September 28, 2007
  Michigan Engineers Predict Top Five Business Trends
The hottest market growth areas are green building and design, assisted living centers, hotel expansions, education campus additions, mixed used developments, and urban revitalization.

kiplinger connection
Housing Woes • Property • Business Costs
Housing Woes: State governments are moving to help faster than is Washington.
Property: The nonresidential construction market should remain relatively stable.
Business Costs: Construction material prices keep rising: some 2008 projections.

 

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