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Like its competitors, BMW knows that cool sells. And there is no doubt that BMW Welt — the German motor company's new sales, exhibition, and event center in Munich — is cool.
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When New Urbanism was starting to develop in the 1980's, much of the Charlotte, North Carolina, area was not yet conceived; uptown was dying, and building mixed-use areas was "illegal." The suburban model of growth reigned supreme. But times change.
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More Building and Construction Whitney’S Downtown Sanctuary — New York Times, 2008.0501U.S. Foreclosure Filings Double in First Quarter, Led by Nevada — Bloomberg, 2008.0429 Countrywide Posts $893 Mln Loss as Bad Loans Soar — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0429 Rising Material Costs Push Up Prices in the Housing Sector — The Hindu, 2008.0429 Interest Rates Slow Tasmanian Housing Market — ABC News (Australia), 2008.0429 Affordable Housing — Las Vegas Review Journal, 2008.0428 Forget the Teardown, the "Unbuild" Is Eco-Friendly but More Costly — Wall Street Journal, 2008.0428 California Works to Contain Blaze Near Los Angeles — Bloomberg, 2008.0428 RPT-UK's Nationwide Ups Minimum Deposit for Home Loans — Reuters, 2008.0428 Low Home-Building Will Maintain Prices — The Australian, 2008.0428 Owners Stuck with Flawed Homes — Houston Chronicle, 2008.0427 Belfast’S Lyric Design Is on Song — BD, 2008.0425 Up with the New: A Second Center City for Las Vegas — New York Times, 2008.0423 Housing: The Age-Old Problem — Contract Journal, 2008.0423 Wood Homes 'Solution' to Shortage — BBC News, 2008.0423 Non-Residential Construction Outlook Weakens: AIA — Reuters, 2008.0423 The Hurricane-Ready Home: PM's 2008 House of the Year — Popular Mechanics, 2008.0422 Chic, Urban, and Deserted — Las Vegas Sun, 2008.0422 East London Housing Scheme Has 'Stunning Views of Olympic Park' — 24Dash, 2008.0422 Roof Material Proves Its Mettle — Daily Mail, 2008.0422 Glimmer of Hope on Home Loans — Daily Express (UK), 2008.0422 Houses of Tyre — The Star (Malaysia), 2008.0422 'Manic' Month for Mortgage Lenders — Press Association (UK), 2008.0422 230-Home Village Given Approval — BBC News, 2008.0422 Residential and Commercial Roofing Not Sagging — BusinessWire Press Release, 2008.0421 Homebuilders Pulling Out of More Markets — Seeking Alpha, 2008.0421 How to Research Your Home, Get Historic Home Tax Credit — Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2008.0421 NYC Store Saves Home Supplies and Resells Them — Newsday, 2008.0421 Builder Woes Hit Home — Gainesville Sun, 2008.0421
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