Home Smart Realty franchise opens in Bedford, NH-based Clear Choice opens Mass. office and moreJeremy Belanger, left, senior project engineer at TFMoran was recently selected by New Hampshires Joint Engineering Societies as the 2020 New Hampshire Young Engineer of the Year. The American Society of Civil Engineers-New Hampshire Section nominated him for his work ethic, integrity, enthusiasm for the civil engineering profession and his volunteerism in the community.

Springfield, Vt.-based One Credit Union has opened a new branch in the Shaws Plaza on John Stark Highway in Newport, NH the credit unions seventh branch and its second in New Hampshire. The building was designed by the NES Group of Massachusetts and built by JLN Contracting out of Auburn, NH. The branch will be managed by Patty Kober, who has over 33 years of experience in financial services.

Infinity Realty Group of Londonderry has merged with Bedford-based Keller Williams Metro. Broker-Realtors Cheryl Hazzard and Amanda Butler, along with Realtors Terri Byerly and Julie Dolliver, will continue to serve clients from the IRG location in Londonderry.

Munise Ulker has opened HomeSmart Success Realty in Bedford, part of HomeSmart International, which has a 100% commission brokerage model. As part of HomeSmart, Success Realty agents will get to keep 100% of their commission and have free access to productivity software, online marketing materials, live and on-demand training sessions and agent support, Ulker said.

Manchester-based Clear Choice Home Improvements has opened a second office in Taunton, Mass. The decision to expand across New England and open a second office that allows us to service central Massachusetts, southern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and Rhode Island was a logical step in our business growth strategy, said Jennifer Lanigan, marketing director.

The University of New Hampshire has awarded the Parsons Hall-Iddles Wing renovation project to Chapman Construction/Design of Newton, Mass. The 13,000-square-foot project includes improvement of two large lecture halls, two flat-floor classrooms and adjacent corridors and stairwells as well as replacement of the associated HVAC system. In addition, a new student commons space will be created. Architect and engineer is Harriman Associates, based in Portland, Maine.

Paula L. Scales, president of Brookstone Builders Inc., Manchester, has been included in the 2020 Trademark Women of Distinction Honors Edition. The publication highlights the professional accomplishments and stories of women in business.

Versona, a retailer of womens fashion and accessories, has announced it will be opening its first two locations in New England this spring one at the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua and the other at The Mall of New Hampshire in Manchester.

New England Family Housing will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, March 20, to celebrate its revitalization of the Goddard Block in downtown Claremont. The renovation has created 36 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments and three retail and commercial spaces. The event begins at 10 a.m. at 54 Pleasant St., Claremont.

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Developers are breaking ground this week in Carrollton on a mixed-use development.

Called The View, the 440,000-square-foot project will include 268 condominiums and 31,000 square feet of retail space.

A project of JK & JY Development LLC, the four-story property at 2700 Old Denton Road is within walking distance of the rail stops for both DART and Denton Countys A-Train.

The View will feature contemporary design with quality amenities that celebrate community, health, shopping and dining, Farooq Wazirali, managing partner of JK & JY Development, said in a statement. We were inspired by the natural beauty of nearby Furneaux Creek Nature Trail, so we brought in the award-winning firm of Humphreys & Partners Architects to help us create our vision of a fine urban living project.

The View will have for sale residences with terraces and ground-level villas with private courtyards.

Prices will start at about $200,000.

This will be a place where people will not only live but can come to shop, dine and spend time with family and friends, said Wazirali. The View is located within walking distance to the Spa Castle, H Mart shopping center and many more stores and restaurants.

There will be large pool deck with waterfalls, and the community center will have a social lounge, fitness center, yoga studio, game room, business center, and fully equipped kitchen and bar.

The project is set to start construction Thursday and will open in 2022.

Links Construction of Denton is the general contractor, and the development manager is Epperson Co of Dallas. The Way Realty Advisors is marketing the project.

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On a typically bright and crisp fall afternoon in Los Angeles last November, Abbey Ehman and Brad Cox of Trammell Crow Company showed Commercial Observer around the future site of its District NoHo project in North Hollywood.

The starting point was just south of the development, on the rear patio at the historic Lankershim Depot building at 11275 Chandler Boulevard. Today, its a Groundwork Coffee, catering to an ethnically diverse population on a busy corner of North Hollywood. The building, which once housed the Pacific Electric Red Car line, sat dormant for 30 years until its recent resurrection. With new apartments rising nearby and a bustling street-life scene, it was an apt setting to absorb the plans Trammell Crow has for District NoHo and for North Hollywood itself.

Contrary to its name, North Hollywood is not contiguous with Hollywood and is located in East San Fernando Valley, just east of the 170 freeway and north of the 134 freeway. Its long been known as a nondescript area that housed the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and borders places like Sun Valley, Burbank, Toluca Lake and Studio City.

But recently, North Hollywood has become an all-important, millennial workforce-courting hub. With 40,000-square-feet of the We Companys WeWork NoHo space at Lankershim and Magnolia Boulevards unfurling this fall; a savvy community branded the Noho Arts District; and quirky, colorful eateries such as Kahuna Tiki, Urban Kebab and Republic of Pie dotting Magnolia Boulevard, North Hollywood has become a hip, quasi-bohemian destination.

In December, El Segundo-based Trammell Crow and partner MetLife officially submitted plans to the city of Los Angeles, topping off nearly four years of complex planning for a public-private partnership with the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. If approved, the transit-centric mixed-use project will breathe new life into the North Hollywood Metro station portal at Lankershim Boulevard and South Chandler, a major junction in the area.

We are enthusiastic about the growth, especially of the entertainment industries located in and around the eastern San Fernando Valley, with District NoHo as the anchor of the creative community, said Ehman, who serves as a vice president at Trammell. The project is representative of the way Los Angeles County will grow access to transit, community open space, quality jobs, experiential retail, and a dense residential community that includes affordable housing. Our vision for the project is an urban village in the Valley, rooted in transit, and infused with art and culture.

