Business leaders from across Georgia met Wednesday in Savannah for the annual Georgia Logistics Summit, where Gov. Brian Kemp called for more housing to accommodate the influx of workers filling jobs at new manufacturing and warehouse facilities. “[The people] that are working at our ports and...
Historic Woolworths building being rehabbed Planet Fun is on the ground level, a Savannah entrepreneurial success story. There’s also a Subway franchise next door. But the top two stories of the building at 129-131 East Broughton St. have remained vacant since the 50’s-era building’s original tenant,...
By Reba Hull Campbell Richard Burts, Robert Lewis, and Bob McConnell bought 701 Whaley in Olympia in 2006. Over the course of the next two years, they restored the building so it could be used as an event space and as office space. Photography by Clark...
Published by Mark O’Meara on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 While COVID-19 is affecting the global economy, low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) investors and syndicators say the tax credit equity market is still active. “Investors are continuing the course. They are moving forward on projects and continuing their business plans,” said...
It is not just that housing costs are too high, but that incomes are too low, says a Tufts urban planning professor “The COVID-19 outbreak and stay-at-home orders shine a spotlight on the fundamental importance of housing,” said Shomon Shamsuddin. By Kalimah Redd Knight June 2, 2020 America is...
The low-income housing sector won’t be greatly affected and will recover quicker than other real estate categories. By Tasha Norman | May 15, 2020 at 05:14 PM The COVID-19 crisis is leading to economic uncertainty and it is predicted will result in an economic recession. Yet, according to studies, the...
The South Carolina General Assembly passed the Workforce and Senior Affordable Housing Act on May 12, 2020, and the Act was signed into law by the Governor on May 14, 2020. The Act is effective for qualified projects placed in service after January 1, 2020...
By Riley Bunch rbunch@cnhi.com Apr 8, 2020 Jill Nolin | The Valdosta Daily Times A wall is designed to protect the fictional town of Alexandria from zombies as well as fans of the popular AMC show ‘The Walking Dead.’ ATLANTA — While demand for movies and television...
Published by H. Blair Kincer on Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 12:00am The coronavirus pandemic, or COVID-19, is having a huge impact on global health and the economy. At this time, opinions from low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) investors and syndicators present a wide range of viewpoints...
April 5, 2020 Dean Boerner, Bisnow San Francisco Although all of commercial real estate has entered the world of uncertainty that is April 2020, it can be safely said the affordable housing crisis isn't going anywhere. How equipped the multifamily sector is to address that crisis amid the...