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"Home" for Holmes

Owner Expectations Drove $130
Million Project to a New Standard
For several years, hospitals in the Southeast have utilized
cues from the hospitality industry to design and build facilities
that are warmer and friendlier places that provide a more
healing environment.
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Still
Healthy

Southeast Health-Care Construction
Strong Again in '07
Fueled by an aging population, the Southeast health-care sector
remains robust and will likely see a significant number of
new starts in the year ahead.
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Sweetwater
Visitors Center: Sweet Platinum Status

They were aiming for silver, but designers of the Sweetwater
Creek Visitors Center in Lithia Springs, Ga., brought home
platinum, the highest level of certification in the LEED green
building rating system.
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Southface:
A Model of Sustainability

Project Will Serve as Showcase
for Green Office Building Construction, Design
The Southface Eco Office has been a long time coming, but
Frank Burdette of the Southface Energy Institute thinks they're
almost there. Full
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Building
21: Going Green at the CDC

Seeking to incorporate as many sustainable features as possible
into the centerpiece of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's Edward R. Roybal campus in Atlanta, Building
21, Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates shepherded
the agency's new headquarters and emergency operations facility
through U.S. Green Building Council's LEED silver certification.
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Florida
Hospitality

Florida Hospitality Projects
Keep Humming Along
An abundance of discriminating travelers seeking luxury accommodations
in the Sunshine State are driving a demand for renovation
and expansion of existing properties and construction of new
hotels and condo-hotels. Full
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Five-Star
Ambitions at the Umstead

Owner has High Expectations
for $90 Million Hotel Near Raleigh, N.C.
It took four years - including two years of actual construction
- but Ann Goodnight's dream of opening her own luxury hotel,
the Umstead, in Cary, N.C., came true in January when it officially
opened its doors to guests. Full
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Novare's
Niche

Atlanta-based Developer Continuing
to Expand With Multifamily Projects
Until recently, condo towers have sprouted like mushrooms
in cities both large and small across the Southeast and U.S.
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Diversifying
the Portfolio

Opus South is Focusing Less
on Residential, More on Other Sectors
With many speculative investors fleeing the Southeast, residential
construction has slowed considerably over the past year.
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