Plans for District NoHo call for eight buildings that will house 1,500 apartment units (of which 300 will be affordable units), 500,000 square feet of office and 100,000 square feet of retail space.

The hope, Ehman and Cox explained, is that most of the tenants occupying the 1,200 market-rate apartments will be entertainment or tech professionals; if they are not working at the local North Hollywood overage of various media companies, they will be commuting by Metro to nearby media and tech hubs in Burbank, Studio City, Hollywood and Downtown L.A.

Over the next several years, the San Fernando Valley will continue as a highly desirable location to live, work and play, with the North Hollywood Transit Center at the epicenter of the growth, Cox, a senior managing director of Trammells housing arm High Street Residential, said. When it opens in 2023, the project will bring a diverse offering of residential, office, retail and affordable housing to North Hollywood.

Construction is set to kick off late next year, with the project opening across six phases, and the work is expected to take six to eight years to complete.

Trammell Crow purposefully hired three different design firms master architect HKS, plus KFA and Gensler in order to ensure that the sum of its live-work-play parts did not appear to be drawn by the same hand, as Ehman phrased it.

HKS and KFA have designed the residential buildings, and by agreement, the affordable housing must go up first before any commercial buildings go online. Meanwhile, Gensler has designed the 10-story, 400,000-square-foot office tower that will be laminated with retail shops, as Cox, put it.

North Hollywood has been overlooked for a long time, added architect Greg Verabian, an associate principal at HKS Westwood office, who grew up in nearby Studio City and calls this addition to NoHo transformative.

I drank the Kool-Aid of transit transforming neighborhoods, Verabian said. Its a mechanism that can help a neighborhood evolve.

Trammell Crow and MetLifes proposed redux of the Metro station represents a $1 billion investment in North Hollywood, and the developers are not the only ones gambling on the East San Fernando Valley neighborhood. They have worked their District NoHo plan around the historic train depot building occupied by Groundwork Coffee as well as a 127-unit multifamily structure that Richman Group is currently constructing behind it.

Meanwhile, the developers of NoHo West, an ambitious 170 freeway-adjacent mixed-use project, are racing to open in 2020. When finished, the 25-acre complex at 6150 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, located in the most eastern part of the San Fernando Valley, will encompass 642 apartments, 230,000 square feet of office, and 300,000 square feet of retail with 60 dining and shopping sites, including a Trader Joes, Regal Cinemas and 24-Hour Fitness.

NoHo Wests developers, Los Angeles-based GPI Cos. and Lake Forest, Calif.-based Merlone Geier Partners, have anchored the propertys commercial side with office space carved out of the bones of a longtime Macys department store. Key tenants shoring up the retail component include Urbane Caf, The Stand, California Fish Grill and Ulta Beauty. The property will also feature green space, water fountains, a dog-friendly park and playgrounds.

Construction began in 2018 on NoHo West, which will usurp the erstwhile Laurel Plaza space. Designed by DTLA-headquartered Stir Architecture with design work by Orange County-rooted Architects Orange, the complex will inject some modernity into the largely refurbished-looking community, with signage facing the 170.

This is beyond live-work-play, said Patrick Church of JLL, whos been helping to handle the office leasing at NoHo West. Now the flavor is having a project that has a whole community feeling to it.

Church, along with his JLL colleague, oversees 22 buildings and 6 million square feet of office space from Pasadena to NoHo. Of all of their assignments, Church said that this multi-faceted, multi-genre complex has been the most ambitious they have undertaken. The office specialist, who recently firmed up WeWorks floors at nearby 5161 North Lankershim Boulevard, said he believes NoHo West will benefit from the nearby NoHo Arts District, which he said has boomed really over the last 10 years.

Church recently led CO on a hard-hat tour of the former Macys structure, which rises four full floors [five counting mezzanine level). He said he expects to land either four tenants or a single tenant for the entire 230,000-square-foot building.

More than likely its going to be all entertainment, he said.

NoHo West is just the latest project to capitalize on the NoHo renaissance. The neighborhood is currently dotted with mixed-use plans in development, from the Richman Groups project which will deliver 127 apartments and 12,000 square feet of retail near Metros North Hollywood Station next year to more compact projects like Warmington Residentials Cue NoHo, a set of 20 single-family residences at 10907 Otsego Street.

Yet for the community of North Hollywood, NoHo West represents the culmination of a community that has transformed in only a few short years from an invisible suburb to serious business.

In early 2019, Hollywood-based Titmouse Animation expanded into NoHo as they assumed some 25,000 square feet at 5200 Lankershim Boulevard and 4640 Magnolia Boulevard.

The rents they signed are close to Burbank Media District [rents], said Nico Vilgiate of Colliers International, who negotiated the expansion. As of the third quarter of 2019, Burbank office space rents for $3.59 per square foot, according to Colliers data.

Thats because the Hollywood-heavy Burbank submarket is tapped out.

Burbank [Media District] is close to single-digit vacancy, Vilgiate said. That Hollywood trend has been going on for a while, for the last six years. Theres hardly any space left in the Media District.

Suffice it to say, content continues to grow, Vilgiate continued, alluding to a slew of oncoming subscription streaming services, including Disneys launch last November and WarnerMedias in early 2020. I believe Disney took the place almost as a defensive measure, for future employees as they consolidate the workforce from their acquisition of Fox, he added.

In September, ITV Entertainment announced a high-profile leap from offices at Sherman Oaks Galleria to 5250 Lankershim in North Hollywood. Taking over space currently filled by Kaiser Permanente, ITV signed a 10-year lease for 42,000 square feet and expects to relocate in May. Its fellow tenants will include Bento Box animation studio, Tremendous Entertainment and Sada Systems.

North Hollywood was what I called the backlot of Hollywood, said Glendale-based Colliers International Senior Executive Vice President Gregory K. Barsamian, whose expertise lies in the industrial sector. Proximity is a big issue because the studios are nearby. It was affordable, it was close to the studios. Its been the nucleus of the industry.

