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I covered the messy breakdown of the Carousel/Destiny USA project, which was selected as a green demonstration project under the 2004 Green Bonds program. I've also written at length about creating effective green incentives and regulations. For me, the most interesting part of this debacle is what it reveals about a major green incentive program.
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An ambitious but long-stalled project to expand a shopping center in Syracuse, New York, into a green megamall could become the focus of a rash of litigation.
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Obtaining financing for any project can be a challenge and securing it for a green building project has its own set of hurdles. Part 3 of Shari Shapiro's green financing series focuses on government incentives, which she warns could soon move from being rare birds to endangered species among financing mechanisms.
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Real estate finance forecasters believe 2011 will be a year to buy back into the real estate market. If their predictions come true, structuring financing for green building and renewable energy projects will still require more legal creativity and effort than financing more traditional projects.<br />
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Basically, there are only a few mechanisms for financing projects. Self-finance (your bank account); equity finance (someone else's bank account); debt finance (the bank); government finance (Uncle Sam's bank account); and grant finance (<strike>your parents'</strike> third party bank accounts). These mechanisms are no different for green projects, but there are some interesting variants.
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Green stimulus investments are among the most cost-effective ways to spend the Recovery Act dollars and create jobs.
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It should be easy to understand which tax codes apply to your firm's renewable energy projects and what the incentive will be. But as with all things related to the tax code, it is not. Here are tips on how to wade through the morass.
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Who shoulders the cost for greening commercial real estate? A report by CB Richard Ellis tackles that question and examines the economics of sustainable buildings.
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As the stimulus package debate heightens, the Senate is proposing to give the United States a Band-Aid, when a transplant is required, says green building law expert Shari Shapiro.