Items by By AMY CORTESE
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Jobs: Summer Must-Read? Try Career Advice
Posted: July 12th, 2009, 12:43am EDT by By AMY CORTESE
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Books offering job-hunting strategies and inspiration are making a strong showing as people seek an edge in the tightest job market in decades.
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Spotlight: New Rail Lines Spur Urban Revival
Posted: June 13th, 2009, 6:03pm EDT by By AMY CORTESE
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In a time of tight credit, housing developments built around new or existing transit lines are often able to secure financing.
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Spotlight: In Atlantic City, Construction Momentum Stalls
Posted: May 16th, 2009, 4:18pm EDT by By AMY CORTESE
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Atlantic City’s efforts to become a luxury travel destination have lost momentum, as developers struggle with tight credit and casinos open in nearby states.
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Spotlight: For Architects, Less May Have to Be More
Posted: April 18th, 2009, 3:37pm EDT by By AMY CORTESE
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As major new projects dwindle, firms must compete more aggressively and become more flexible.
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Spotlight: Seeking a Monaco on Biscayne Bay
Posted: March 21st, 2009, 3:31pm EDT by By AMY CORTESE
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While the downturn has stymied many developments in Miami, the Island Gardens project seems to hark back to a sunnier time with its promise of luxury living.
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Spotlight: Putting Capital at the Top of the Menu
Posted: January 31st, 2009, 6:55pm EST by By AMY CORTESE
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With the economy in a tailspin and credit tight, restaurants across the country are feeling the pinch, but perhaps nowhere more so than in Manhattan.
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Spotlight: A Wish List for Commercial Real Estate
Posted: December 27th, 2008, 2:59pm EST by By AMY CORTESE
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Getting investment flowing again is the most immediate concern, industry executives say, and they have a number of suggestions.
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Italian Makers of Prosecco Seek Recognition
Posted: December 27th, 2008, 12:03am EST by By AMY CORTESE
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Italian wineries want to protect their newly popular product’s name, as well as expand sales.
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Spotlight: Taking a Stroll Along the High Line
Posted: November 29th, 2008, 4:55pm EST by By AMY CORTESE
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The High Line, a park being created atop an old elevated railway in the West Chelsea area of Manhattan, offers a retreat from street life.
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Spotlight: Makeover on 34th Street
Posted: October 5th, 2008, 3:57am EDT by By AMY CORTESE
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The owners of the Empire State Building want to transform the building and re-establish it as a sought-after address for corporate tenants.
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Spotlight: In Search of Better (and Greener) Building Blocks
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 6:21pm EDT by By AMY CORTESE
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As energy prices have skyrocketed and concerns have mounted about greenhouse gas emissions, there is a new urgency in developing alternatives to traditional building products.
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Spotlight: Scraping the Sky, and Then Some
Posted: June 14th, 2008, 11:55pm EDT by By AMY CORTESE
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For developers and urban planners in developing countries of Asia and Africa, one point is clear: the skyscraper will play a central role in accommodating growing populations.
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Square Feet | Spotlight: Fashioning Skylines, Not a Personality Cult
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:36am EDT by By AMY CORTESE
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Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates does not have a celebrity architect at its helm, though it does have 16 globe-trotting principals.