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Myth busted: There’s no place like home
Companies put out the welcome mat for extended stays
BY JOHN GOLDEN

Tapping a booming market in metropolitan New York, owners of two of the newer luxury residential developments in Westchester County are offering corporate rental suites.

New e-filing system for engineers, architects

Design professionals might be spared both time and headaches in getting their construction plans approved with the start last week of an electronic filing system by the Westchester County Health Department.

Guest Column
Don’t forget about the interior architect
By MICHAEL KLEINBERG

If you are contemplating a company relocation, expansion or other type of search for office space for the first time this decade, you may be surprised to learn that it’s not just rental rates or politics that have changed dramatically over the past seven years, but it is also the role of your interior architect.

Guest Column
A primer on the subprime situation
By ROBERT B. WITHERS

For those unfamiliar with the term, “subprime home loan” refers to mortgages given to individuals with significant credit issues, or those otherwise unable to qualify for a standard, conventional loan. Due to the fact that these loans tend to be risky for the lender, they generally bear higher interest rates or adjustable rates and often carry steep prepayment penalties. Sub-prime loans have actually been around for years -- so why all the drama now?

Overheard with the foie gras: What housing slump?
BY JOHN GOLDEN

The boom in residential real estate sales might have receded, but luxury homeowners remain positive about the market, according to the 2007 Coldwell Banker Previews International Luxury Survey. Affluent women were even more bullish in their market outlook than men.

Building trade going green to stay in the black
BY JOHN GOLDEN

At the recent BuildingsNY trade show in Manhattan, building owners and managers could have their every business want and need served. The more than 500 exhibitors pitching their products at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center offered everything from chewing gum removal services to bird and pest control (“A Good Bug is a Dead Bug,” the sign read at the booth of First Exterminator Inc. of Highland Mills) to high-tech building security.

Ripples of Half Moon lap at Haverstraw
BY KATHY KAHN

While most people are trying to figure out what to do with the kids this summer, developer Martin Ginsburg is already planning well ahead for his “baby’s” birthday. That’s when the Hudson River tallies the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage, and Ginsburg plans to have his Haverstraw waterfront ready to party hearty.

100 years of licensed engineers

The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) this year is celebrating the 100th anniversary of engineering licensure. The 50,000-member organization traces the origin of engineers’ licensing to 1907, when the state of Wyoming passed the first engineering registration law to protect the public health, safety and welfare. Fifteen years later, the American Association of Engineers, forerunner of NSPE, put forth a platform for engineering that included the “passage of an engineers registration law in every state and the enforcement of existing registration laws.”