It was presented as the silver bullet to banish the blight of empty buildings, boost house-building and liberate developers from "stealth taxes" that "hinder regeneration".
MPG Office Trust Inc., the largest office landlord in downtown Los Angeles, reported a profit in the second quarter as the sale of some large commercial buildings boosted the bottom line.
First one, then several agile young men scaled the front of the building, boosting themselves onto the balcony from the flag stanchion.
When nations sell the hosting of major events to their own citizens, they usually point to things such as job creation, infrastructure building, boosting tourism and selling the national brand overseas.
They are broadcast over hundreds of repeaters mounted on tall buildings citywide, boosting signals from individual ham radios to well beyond city limits.
The construction of wooden multi-story buildings was boosted by changes in building regulations in 2011, which allowed the use of wood in up to 8-story buildings.
He added, "The massive popular turnout has revealed citizens' keenness to be partners in building Bahrain, boosting democracy and maintaining national unity and growth".
Now, all the people I talked to this weekend seem genuinely supportive of building projects, boosting innovation and also taking advantage of Google's extraordinary engineering capabilities.
He sees gamification being applied to training and other learning activities, to team-building and boosting employee collaboration and engagement, and to employee motivation and productivity, particularly in areas like sales and customer service.
The Saint-Gobain office is featured in a new report from the World Green Building Council, a global network of national green building councils, which looks at how sustainably designed buildings can boost productivity and health in the workplace.
