Sentences with phrase «on city construction»

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SEATTLE — Amazon has halted construction planning on a new high - rise building near its headquarters while it awaits the outcome of a Seattle city proposal to tax worker hours.

«Pending the outcome of the head tax vote by City Council, Amazon has paused all construction planning on our Block 18 project in downtown...

As a case in point, a $ US2 billion housing construction project gets underway next month on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan's ninth - largest city.

But while city planners have mastered the construction of highrises, food production has remained relatively static; most of what we eat still grows outdoors, on farms well outside the city.

«I can confirm that pending the outcome of the head - tax vote by City Council, Amazon has paused all construction planning on our Block 18 project in downtown Seattle and is evaluating options to sublease all space in our recently leased Rainier Square building,» Amazon VP Drew Herdener told the Seattle Times.

Construction workers found the bomb in King George V Dock, which is a stone's throw away from the end of the London City Airport runway, on the River Thames.

So crucial is the Chinese market that Boeing, in cooperation with Chinese aerospace manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), just began construction on a Boeing 737 completion center in the island - city of Zhoushan.

A swirl of development, spurred on by Grand Central Terminal's construction, shaped New York City's central business district as a major epicenter of American capitalism.

Property values in Terminal City soared when construction began on new skyscrapers — the tallest towers in the world — in the area around Grand Central.

On top of construction, the city frequently closes the major highways for construction, marathons, bike races, Boy Scout picnics — you name it (I made up the last one).

Workers from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department kill mosquitoes outside a construction site in Hong Kong on Aug. 26, 2016, after the first case of Zika was confirmed in the city.

Instead, the Games went on to become an enormous economic flop, saddling the city with $ 1.5 billion in debt — thanks largely to the construction of the ill - starred Olympic Stadium.

Everywhere I travel in the U.S., I see a boom as measured by the lack of open seats on airplanes, sold - out hotels and crowded restaurants, not to mention the almost out - of - control construction activity in every city.

It ended up as that city's second - highest, after Willis Tower, and in a flashback to his old ways he personally guaranteed $ 40 million on a Deutsche Bank construction loan to build it.

Over the next decade, Cohn used his mob connections to smooth the younger Trump's relations with construction unions; inked a stingy prenuptial agreement with Trump's first wife, Ivana; leaned on city politicians to favor Trump deals; traded favors in Atlantic City's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rcity politicians to favor Trump deals; traded favors in Atlantic City's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rCity's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rate.

HTT bought land last year to begin initial construction on the Hyperloop in Quay Valley — a proposed 75,000 resident, solar - powered concept city being built in King's County, California that intends to use HTT's test track as its main transportation system.

The e-commerce giant has paused construction of its newest tower in its headquarters city after the City Council proposed a tax on the largest businesses to help fund affordable houscity after the City Council proposed a tax on the largest businesses to help fund affordable housCity Council proposed a tax on the largest businesses to help fund affordable housing.

Details have yet to be released on any prospective tax incentives the city might offer, which is another factor Amazon is considering, and might help offset New York City's high costs of construction and living compared to other contending citcity might offer, which is another factor Amazon is considering, and might help offset New York City's high costs of construction and living compared to other contending citCity's high costs of construction and living compared to other contending cities.

«Pending the outcome of the head tax vote by City Council, Amazon has paused all construction planning on our Block 18 project in downtown Seattle and is evaluating options to sub-lease all space in our recently leased Rainier Square building,» said Amazon vice president Drew Herdener.

East Wenatchee City Councilman Tim Detering joins Dan Langager in the KOHO studio to talk about road construction projects getting underway, with delays and closures starting today on North Baker Avenue, provide an update on the Gateway Project going in next year at 9th St. and Valley Mall Parkway, efforts to get direct flights from...

«Because of the amount of construction that's been done, I have noticed banks will simply say «I have too much exposure on this product in this area of the city»,» Kapahi said, cautioning that he hasn't noticed a marked slowdown in condo lending over the past twelve months.

Housing is becoming increasingly expensive to build due to government fees and regulations on building in most cities, and government programs merely subsidize this process at a cost to the taxpayers; and rent control has been a disaster because that immediately kills off any new construction and reduces the incentive for land owners and landlords to maintain their property because their income is fixed.

Based on demographic trends, the country should see a stronger rebound in multifamily construction than in single - family construction, Kansas City Fed senior economist Jordan Rappaport wrote in the most recent issue of the bank's Economic Review.

