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The government’s national policy on housing will take into account the country’s urbanisation and urban migration. Myanmar's commercial capital will need 1. 07 million housing units by 2040 and the entire country will require an additional 4. 8 million units by then, according to an official from the Ministry of Construction. The whole country will need 4. 8 million housing units by 2040, based on the population growth rate between 1983 and 2014, said U Nway Hmu, deputy director of the Housing Development Division under the Ministry of Construction. 8 million housing units required by 2040" alt="image" style="border: 0px;" /> The deputy director made the re- marks during a presentation organised by the property website House . com.mm. According to the 1983 census, the national population was 35.29 million. It increased to 51.48 million in 2014, according to the 2014 census. Based on that population growth rate , Myanmar is expected to have 70.5...

INDUSTRY GE delays opening of new building in Fort Point General Electric Co. has pushed back the expected opening of its new building overlooking Fort Point Channel by two years after deciding to break the headquarters project into two phases. GE vice president Ann Klee said in a memo Tuesday to Boston employees that executives expect the 12- story building , dubbed South Point , to open in mid-2021, compared with an earlier goal of 2019. Two older brick buildings , together dubbed North Point , will be renovated first, with the aim of opening them in the first half of 2019. GE has already started work on the two old buildings, originally part of a Necco candy manufacturing complex . But construction on the new building was supposed to happen concurrently with much of the Necco renovations. Now, GE will finish the Necco buildings and move employees into them before starting construction of the new building. GE expects it will take 24 months to complete the new structure. The ann...

Draft Scope of Work for the Inwood Rezoning Proposal A map from the Draft Scope of Work indicating red projected development sites (most likely) and blue potential development sites (less likely) by the year 2032. The de Blasio administration predicts its proposed rezoning of Inwood will stimulate the creation of 4,348 new apartments by 2032, of which a portion would be rent-restricted under the city’s mandatory inclusionary housing policy , according to a city document released last Friday. The rezoning is also expected to create 1,135,032 square feet of commercial space, 472,685 square feet of community facility space , and result in a loss of 50,614 square feet of industrial space. To give a sense of the scale, there are more apartments anticipated in the East New York rezoning area , but fewer in the downtown Far Rockaway rezoning area . The document in question is the rezoning’s Draft Scope of Work, which describes the details of the proposal, projects the rezoning’s develop...

At 11:55 a.m. Thursday, a Fairview West resident told police they found a body under a low-hanging bush near their house in the 2600 block of Bowie Lane, according to Corinth police Lt . Jimmie Gregg. Authorities believe it is Draper's body, but the medical examiner has not officially confirmed his identity. Gregg said police don't suspect foul play . He would not elaborate on any potential injuries or wounds found on the body. "We ask that you keep the Draper family in your thoughts and prayers and please respect their privacy during this difficult time," he said in a news release. Other reports 100 block of North Woodrow Lane —  Officials are not releasing any more details about the death of Stormye Murphey, an inmate at the Denton County Jail who was found dead in her cell Tuesday morning . Denton County Sheriff Tracy Murphree said Wednesday that preliminary evidence shows the 30-year-old woman may have died from suicide, but the Tarrant County Medical Examine...