Barsamian traces NoHos rise all the way back to 1990 with Hewlett-Packard on Lankershim and Magnolia circa 1990. Back in the 1970s, this tweener little community developed machine shops supporting Lockheed, and leasing later shifted to include porn industry production through the 1980s.

Since 2018, NoHo is seeing an influx of cannabis producers moving into industrial buildings, post-legalization of marijuana.

Now theres a Metro stop [in NoHo], Barsamian said. Its attracting artistic people.

But for all of its submarket heat, the communitys industrial product is rarely top tier.

From an industrial perspective, theres nothing special or pretty (in North Hollywood), its a nondescript Steady Eddie, Barsamian said, adding that its warehouses often have terrible parking, the loading sucks.

While not Class A material, NoHo warehouse space has attracted people running companies out of their bedrooms and their garages needing to grow, he said.

In general across the Valley, where warehouses are being converted into piecemeal soundstages to feed the content frenzy for streamers such as Netflix and Disney Plus, the supply of straight industrial space has been frustratingly low, Barsamian said.

What needs to happen in NoHo, Barsamian continued, is what culminated last year in nearby Sun Valley, when Xebec re-developed a former landfill into two mammoth, state-of-the-art warehouse facilities, one of which is occupied by Amazon distribution-enabler OnTrac. That was a case of taking land that wasnt buildable in the past and figure out what the cost is to make it buildable, Barsamian said.

That strategy was also seen at 11200 Peoria Street, where Penske Truck Rental created a building sitting on pylons like a freeway overpass [with gravel in-fill], he said.

Overall, the submarkets actors do not see North Hollywood cooling anytime soon.

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Developers in Lewisville have gotten the go-ahead for a huge mixed-use development that will bring new offices, apartments and hotel space.

Bright Realtys 140-acre Crown Centre project is planned on State Highway 121 near the developers Castle Hills community.

Lewisvilles city council just approved final plans for the project that include up to 2,000 multifamily units, 3 million square feet of office space and as many as 500 hotel rooms.

Plans for Crown Centre ultimately include 35 buildings connected by open space with lakes and trails.

Construction is already underway on the first Crown Centre office building, a four-story, 109,000-square-foot project at State Highway 121 and Regent Way.

The building will open in mid-2020.

Crown Centre will serve as a substantial employment center for the city as well as a walkable live, work and play destination, Chris Bright, Bright Realty CEO, said in a statement. It is designed with the multifamily components spread throughout the office and retail spaces to encourage pedestrian activity and use during both daytime and evening hours.

The project is also designed with a large amount of green space and water features throughout, which provide areas to take a break during the hectic workday and places to recharge over the weekend.

The Crown Centre project is one of two major mixed-use projects Bright Realty is doing.

The developer is also building Realm at Castle Hills, a 324-acre project that includes offices, restaurants, retail, entertainment and apartments.

The first office building in the $1.5 billion Realm opened last year and is almost fully leased.

Both of the mixed-use projects are being built on land thats been in the Bright family since the 1950s.

Construction started on the 3,000-acre Castle Hills in 1997.

Castle Hills is 11 miles from DFW International Airport and a few miles from Planos $3 billion Legacy West development.

The community has almost 5,000 single-family homes, and thousands of new apartments, condos and townhomes are planned.

Crown Centre will be the largest commercial section of the Bright Realty project.

We have a great partner in Bright Realty and we are excited about the future of Lewisville and Castle Hills, Donna Barron, Lewisville city manager, said in a statement. We look forward to the opportunities Crown Centre will provide for both Lewisville and Castle Hills.

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Proponents of a major mixed-use, transit-oriented development immediately west of SkyTrains Braid Station in New Westminster have returned to the municipal government with a significantly larger proposal that includes a significant additional infusion of rental housing.

Last week, New Westminster city council advanced the public consultation process for the revised master plan in support of the rezoning application for Sapperton Green at 97 Braid Street on a 38-acre industrial site currently occupied by a 650,000-sq-ft Amazon fulfillment centre,and former warehouse buildings that now contain Extreme Air Park and Futbol 5 Indoor Soccer.

The southernmost parcel of the property is a satellite parking lot for Royal Columbian Hospital staff, and to the north the site is framed by the Central Valley Greenway and the Brunette River. There is also direct access to the Trans Canada Highway via the Brunette Avenue interchange.

Site of Sapperton Green at 97 Braid Street, New Westminster. The property is largely occupied by an Amazon fulfillment centre. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership / QuadReal Properties)

Planning for the redevelopment began in 2011, when it was managed by commercial developer Bentall Kennedy on behalf of the propertys owner, the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCIMC).

But QuadReal Properties took over management of the project in 2017, when it took over Bentall Kennedys BCIMC portfolio and submitted the first iteration of the application. The architectural firm for the project isMusson Cattell Mackey Partnership.

The new revision increases the projects market residential floor area from 3.4 million sq. ft. to 4.2 million sq. ft. an increase of 800,000 sq. ft. About 1.2 million sq. ft. of this market residential floor area will be set aside by secured market rental housing.

This increased density will be accommodated by additional heights for the residential towers and an additional 26-storey residential building.

February 2020 proposed phasing plan of Sapperton Green at 97 Braid Street, New Westminster. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership / QuadReal Properties)

There will also be 255,000 sq. ft. of affordable rental housing, between 750,000 sq. ft. and 1.5 million sq. ft. of office space, and between 100,000 and 150,000 sq. ft. of retail space.

Changes to the proposal are consistent with the citys new Inclusionary Housing Policy, which focuses on catalyzing non-market rental homes.

The office component of the project is significant for New Westminster, given that its scale would increase the citys office supply by between 37.5% and 75%, depending on the option chosen.

The projects residential uses are largely located on the northwest half of the site, while retail and office space are oriented on the southeast half, closest to the SkyTrain station and bus exchange. The tallest buildings are generally located on the northern half and core of the property, as well as next to the transit hub.

Retail and restaurant uses will line the street along the northern foot of Rosseau Street on the property, and the Transit Way leading to the bus exchange.

A 35,000-sq-ft community centre with a childcare facility is located next to a 2.4-acre central public park.

