Bank OZK Sticks to Low‑Leverage Construction Lending While Funding South Florida Deals
South Florida, September 3, 2025 News Summary A regional lender maintained a conservative underwriting approach while financing several major South Florida developments. The bank led a $475 million senior construction tranche in a $600 million West Palm Beach condo package, provided a $181 million loan for a mixed‑use tower in Miami’s Edgewater, and extended a $65.3 […]
KEPCO launches S-CAP to standardize submarine cable protection
Gochang, South Korea, September 3, 2025 News Summary Korea Electric Power Corporation has introduced S-CAP, a data-driven software tool that standardizes submarine cable protection by quantifying risk, recommending optimized protection measures and producing design reports. S-CAP accepts site-specific inputs such as anchor types, wave and current conditions, and detailed seabed properties to calculate variable burial depths […]
Autodesk shares rise after strategic update; San Rafael HQ to close
San Rafael, California, September 3, 2025 News Summary Autodesk stock rose amid a strategic update that outlined expanded cloud infrastructure partnerships, a revised product roadmap and an AI-powered collaboration tool planned for near-term launch. Trading volume fell sharply while technical indicators showed mixed signals. The firm said it will close its San Rafael headquarters and reassign […]
Major student housing projects advance as rental registry sparks cancellations
Vancouver, British Columbia, September 2, 2025 News Summary A Vancouver student housing operator reported a transformative fiscal year and advanced two major construction projects, including an 18‑storey tower with government‑sponsored financing and a large education complex in Surrey. The firm secured substantial government-backed mortgages and reported near-zero vacancy across its portfolio. Meanwhile, a new provincial short‑term […]
New digital‑twin frameworks promise major gains for buildings and river basins
Global, September 2, 2025 News Summary Two scientific articles and several industry case studies chart rapid advances in digital twin technology for buildings and river basins. One paper proposes an MD‑DTT‑BIM framework that fuses BIM, IoT, AI and real‑time simulation and reports lab gains above 95% on multiple metrics using the CUBEMS dataset. A review argues […]
Chicago apartment starts plunge as costs and rules reshape development
Chicago metro, September 2, 2025 News Summary New apartment starts across the Chicago metro plunged sharply as rising construction and insurance costs, higher labor expenses and tighter lending undercut the post-pandemic building boom. The region saw a steep year-over-year decline that pushed it down national rankings and shifted growth toward other metros. Roughly a third of […]
Lightweight GCN Predicts Classroom Grades with High Accuracy
Shenzhen, China, September 1, 2025 News Summary A lightweight two-layer Graph Convolutional Network (GCN) can predict four levels of classroom performance with strong accuracy by combining student attributes and social interaction data. Tested on a cleaned dataset of 732 students and a social graph of 5,184 edges, the model uses a 16-feature input matrix and achieves […]
Phoenix Metro Tops U.S. Industrial Markets as High-Tech and Big-Box Growth Pushes Limits
Phoenix metro, Arizona, September 1, 2025 News Summary The Phoenix metro has surged to the top of U.S. industrial markets, driven by a wave of mission-critical facilities — semiconductors, data centers, EV battery plants and large distribution centers. Strong public and private investment, fast-tracked permitting, expanded utilities and targeted workforce training accelerated development. Nearly $932 million […]
Core PCE Rise Spurs Shift Toward Construction; Norway Fund Divests Equipment and Banks
United States, August 31, 2025 News Summary A stronger-than-expected Core PCE inflation reading pushed investors to reweight portfolios toward construction and engineering and away from sectors with limited pricing power like healthcare services. Construction firms can better pass through rising material and labor costs, and public infrastructure spending provides steady demand. The market rotation has been […]
Institutional Buyer Adds Large Stake in Washington Trust Bancorp
Westerly, Rhode Island, August 31, 2025 News Summary An institutional investor established a significant new position in Washington Trust Bancorp, purchasing 95,410 shares valued at roughly $2.94 million and representing about 0.49% of the company. The move comes alongside other large managers increasing exposure—Vanguard, Invesco, Dimensional, Millennium and The Manufacturers Life all added shares—bringing institutional ownership […]