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Contractors at Little Ceasars Arena construction site fined $2.9 million for not hiring enough Detroiters

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Buy Photo Crews are working three shifts weekdays and Saturdays to finish Little Caesars Arena, the firm overseeing construction says. (Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr . / The Detroit News) Buy Photo Dozens of the contractors building Little Caesars Arena have been fined a total of $2.9 million as of March for frequently not hiring at least 51 percent of Detroiters at the ongoing construction site , according to the latest data collected by the city. And that total is expected to be even higher during the push to complete construction of the $862. 9 million sports and entertainment complex by early September, based on the monthly data compiled by the city agency monitoring the workforce agreements on construction sites, said Portia Roberson, director of the city’s Office of Human Rights. An average of 27 percent of total hours worked at the arena site were performed by Detroit residents from April 2015 to March 2017, the latest monthly data available. It’s been two years, August 2015, ...

Apartments for Rent in Cleveland, OH - 814 Rentals

Individuals looking to rent apartments in Cleveland will find a large cosmopolitan city with a wide variety of cultural, professional and recreational opportunities to explore. Sports fans who rent apartments in Cleveland will be able to watch professional baseball , basketball and football games. The city is located on the shores of Lake Erie, which is home to numerous parks and attractions, including the Great Lakes Science Center and Donald Gray Garden . Professionals who rent apartments in Cleveland will find easy access to Burke Lakefront Airport and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport . Major interstates, including I-90, are within easy driving distance of the downtown metro area , allowing easier access to the region's businesses. Those who rent an apartment in Cleveland will also discover a city with a history dating back more than 200 years. Another local attraction that Cleveland apartment renters will want to check out is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In to...

A Week of Mining Seattle's Craigslist Apartment Pricing

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Everyone is freaking out over San Francisco astronomically high rent prices right now when Seattle real-estate isn’t that far behind. I was walking down the street once in the university district around the University of Washington when I saw construction being built. And then more construction. And then MORE construction down the block. Ridiculous. Looking at a half-torn up flyer, the prices for these new apartments coming out in 2015 were around 1300 per bedroom for a two bedroom apartment ! I quickly went home and started trying to figure out how fast rent was rising in Seattle. One fun way to do this was by working on a project that I have since put off for school back in November. Since reliably the best place to find apartments has been on Craigslist, I created a script using Scrapy to grab listings of apartments on Seattle craigslist and filtered them for the zipcodes within the Seattle boundaries . I manually ran the script for about a week and after filtering out duplicate p...

Long Island Real Estate is Changing

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The Ronkonkoma Hub could create a reverse commute from New York City image: tritec They’ve been called the selfie generation, entitled and lazy. But Millennials are now the largest generation and, after a decade of moving away from New York’s metro Long Island region , they are beginning to stick around. The number of people aged 20 to 34 living on Long Island rose 7 .6 percent from 2010 to 2015 according to a report released by Long Island Association in June. Despite the stereotypes, experts see the increase as reason for optimism. “It’s vitally important, particularly for businesses that make their home here,” said Robert Loscalzo, the chief operating officer of Tritec Real Estate Company, which specializes in the type of mixed-use housing this generation favors. “You need a vibrant workforce and from the standpoint of job creation it’s vital that companies have a source of labor.” But a home doesn’t necessarily mean a house, especially for Millennials. Nationwide, 34.1 percent of...

JMG Realty Announces the Acquisition of Florida Club at Deerwood Apartments in Jacksonville, Florida

JACKSONVILLE, FL -  JMG Realty announced the acquisition of Florida Club at Deerwood Apartments ; a 180- unit apartment community located in Deerwood Park of one of Jacksonville, Florida's most desirable sub markets through a joint venture partnership .Built in 2008, the property was originally developed as for sale condominiums with exceptional community and apartment home amenities including a resort- style swimming pool , pergola with outdoor gas grill , spacious detached garages , multimedia room with theatre-style seating, fully- equipped fitness center , an idyllic central park with shaded walking paths , picnic areas and a dog park. All homes were originally designed with nine foot ceilings, black appliances, ceramic tile flooring , custom cabinetry, walk-in closets, contemporary lighting fixtures and private patios and balconies. The unit interiors of Florida Club at Deerwood offer strong core features , which will be further enhanced through an interior renova...