February 2020 proposed site plan of Sapperton Green at 97 Braid Street, New Westminster. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership / QuadReal Properties)

A pair of plazas are planned, and the Central Greenway will be rerouted through a new greenway and open space going through the core of the site.

The entire project calls for eight acres of green and open spaces, parks, and plazas, including dedicating 3.5 acres for riparian area improvements, particularly along the propertys northern edge with the river.

With city councils latest decision, public consultation will be held from Spring to Fall 2020, with an aim to finalize the master plan by the end of this year.

If the master plan is approved, the entire redevelopment will be built in three phases, with each phase comprised of 85,000 sq. ft. of affordable rental housing. Construction on the affordable housing component of the first phase could begin in 2021, providing 110 units within a six-storey building.

The first phase will develop the southernmost parcel of the site. Amazons 2012-opened facility on the site will not be affected until construction of the second phase begins. Two other Amazon fulfillment centres serving Metro Vancouver are located in Delta.

QuadReal Properties is also behind the redevelopments of the old Canada Post building and Oakridge Centre in Vancouver.

February 2020 artistic rendering of Sapperton Green at 97 Braid Street, New Westminster. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership / QuadReal Properties)

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AN ART DECO-compatible, 42-story, high-rise is planned to break ground in 2021 at 5411 Wilshire Blvd. at Cochran Ave.

After years of construction, the Miracle Mile is breathing a collective sigh of relief.

But not for long. While much has been built in recent years, theres much more development coming down the pike.

This planning stuff has consumed us for five, 10 years, said Miracle Mile Residential Association (MMRA) President Jim OSullivan.

These big things seem to be sprouting up all over the place. It seems like everyday something new comes up.

The Mile is about to see its tallest development yet if all goes according to plan.

A 42-story luxury high-rise is planned at the Staples office supply store site at Wilshire Blvd. and Cochran Ave.

CIRCA 1939. The Sontag Drug Store on the northwest corner of Wilshire and Cloverdale avenues, today is the site of Wilshire Beauty Supply; it will remain as part of the new skyscraper plans.Courtesy of Miraclemilela.com

Developer Wally Marks, whose family owns the property, plans to reveal up-to-date details about the project this month.

Meetings have already been held with some members of the community, and the projects size has been reduced with good results.

I think its a better project, Marks told us.

Earlier reports detailed 371 apartments, including 56 low-income units, in project architect Richard Keatings design. It blends the new a robotic parking system and yoga studio with the old an Art Deco-compatable design to reflect the areas origins, and the single-story Wilshire Beauty Supply, built in 1930 as a Sontag Drug Store, whose faade will remain.

Marks expects to break ground at the end of 2021, with an opening in 2023, the same year as the debut of the Purple Lines Wilshire and La Brea subway station.

The Wally Marks project on Wilshire will be a class act, said OSullivan.

Marks, developer and owner of the renovated Helms Bakery District retail site in Culver City, and developer Jerry Snyder (who built the Wilshire Courtyard) are known for quality projects, OSullivan commented.

THE RESIDENCES at Wilshire Curson, 285 new apartments in a 20-story building, has topped out, half-way between Sixth St. and Wilshire Blvd.

JH Snyder Company and partner OGO Associates are constructing a 20-story apartment building boasting panoramic views and a rooftop resort pool.

The building has already topped out. To be called The Residences at Wilshire Curson, the project includes 285 apartments in the MVE+Partners design that rises next to the SAG-AFTRA Plaza and across Curson from the Los Angeles County La Brea Tar Pits. The development includes subterranean parking. Opening date is early 2021.

RENDERING shows CGI Strategies proposed mixed-use development on La Brea Ave., adjacent to the subway station.

CGI Strategies plans a hotel / apartment / commercial-use building for the site just north of Wilshire Blvd. on La Brea Ave., right next to a subway station entrance.

The eight-story complex includes 121 apartments and 125 hotel rooms and 13,037 square feet of commercial / restaurant / retail space. The Morris Adjmi Architects design includes two pools on the top floor and has two levels of subterranean parking.

The 210,123-square-foot development is still in the midst of the entitlement process. But things are moving forward nicely, project spokesperson Bruce Beck of DB&R Marketing Communications told us.

But the project has hit some roadblocks.

Its been postponed indefinitely, OSullivan told us. Theyre getting a lot of pushback from neighbors and businesses opposing the added traffic the project would bring to the congested area.

The project will be separated by an alley from the Purple Line subway station. It will back up to residential parking garages on Detroit St., which is already a problem for traffic, say neighbors.

On the plus side, We are going to need a hotel when all the museums open up, and the project will provide living-wage jobs, says OSullivan.

But as it is, it is too ambitious. Theyre going to have to go back to the drawing board.

TOM BERGINS STAYS PUT and a new eight-story, 209-unit residential development is proposed next door.

An eight-story, 209-unit development and 2,500 square feet of commercial space is proposed at 800 to 840 S. Fairfax Ave., at the corner of Eighth St. To the south of the proposed new buildings, the project includes a landscaped plaza on the site of the parking lot at Tom Bergins Bar & Restaurant.

The favorite neighborhood pub will remain. It was declared a Historic-Cultural Monument in June; its parking lot was excluded from the designation.

Applicant Christopher Clifford of Las Vegas Colliers International has filed for an entitlement application with Los Angeles City Planning.

According to city documents, the residential units would be over three levels of garage and commercial space, and there will be underground restaurant parking to replace Bergins present surface parking.

Two existing two-story buildings that contain 40 rent-stabilized units would be demolished. The new development would provide 28 units of extremely low-income housing in exchange for a density bonus, reduced parking and increased floor area, among other benefits.

The MMRA has come out against the project, and the association is in contact with the tenant union that has recently formed, OSullivan told us.

The project design by Reed Architectural Group is among those seeking to benefit from the citys Transit Oriented Communities incentives designed to create more affordable housing. The project is one block from the purple Line Fairfax subway station.

These new developments, if approved, will join recently opened apartment buildings, including The Mansfield, The Avalon, Wilshire La Brea and 5600 Wilshire.