So crucial is the Chinese market that Boeing, in cooperation with Comac, just began construction on a 737 completion center in the island - city of Zhoushan.

Late Wednesday morning, Drew Herdener, an Amazon spokesman, said that «pending the outcome of the head tax vote by City Council, Amazon has paused all construction planning» on a large building in downtown Seattle that was scheduled to begin construction later this year.

From the Puritans to the Projects is a compelling history of the treatment in Boston of «public neighbors» — needy people unable to provide fully for themselves — from the early 17th century to the present, focused on the construction and management of public housing in that city since the mid-1930s.

Last week, the group wrote a letter to the mayor and city council of Temecula, California, urging officials there to approve the construction of a 25,000 - square - foot mosque project ahead of a vote on the matter this Tuesday.

Narrow and constricted as it was, the order supplied to the European peoples by primitive Christendom, that premature construction of a supposed City of God on earth, may have seemed better than the chaos of a war of all against all.

He possessed the wisdom and strategic sense — and the resources — to purchase and begin construction of a capital city on the shrewdly chosen hill of Samaria.

UFood Restaurant Group Inc. (OTCBB: UFFC) announced today construction has begun on two UFood Grills at Salt Lake City International Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah.

BOSTON, MA --(Marketwire - Jan 23, 2012)- UFood Restaurant Group Inc. (OTCBB: UFFC) announced today construction has begun on two UFood Grills at Salt Lake City International Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah.

First of all: Every Vertical Farm is different and Construction and Operation costs depend on city location, availability, technology used, local laws and Policy, energy source, climate, type of building and many other variables.

Two - dozen staff members from Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House in New York City will volunteer their time on Monday, September 9 to assist in the construction of a mortgage - free, custom - built home for injured veteran, USMC Sergeant Gregory Caron.

On a glossy, new - construction stretch of East 1st Street in New York, The Alchemist's Kitchen occupies one of those steel and glass storefronts that are becoming ubiquitous in the city.

Royal Canin USA started construction on a new pet food manufacturing facility in North Sioux City in June 2016.

Some 20 months after Gerard and his team began construction work, the new and expanded stadium will host Premier League football for the first time on Saturday when Liverpool take on Leicester City.

There were long delays on the south quays in Dublin on Saturday as the latest phase of Luas Cross City construction work got under way.

NAPERVILLE — Park District commissioners turned their shovels in a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony last week on the construction of a new 80 - acre park on the south side of the city.

Park District commissioners turned their shovels in a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony last week on the construction of a new 80 - acre park on the south side of the city.

Barring unforeseen problems with needed approvals, construction could begin next spring on two city harbors that would expand the number of mooring spaces for recreational boaters by about 20 percent and bring in more tourism dollars, Chicago Park District officials say.

NAPERVILLE — Park District commissioners turned their shovels in a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new 80 - acre park on the south side of the city.

JOLIET — The Joliet City Council has endorsed plans to help fund construction of a park on the grounds of a school on the city's northwest sCity Council has endorsed plans to help fund construction of a park on the grounds of a school on the city's northwest scity's northwest side.

The Highland Park City Council on Monday pushed the park district's controversial Rosewood Beach redevelopment project over its final hurdle, paving the way for construction to begin in the summer.

Three seats are open on the board, which recently has grappled with trapshooting at Sportsman's Park and construction at Frontier Park on the south side of the city.

With work already underway on a Seneca Niagara «energy station,» the Niagara Falls City Council unanimously called on Cuomo's office to step in and halt further construction.

Cleanup and construction work will begin by midsummer on the initial phase of the planned Elmwood Crossing redevelopment of the former Women & Children's Hospital site in Elmwood Village, now that the development team has received final city approval for the first building.

At 8:30 a.m., The New York Building Congress hosts a panel discussion with New York City Public Advocate Letitia James on workforce diversity in the construction industry, Convene, 117 W. 46th St., Manhattan.

Everything is on the table, from prison construction to state aid to New York City.

As Legislative Director for Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, Carlina helped shape legislation to improve health, address the oversaturation of construction, take on landlord harassment, and improve inefficiencies within city agencies.

ALBANY, N.Y. >> Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a new big - projects agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $ 29 billion mass transit overhaul in New York City, but critics worry about a power grab by the famously hands - on leader.