southgate intramural sports field, which is expected to increase the campus’s housing capacity by 27%. The 212,000-square-foot facility will...
New 18-Story Student Housing Complex Coming to Ann Arbor, Michigan’s South University Avenue
Landmark Properties is developing The Metropolitan, a 241-unit student housing community located at 1208 South University Avenue in Ann Arbor, Michigan, following the successful acquisition of a 0.58-acre site which is currently home to the Galleria Mall. Located just...
New Jersey Court Rules Against Towns Challenging Affordable Housing Mandates
Judge Robert Lougy, a New Jersey judge, has rejected a request from 26 towns to halt the state’s affordable housing process while their lawsuit challenging a new law outlining housing obligations continues. The towns, which sued in October, argued that the law...
$222 Million Affordable Housing Project Set to Break Ground in the Bronx, NY
Tishman Speyer’s TS Communities is moving forward with the development of 160 Van Cortlandt Park South, a $222 million 339-unit affordable housing project in the Bronx, New York, with financing secured through bonds, loans, and tax credit equity. The eight-story...
Westfield, Indiana Approves $184M P3 Agreement for Grand Park Sports Campus
The Westfield City Council has entered into a 30-year, $184 million public-private partnership with Grand Park Sports & Entertainment to manage and develop the 400-acre Grand Park Sports Campus in Indiana. Under the agreement, Grand Park Sports &...
Oregon’s Abernethy Bridge Project Sees $72M Cost Hike, Delayed by 10 Months
The funding and development crisis surrounding Oregon’s Interstate 205 Abernethy Bridge continues as the project to widen and seismically strengthen it is now delayed by 10 months and facing a $72 million cost increase, bringing the total estimated cost of Phase 1 to...
New York to Invest $100M in Highway Repairs Across 70 Locations
State highways across New York will be repaved as Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $100 million to repair 551 lane miles in 70 locations that have been affected by extreme weather. Supported by funding from the federal Infrastructure and Jobs Act, key projects include $1.8...
MaineDOT Secures $192 Million for Statewide Infrastructure Projects
Infrastructure improvements will soon be visible across Maine as the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) has secured over $192 million in federal grants through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund critical projects statewide. Allocations include $70...
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