When the plant scaled back production in the 2000s and closed in 2015, around the time of white-collar job cuts, Normal felt the pinch. Suppliers decamped, and many workers left […]
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Back to news homeCalifornia’s Plan to Make New Buildings Greener Will Also Raise Costs
But in other locations like San Bernardino, a far less affluent city east of Los Angeles, where the typical home sells for about $529,000, the cost of solar panels and […]
Nooses, Anger and No Answers: Inside the Uproar Over a Future Amazon Site
Representatives for Amazon and the other companies involved say they have done everything they can, delaying construction twice, adding security and cameras at the site and putting up $100,000 in […]
‘A Wild 15 Months’: Pandemic Spurs Conversion of Offices to Labs
The pandemic dealt a gut punch to landlords of office buildings. Aware that work can go on with employees logging in from home, businesses across the country shrank their spaces […]
Building Solar Farms May Not Build the Middle Class
‘Like a Moving Assembly Line’On an afternoon in mid-May, several laborers coming off their shift at Assembly Solar said they were grateful for the work, which they said paid $16 […]
When Scaffolding Hands Them Lemons, Developers Make Lemon Trees
Given the strong feelings on the subject, it’s no wonder that alternative designs have sprung up in New York. The firm Urban Umbrella has made a name for itself with […]
China Adds More Parks to Its Cities to Raise Quality of Life
SHANGHAI — Suzhou Creek was little more than an open sewer for decades as its murky waters coursed through the heart of Shanghai. Now, it teems with life along verdant […]
House Hunters Are Leaving the City, and Builders Can’t Keep Up
River Islands, the development where the Namayans hoped to live, is in Lathrop, Calif., which has a population of 25,000. It sits about a half-hour beyond Altamont Pass, whose rolling […]
Chinese and Indian Troops Clash at Their Disputed Border
NEW DELHI — Indian and Chinese troops have clashed along their disputed Himalayan border, according to media and military reports on Monday, as Beijing quietly intensifies pressure against its southern […]
Air Cargo Construction Is Booming, Thanks to Amazon
At Chicago Rockford International, plans are underway to build a 90,000-square-foot cargo facility. As soon as it opens in the spring, the airport will start another 100,000-square-foot cargo project for […]