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The global daylight market is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 6% during the period 20192025

New York, March 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Daylight Market - Global Outlook and Forecast 2020-2025" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p05868636/?utm_source=GNW Moreover, inspired by installation in new buildings as well as renovation and replacement of existing structures. Daylight systems are used in both residential and commercial facilities, including retail, hospitality, hospitals, educational institutes, government institutes, warehouses, and other industrial facilities.

The increase in green buildings is one of the major drivers for the growth of the daylighting market. Green buildings are known as sustainable and high-performance buildings. These buildings are designed to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment by efficiently reducing the use of energy, water, and other resources, protecting the health of the residents, and improving the productivity of employees. Daylight systems are considered an effective way in which a building can meet its sustainable standards, as they can provide an abundance of natural light, which reduces or eliminates the need for electric lighting during the daytime. Further, the rising demand for renewable energy is driving the use of photovoltaic systems. Building-integrated photovoltaic technology (BIPV) can provide aesthetical, economical, and technological solutions for electric self-sufficiency in buildings. It is the most promising technology for harvesting solar energy in urban areas. It offers multiple benefits for buildings, including power generation from renewable energy resources, daylighting solutions, heating and cooling load reduction, and others.

The following factors are likely to contribute to the growth of the daylighting market during the forecast period: Growth of Green Building Activities Sustainability Reshaping Global Construction Market Regulation on Energy Efficiency Driving Skylight Demand Growing Demand for Tubular Skylights

The study considers the present scenario of the daylighting market and its market dynamics for the period 2019?2025. It covers a detailed overview of several market growth enablers, restraints, and trends. The study offers both the demand and supply aspects of the market. It profiles and examines leading companies and other prominent companies operating in the market.

Daylight Market: Segmentation

This research report includes a detailed segmentation by products, end-user, installation, and geography. The increase in spending on new office and commercial buildings in China and the growth of residential construction in the US are key contributors to the window segment. The US and China are expected to drive the global demand for windows during the forecast period. The new residential construction will account for the majority of the demand in the coming years.

The rapidly developing infrastructure and construction output in emerging markets are driving the global skylight market. Infrastructural development, renovations, and remodeling of existing commercial and residential buildings would support the growth of the segment. In mature regions such as North America and Europe, growth is mainly driven by product innovations. However, the high installation cost of skylights is a primary challenge for growth during the forecast period.

Curtain or window walls are a popular choice among architects as they allow maximum lights in the building. The primary benefit of curtain walls is they allow natural light into the interior space, reducing the need for artificial lighting, hence reducing electric bills. Further, these curtain walls are airtight and can prevent rain or moisture intrusion. However, maintenance of curtain walls is one of the primary challenges for the growth as they generally require professional expertise.

The rise in renovation activities and growth of commercial properties in major markets, including the US, Canada, China, Brazil, Germany, the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore, are driving the commercial daylight segment. Increasing government regulations and active policies to reduce energy consumption in commercial buildings are boosting demand. Further, active renovation policies are also contributing to growth. A similar trend has also been observed in North American countries where manufacturers are increasingly focusing on environmental sustainability and green building construction. The growing replacement demand for windows and skylights in residential buildings to improve energy efficiency is primarily responsible for the growth of residential daylights. Although construction and expansion of residential units will drive the market, a majority of the demand will be generated from house renovation projects. Modern house decors demand improved aesthetics, which would drive the demand for products such as skylights and curtain walls.

One of the major causes of replacement demand is increasing awareness of energy efficiency among buildings and residential houses. Innovations in energy efficiency are considered a critical tool to fight climate change and deliver major benefits to the people. Homeowners undertake improvement to make residential properties comfortable, upgrade air conditioning and heating systems, waterproof roofs and basements, soundproof rooms, and extend their homes and boost energy savings. Further, the growing demand for photovoltaic, smart, and electric daylight systems is driving replacement demand in both commercial and professional sectors.

The construction sector accounts for approximately 39% of the global C02 emission. Thus, the construction industry is one of the least sustainable industries in the world. As part of the worldwide effort to avert a climate crisis, the urban population requires to evolve away from their reliance on concrete. Several property firms and architects are thus committed to making their buildings zero carbon by 2030. The construction industry is increasingly shifting toward sustainable methods and green architecture, thereby giving rise to innovative designs. The growth of sustainability in construction is driving the market for daylight systems. About 51% of the global construction projects in the next three years are estimated to be sustainable ones. Thus, the rapidly growing construction market in both commercial and residential sectors is expected to increase demand for daylights during the forecast period.

Market Segmentation by Product Windows Skylights Curtain WallsMarket Segmentation by End-user Commercial ResidentialMarket Segmentation by Installation Replacement Demand New Construction

Insights by Geography

In mature regions such as North America and Europe, growth is mainly driven by product innovations. In emerging regions, the rapidly developing infrastructure and construction output are contributing to the growth of the global daylight market. Strong economic growth, coupled with rising construction activities and increasing disposable income, has primarily supported the growth in the APAC region. India, China, Australia, South Korea, and Japan have mainly driven the growth in the region.

The European market is driven by the growth in installation in new buildings as well as high demand from renovations and retrofit activities. The European construction growth is broad-based and will to take place across sectors, including residential, non-residential, and civil engineering, for both new construction and renovation activities, thereby driving the growth of the daylighting market in the region.Strong economic growth, the establishment of new businesses, company expansions, and increased construction activities are mainly driving the demand for daylight in the North America region. Despite strong economic growth, the construction output is declining in the US; however, the declining construction output is being supplemented by higher production in Canada. The residential construction experienced the sharpest decline; in contrast, commercial construction witnessed strong growth in recent years.The fast-growing construction and infrastructural development sector in MEA is driving the market for daylight. Some of the major construction projects in the region include the Strategic Plan of 2021, the Energy Strategy of 2050, Sheikh Zayed Housing Program, Dubai Tourism Strategy, and the National Strategy for Higher Education 2030. The UAE leads the construction industry output in the region and is also one of the most potential markets for daylight in the region. The residential sector accounts for the highest demand for daylights in Latin America. The rise in residential, commercial, and infrastructural construction output in Brazil and Mexico is driving the growth of the market.

