Land Development

Builders Net Win in N.Y. Case

Court Says State Can Claim Land for Brooklyn Project; Game Is Back on for NBA Arena By New York's highest court ruled that it is lawful for the state to seize private land for use by private developers, clearing a hurdle for a...

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Clearfield balks at UTA plan to add 8,000 residents

CLEARFIELD — The Utah Transit Authority is going back to the drawing board on a plan to develop 70 acres of land adjacent to Clearfield's FrontRunner commuter-rail station. Clearfield officials say the proposed development...

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RIBA calls for 'bold approach' to improve quality of new-build homes

Bold new approaches are needed to raise the standard of new-build homes and unlock the “hidden market” for high quality housing in the UK, according to a new discussion paper from the Royal Institute for British Architects...

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Court: Land Can Be Seized for Arena

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Kenya: NHC Plans Debt Swaps to Unlock Capital for Development

The National Housing Corporation (NHC) is experimenting with a new model of financing which it hopes will unlock capital for rapid housing development. The first experiment began in Kileleshwa where 105 apartments, ranging from...

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Agrifirma Agrees to Fund Trials of Amazon Mining's ThermoPotash Fertilizer

Amazon Mining Holding Plc , is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an agreement with Agrifirma Brazil, a United Kingdom based farmland operator and developer, to fund agronomic tests using Amazon Mining's...

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Govt-appointed panel calls for comprehensive land reforms

Says industry can’t keep growing at expense of farms, poor. The Committee on State Agrarian Relations and Unfinished Task of Land Reforms, chaired by the rural development minister and with members from the bureaucracy,...

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Controversy over changes in SEZ norms

New Delhi: The government is considering a fresh revision in the draft guidelines for development of special economic zones (SEZs) that could dilute the role of state governments in acquisition and development of land for these...

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Farmers urged to make the most of housing potential

Landowners should be actively promoting land for development, ready to make the most of the economic upturn, according to land agent Bidwells . And, with a general election in the near future and likely tax changes in the...

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Maharashtra to create land bank

The recession-hit realty sector now has reason for cheer. The Maharashtra government, seeking to hasten the availability of housing stock under its flaghship programme of providing 10 lakh houses in five years, plans to create...

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