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Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Standards

On October 23, 1972, pioneering energy efficiency standards for commercial buildings were enacted, establishing the first comprehensive requirements for energy conservation in comm......

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Concern within the United States federal government over the growing burden of government buildings Proposal to reduce the number of buildings

Washington DC: An important panel report on the United States federal real estate system was released on 11 March 2019 by the Public Buildings Reform Board. The board had been est......

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The Florida Land Boom of the 1920s The Florida Land Boom is widely regarded as the first major speculative bubble of the modern real estate era, a period when land could change hands several times within a single day, each transaction multiplying its price

Exactly one century ago, on 23 December 1925, the most famous real estate phenomenon in American history stood at its absolute peak. Across Florida, particularly in Miami and Palm ......

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World's Most Important Real Estate Center Hong Kong Officially Became a Special Administrative Region of China

Hong Kong officially returned to Chinese sovereignty and became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the “One Country, Two Systems” framework. This historic transition......

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Law on Ownership of Shamilat Land Enforced in Rural Areas of West Pakistan

On 23 January 1959, the Governor of West Pakistan, Lieutenant General Muhammad Azam Khan, promulgated the Punjab Land Dispositions Saving of Shamilat Ordinance 1959. The ordinan......

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Model Town Lahore A Modern Society Established within the Ancient Forest of Lahore (Episode 7)

Model Town Lahore A Modern Society Established within the Ancient Forest of Lahore (Episode 7)

The acquisition of land for the Model Town Society was one of the most remarkable and spirited chapters in its early history. Dewan Khem Chand and his...

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Where Did the 500 Acres of Model Town Land Go (Episode 5)

Where Did the 500 Acres of Model Town Land Go (Episode 5)

Between 1921 and 1924, the land for Model Town Lahore was acquired in successive phases. The process began in 1921, shortly after the establishment of...

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