Market Segmentation by Geography Europeo UKo Franceo Spaino Italyo Germany APACo Chinao Japano Indiao Australia North Americao USo Canada Latin Americao Brazilo Mexico MEAo UAEo Saudi Arabia

Insights by Vendors

The global daylight market is highly competitive, with the presence of a large number of public and private companies. These vendors typically compete on key parameters such as product design, quality, reliability, support services, and price. Rapid technological advancements are adversely impacting the vendors as consumers are expecting continuous innovations and upgrades of products. The present scenario is driving vendors to alter and refine their unique value proposition to achieve a strong market presence.

Key Vendors VKR Group Anderson JELD-WENOther Vendors Kingspan Light + Air Fakro Sun-Tek Skylights Onyx Solar Group Skyview Skylight Sunoptics Skydome Skylights Lamilux Heinrich Strunz Group Colombia Skylights CrystaLite Inc. Solatube International Daylight America Atrium Windows and Doors Weather Shield Airclos IQ Glass NorDan Arbonia Aluplast Josko Reynaers Aluminium

Key Market InsightsThe analysis of the global daylight market provides sizing and growth opportunities for the forecast period 20202025. Provides comprehensive insights on the latest industry trends, forecast, and growth drivers in the market. Includes a detailed analysis of growth drivers, challenges, and investment opportunities. Delivers a complete overview of segments and the regional outlook of the daylight market. Offers an exhaustive summary of the vendor landscape, competitive analysis, and key strategies to gain competitive advantage.Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p05868636/?utm_source=GNW

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CLEVELAND (PRWEB) March 04, 2020

Universal Windows Direct, the nations fastest-growing replacement window company, recently hired a new Director of Media. Christine Wills brings a vast amount of media experience to the team, including working for WEWS TV5 and WKYC TV3 for 14 years combined. Wills experience is an essential addition to the corporate team at Universal Windows Direct as she oversees initiatives such as TV, radio, and other media.

My goal is to change the media landscape for Universal Windows Direct across all markets, said Wills. I look forward to the journey as we embark to bring all media in-house.

Wills was born and raised in the suburbs of Cleveland, spending the majority of her life in Brecksville and Broadview Heights. She has a BBA in Marketing from Kent State University as well as a real estate license. Her well-rounded background and excitement for the Director of Media position made her the perfect candidate for the role.

I was so excited and feel so blessed to have been chosen for the position of Director of Media, said Wills. I took this job because I saw how this company was changing and growing, and I wanted to be a part of that growth and change.

Universal Windows Direct is currently at spot number 10 in the nation on Qualified Remodelers Top 500. It also achieved spot number 870 on Inc.s 5000. The company experienced revenue growth of 489% over the last year and it opened numerous new locations around the country.

The mission of Universal Windows Direct is constant and never-ending improvement, providing its employees with a challenging workplace to grow professionally and personally. On the customer side, the company provides exterior remodeling products that improve the quality of homes and lives, all at the best market prices.

With a new Director of Media on staff, Universal Windows Direct looks forward to blazing trails in the industry throughout 2020 and beyond.

About Universal Windows DirectUniversal Windows Direct is an exterior renovation company based out of Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 2002 by William Barr and Michael Strmac, who had a mission to provide the highest quality home improvement products at the best market prices possible. Today, Universal Windows Direct is one of the fastest-growing home improvement companies in the country. The company offers exclusive UniShield replacement windows, UniShield vinyl siding, entry doors, and roofing.

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When is a historic old building not a historic old building? When its a historic new building.

The 1907 Tin Building, one of two surviving major structures of the celebrated Fulton Fish Market and the only one of the pair within a designated historic district, was painstakingly disassembled in 2018 and is now being recreated 32 feet east of its original location.

Thirteen years after the fish market was shuttered and moved to Hunts Point in the Bronx, more than 300 pieces of the utilitarian, neoclassical marketplace were salvaged and cataloged for reference or reuse by the Howard Hughes Corporation, the leaseholder of Pier 17 at South Street Seaport.

From the early 1800s until its closing in 2005, the bustling, odoriferous Fulton Fish Market was an integral part of the working East River waterfront that helped make New York City the powerhouse mercantile center of the United States. With fish arriving first by schooner and sloop and later by refrigerated truck, the venerable wholesale market grew to be the largest of its kind in the country, its nocturnal fishmongers hawking their wares through the wee hours as workers with hand trucks wended their way among alternating pockets of light and shadow on South Street.

After a complete reconstruction of Pier 17, a building of the same size and profile as the Tin Building is currently taking shape there. Yet this three-story edifice is not the reassembled Tin Building but rather a brand-new structure a meticulous replica that incorporates 92 salvaged elements of the storied relic but is otherwise composed of new materials on a new site, with a new interior configuration and new entrances on its eastern facade. In addition to being moved eastward, the building has also been raised six and a half feet to protect it from flooding. It is more Son of the Tin Building than the Tin Building itself.

Its a brand-new building with some historic detailing left that harkens back to what it was originally, said Cory Rouillard, an associate partner at Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, a historic preservation consultant on the project. She added that some of the salvaged pieces that were not reused in the new structure provided valuable information for the fabricators manufacturing replicated elements.

The Tin Building, an unfussy fish distribution center clad in corrugated metal and crowned by three ornamented pediments, was the fourth fish market building to occupy the stretch of waterfront between Beekman and Fulton Streets, bounded by what came to be called Piers 17 and 18.

The first was a one-story wooden shed built after an 1834 petition before the citys board of aldermen. The second, also a shed, stood upright by virtue of a few iron nails and a liberal plaster of fish oils, according to the seaport historian Ellen Rosebrock. The third, constructed in 1869 by the newly formed Fulton Market Fishmongers Association, was a two-story and loft structure topped with a spiffy cupola and a brass weather vane on which a bluefish swam the air currents.

