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City of Quincy, Hines and Callahan Commemorate Expansion of Marina Bay Boardwalk

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QUINCY, MA - From Callahan Construction and the City of Quincy: Hines, Callahan Construction Managers and Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch helped launch a public boardwalk celebration at Meriel Marina Bay , Quincy’s newest waterfront apartment community , on Saturday, August 12, 2017. The event commemorated the expansion of the Marina Bay boardwalk with a ribbon-cutting led by Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch, followed by a free boardwalk festival adjacent to Meriel Marina Bay offering fun and entertainment for all ages. “Our city has experienced an ongoing positive evolution across all neighborhoods over the last number of years with the steady addition of new businesses and residents proud to call Quincy home ,” said Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch. “Marina Bay has particularly continued to thrive as a destination where residents and visitors alike come to live, work and play, and I’m thrilled to see the continued growth of this community with the expansion of the boardwalk through the ...

US Concrete's (USCR) CEO Bill Sandbrook on Q2 2017 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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US Concrete Inc (NASDAQ:USCR) Q2 2017 Earnings Conference Call August 08, 2017 10:00 AM ET Executives Kevin Kohutek - Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Bill Sandbrook - President and Chief Executive Officer Analysts Trey Grooms - Stephens Inc Adam Thalhimer - Thompson, Davis Scott Schrier - Citi Craig Bibb - CJS Securities Stanley Elliott - Stifel Nicolaus Roresa Mojo - D.A. Davidson Operator Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the U.S. Concrete, Inc. Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call . [ Operator Instructions ] I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Kevin Kohutek, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer . You may begin. Kevin Kohutek Thank you, Israh. Good morning, and welcome to U.S. Concrete's Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call . Joining me on the call today is Bill Sandbrook, our President and Chief Executive Officer . Bill and I will make some prepared remarks, after which we will open the call to your ...

Oakwood Worldwide Acquires Luxurious Redwood City Apartments for Global Portfolio

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Los Angeles— Oakwood Worldwide , the award- winning global leader in corporate housing and serviced apartment solutions , added a 141- unit apartment community in Redwood City, Calif., to its global portfolio through its $4 billion partnership with Singapore- based Mapletree Group . The property is the third Oakwood- branded property acquired by the Mapletree Group as part of its collaboration with Oakwood Worldwide , and second within the growing technology center of Silicon Valley. Oakwood Redwood City , previously known as The Lane on the Boulevard, is situated at the heart of Redwood City—just south of San Francisco and north of San Jose. World- leading technology companies are nearby, including Facebook, Google and YouTube. The acquisition showcases Oakwood Worldwide ’s commitment to fulfilling the needs of tech companies in Silicon Valley. “I’m very pleased to include Oakwood Redwood City in our worldwide network ,” said Scott Orrantia, senior vice president and chief in...

What Cities Can Learn From the Victorian Era

The Late Victorian period in the United States—roughly the last third of the 19th century—produced some of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the history of Western civilization . It also produced some of the most hopeless slums. In response to the crisis of industrial cities, the modern discipline of city planning emerged . The tools of this new profession helped clean up many unhealthy aspects of urban industry , but also stifled some of the best innovations of Late Victorian urbanism . By the 1920s, planners in the industrial world had established the legal authority to promulgate land-use regulations, and over the next generation, they succeeded at slowing the construction of slum housing and segregating noxious industries from incompatible activities, such as housing and office space. Through some of the same devices, however, planners curtailed some positive features of 19th- century urbanism , including the rich variety of free- form industrial development and the adaptiv...