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There’s no shortage of proposals when it comes to next steps for Austin transportation. From calls to look into a subway system to bus meetings about enhancing existing options, ideas abound. Amid all those ideas for potential transportation growth, there is one transit project that is definitely going to take shape: the current Downtown MetroRail station is going to expand, thanks to a 2014 Texas Department of Transportation grant of $50 million.
Visit http://buildingatx.com/2015/02/the-making-of-a-new-downtown-metrorail-station/ to view the full article online.
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Local News
Traffic may be crawling on MoPac, but the construction is not. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) says the MoPac Improvement Project is now 61 percent complete, and is still on track to wrap up by the end of 2015.
Visit http://buildingatx.com/2015/02/mopac-improvement-update/ to view the full article online.
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National News
The commercial real estate industry has had some unpleasant reminders recently about the threat terrorism poses to the industry—and the difficult balancing act in which potential targets must be hardened, while at the same time still made open and accessible to consumers. After all, unlike office buildings or certain facilities such as nuclear power plants, the whole raison d'être of these projects is to have as many people visit as often and as freely as possible.
Visit http://www.globest.com/news/12_1056/national/retail/The-Conundrum-Retail-Real-Estate-Faces-With-Terrorist-Threats-355757-1.html to view the full article online.
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