When the Tin Building an archaic misnomer, as the market was actually sheathed in galvanized steel replaced it, the efficiency of the new structures design was greeted with giddy celebration by the fishmonger cognoscenti. For perfection of sanitary arrangements, shipping facilities and conveniences of all kinds, declared The Fishing Gazette, there is no market of any kind in the world which is quite its equal.

In the last 25 years, the resilient old building came under repeated assault from three of the four elements: fire, water and air. A 1995 blaze ravaged it, and after a partial restoration and the fish markets departure in 2005 for the Bronx, the vacated structure was flooded in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy.

The Tin Building also weathered controversial development proposals. One, pushed by General Growth Properties, Pier 17s previous leaseholder, and rebuffed in 2008 by the Landmarks Preservation Commission amid fierce neighborhood opposition, would have moved the old structure to the eastern end of the pier in favor of a new mixed-use complex that included a 42-story tower just outside the historic district. A later plan that also foundered and was put forth by Howard Hughes, included a 50-story condominium tower, later shaved to 43 stories, at the foot of Beekman Street that iteration also would have reconstructed the Tin Building some 30 feet east of its original site.

The current Tin Building project has not been free of controversy. Indeed, depending on ones views on the citys eternal struggle between development and preservation, the new Tin Building represents either the keystone of a revitalized Pier 17 and South Street Seaport district or the loss of an important physical vestige of the citys thriving past as a maritime commercial center. Or both.

The Tin Building is really the linchpin for the seaport, connecting the historic district and this historic building out to Pier 17, said Saul Scherl, the president of the New York tristate region for Howard Hughes. Its completing the missing hole in the middle. The historic district boundary runs jigsaw fashion through the pier, with the Tin Building lying within the protected area.

In 2013, Howard Hughes demolished the touristy Pier 17 shopping mall and replaced it with a sleek new four-story Pier 17 Building designed by SHoP Architects, which opened in 2018. Intended to attract New Yorkers, including the many nearby millennial residents, the 212,000-square-foot structure contains a rooftop event space, broadcast studios and restaurants like the Fulton by Jean-Georges Vongerichten.

The new Tin Building, also designed by SHoP, will be a 53,000-square-foot marketplace under Mr. Vongerichtens direction. In a nod to the fishmonger days, seafood will be purveyed, along with meats, cheese and produce, on the first two floors, which will be connected by an escalator. The third floor will be the commissary, where foods are prepared and stored.

The original Tin Building had long hunkered in the shadow of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive viaduct, which in 1954 was built rather rudely just two feet above the market buildings cast-iron-and-steel canopy on South Street. The developers main rationale for constructing the new Tin Building nearly 11 yards from the site of its progenitor was to raise the structure one foot above the 100-year floodplain, which would have been impossible on the original site because of the looming obstruction of the F.D.R. Drive above it. The move also opened up views of the Brooklyn Bridge from the East River esplanade.

Preservation groups were divided on the projects merits.

Although most of the buildings original fabric had been lost over the decades, the Municipal Art Society maintained that the structure should have been restored in situ using as much of the original material or surviving vintage replacement material as possible.

Whats happened over all over the decades in the seaport is a commodification and Disneyfication of its history, and the market continuing as a functioning fish market till 2005 can communicate some of that history to a visitor, said Tara Kelly, the groups vice president of policy and programs. Moving the market was a real loss to that neighborhood, and then moving the Tin Building is death by a thousand cuts.

The dismantling of the Tin Building and its replication on a new site has been a rare and extreme intervention for a structure within a historic district. Previously, only one other building relocation in such a district had been permitted by the landmarks commission. In 2008, the Hamilton Grange was moved within the Hamilton Heights Historic District from an awkward site on Convent Avenue to St. Nicholas Park.

In the case of the Tin Building, the commission determined that its relocation and elevation would substantially improve the resiliency of the reconstructed building and its site, and support its long-term preservation, said Zodet Negrn, a commission spokeswoman.

But Ms. Kelly maintained that the bar for relocation should be higher for buildings in historic districts. A building like the Tin Building within the context of the South Street Seaport Historic District in its location is important to maintain and protect because we have collectively all decided that its special by giving it this recognition, she said. So its not like any other building whose context can change and whose physical components can change without a very thorough and intentional process.

Alex Herrera, the director of preservation services at the New York Landmarks Conservancy, said that given all the damage the long-suffering Tin Building had endured, its a miracle it survived at all.

In a departure from the conservancys usual opposition to relocating historic buildings, the group supported the Tin Building project because it believed that the serious deterioration of the underlying pier had required the market structures disassembly.

This building has been built and rebuilt and rebuilt many times, so at this point the history aspect is the memory of it, Mr. Herrera said. Its redolent of the maritime commerce that the South Street Seaport was all about.

The original Tin Building was built by the Berlin Construction Company of Berlin, Conn., on a platform pier abutting the land. The full blocklong frontage of its ground floor was open to South Street during business hours, while rear doors on the water side gave access to fish cars, floating wooden containers where live fish were kept. (In 1945, the cars were replaced by a refrigerated shed, and in the 1980s a new, wider Pier 17 was built between what had been Piers 17 and 18, cutting off the buildings direct connection to the river.)

From earliest morn until after three oclock in the afternoon, wagons are stacked up in front of the market so deep that it is almost impossible to gain a passage through the tangle, reported the Fishing Gazette in 1907. There are heavy trucks bringing loads of fish from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts and the Great Lakes of this country and Canada, and express wagons taking loads of fish which are shipped to all parts of the compass.

The market building was supported by a grid of slender cast-iron columns. The columns running east to west on the high-ceilinged ground floor separated the 18 fishmongers stalls, and each dealer had an office on a mezzanine at the rear. The second floor was used for dressing rooms and the third for storage of barrels and boxes.

In 1939, the fish market was expanded into a New Market Building northeast of the Tin Building. While great quantities of fish had been delivered by boat during the Tin Buildings early years, a report commissioned by the city noted that by 1953 some 90 percent arrived by truck.

Naima Rauam, a painter who from 1997 to 2005 kept a studio in the Tin Building in a second-floor storage space that she sublet from the Blue Ribbon Fish Company, made a close study of the structure.

During off hours it had this deep, dark mood, and it had a very refined feel, spare but graceful, said Ms. Rauam, who was the buildings only tenant not working in the fish trade. But five nights a week, from around midnight to dawn, it was a sea of blazingly bright lights, brighter than Times Square, so guys could work and commerce could take place.

In latter years, the columns of the selling floor were painted red, which Ms. Rauam said lent them a certain joyousness.

The buildings distinctive canopy, under which mini forklifts called hi-los deposited pallets of fish, was neither straight nor strong during the Fulton Fish Markets twilight years.

It had a gentle S-curve, Ms. Rauam said. There was a sense of stoic tiredness to it from a century of sheltering the fish from rain and snow.

Most of the cast-iron columns of that original canopy, as well as its steel beams and trusses, were salvaged and later reassembled, making that overhang the most intact historical component of the new Tin Building.

The cataloging of the salvaged columns helped the design team understand the typology of this gritty commercial building, with its 19 rows of columns running six deep from front to back. Of the 114 original columns, 32 have been incorporated into the new building. Behind the row of mostly original canopy columns, a second row was arranged by alternating the rough-surfaced original cast-iron columns with smooth steel replications.

At the rear of the ground floor, a mock mezzanine with a row of windows will recall the historic look of the old fish dealers offices.

By and large, the new Tin Building uses new materials. Whereas the original edifice was supported by steel beams atop the cast-iron columns, the new one is a modern steel-framed building with structural steel studs.

The corrugated exterior panels were originally made of galvanized steel, and a 2007 survey estimated that perhaps 30 percent survived. But rather than retain that material, the developer chose to replicate the siding in more durable aluminum.

What was fascinating is taking a building that was never precious in the first place and being really careful about what was there so we can hang on to that knowledge, said Ms. Rouillard, the preservation consultant.

Though much of the corrugated exterior was covered with new paneling after the 1995 fire, Ms. Rouillard said that her team found little time capsules of the original cladding behind the 1940s refrigeration unit that had been built along the eastern exterior wall. Documenting these relics helped the team replicate the amplitude and frequency of the corrugations. To estimate the panel widths, they consulted an 1890 trade catalog.

Most of the fabric of the original galvanized-steel pilasters survived, but these too were put aside and meticulously replicated in aluminum, as were the pediments and the cornice, which had been lost in the fire and replaced by fiberglass facsimiles. The intricate pediment ornamentation was recreated from stamped zinc, as on the original building.

A 2021 opening is planned, and as it happens, this is not the first time that a fish market structure has been moved from the site fronting South Street that the Tin Building occupied for more than a century. To make way for the Tin Building, its predecessor was temporarily relocated nearby in the late 1800s, and scheduled for demolition upon its successors completion.

When the Tin Building opened its doors in 1907, a man named Windy Donnelly mused about the doomed old market building in the pages of The Evening Post: The guy who wrote Destroy not the ancient landmark, will have a fit when he sees that old building, to the north of this new shack, a week from today.

But the case of the new marketplace under construction this winter on Pier 17 is more complex. It is anybodys guess whether that preservationist of yore would have considered the current Tin Building project the destruction of an ancient landmark or simply a happy reincarnation.

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INDIANAPOLIS A bill aimed at promoting the use of mobile and modular houses passed through the House of Representatives over the concerns of some calling it support of an industry disguised as a solution to affordable housing.

SB 148, authored by Sen. Blake Doriot, allows modular houses to be placed in licensed manufactured housing communities but allows for local regulations and homeowners associations to create their own restrictions. The bill also prohibits placing manufactured housing in designated areas, such as historic districts.

In committee last week, Doriot, R-Syracuse, said that zoning related to manufactured housing has moved slower than other zoning laws, especially as older units aged out. As communities closed, older homes couldnt be moved without adequate notice, so the bill makes park owners give homeowners a 180-day notice.

Lets be honest, they werent as nice, they werent built to the standards that we have today, Doriot said in last weeks committee. If were going to close a park, we need to give notice so people can arrange to get their homes out.

This was the concern of Rep. Justin Moed, D-Indianapolis, on the floor Tuesday.

He said a mobile home park closed in his district containing mostly units from the 1970s and 1980s that couldnt be moved and he witnessed a family tearing down the home for scrap metal.

This will continue to happen as districts age out, Moed said. For some families, this is the best that they can do, the best to keep them from being homeless.

House sponsor Rep. Doug Miller, R-Elkhart, said that 22 million Americans live in manufactured housing.

In last weeks committee hearing, Ronald Breymier, the executive director of the Indiana Manufactured Housing Association, said the companies that built 11,000 manufactured houses in Indiana last year employ 10,000 Hoosiers. He said the construction of manufactured houses cost $50 per square foot compared to $120 per square foot for site-built houses.

You cannot tell the difference with our new mobile homes that are designed just like site-built homes, Breymier boasted. Its going to be very exciting for consumers because theyre going to have something they can afford.

Breymier said Ben Carson, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is a fan of manufactured housing as a potential solution to the countrys affordable housing crisis.

Everyone in this room knows about our affordable housing crisis and todays manufactured homes are indeed a solution to affordable housing, Breymier said last week. The 2019 federal appropriations (bill) includes a provision for manufactured housing with local planning commissions (and) says that manufactured housing should be a part of that plan.

On Tuesday, Miller connected the shortage of housing with Indianas workforce, saying manufactured houses would be inspected at construction and comply with federal construction code.

Weve got an affordable home crisis in this state and its difficult to attract workers here if we cant provide affordable housing, Miller said.

Miller received opposition from Rep. Chuck Moseley, D-Portage, who questioned if municipalities wanted the legislation.

Did your cities, towns and counties come to you with this or are you carrying this for the mobile home industry? Moseley asked.

Miller said that he hadnt been approached by local government but hadnt received pushback from municipalities in his district either.

The bill now heads to the governors desk.

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