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Following the furor late last year over a proposal to drill for oil and gas beneath the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant northwest of Denver, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse introduced legislation Friday to ban mineral extraction underneath the nation’s Superfund sites.

The bill from the Boulder Democrat, called the On or Under Act, would direct the federal government to acquire any mineral rights under federal Superfund sites and prohibit their extraction or disturbance.

The bill comes eight months after residents in Superior rose up in fierce opposition to a plan by an energy company to horizontally drill up to 31 wells underneath Rocky Flats, which is now a national wildlife refuge. The company, Highlands Natural Resources Corp., backed off its plan following the public outcry.

But the hubbub at the edge of the 6,200-acre refuge last November raised questions about whether current federal regulations actually stop drilling under Superfund sites, which are considered some of the coun..

Larry Good, Jerry Merriman and Tanya Ragan have been selected to a national list of notable commercial real estate executives.

The Business Journals’ Influencers: Commercial Real Estate spotlights 100 executives making moves in the CRE space in cities across the country. The 100 individuals represent both large, nationally known firms and smaller, locally focused businesses. Some of their names, and their companies’ names, might be familiar to you; others you might be seeing for the first time.

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The first building to begin vertical construction in Water Street Tampa has reached a major milestone.

The 26-story JW Marriott, under construction on what was previously Amalie Arena's silver lot, celebrated its topping out on Wednesday, developer Strategic Property Partners said.

The hotel, the first JW Marriott in Tampa Bay, has reached its full height of 291 feet, SPP said. It includes 519 hotel rooms and a 26th-story indoor/outdoor rooftop venue space. Completion is expected in late 2020.…

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Madison startup Curate Solutions, a company that uses artificial intelligence to find construction projects for general contractors and vendors, is closing a $1.65 million round of funding, according to a news release from the company.

The round was led by Idea Fund of La Crosse with Allos Ventures, which has offices in Indianapolis and Cincinnati, as a significant contributor.

The round of funding will help Curate expand nationally and grow sales operations, reach new markets, and make continuous…

The recently completed work doesn't include the $500,000 it recently put into fixing up the ground-floor restaurant, or the $5 million it is planning to spend on overhauling its Starlight nightclub.

This is the 10th residential tower project to emerge since the neighborhood was upzoned two years ago.

The new facility is the largest arena of this kind to date on any U.S. college or university campus.

A combination of limited inventory and rising prices led to a 1.6% decrease in the city of Austin's single-family home sales over the first six months of 2019, according to the latest data from the Austin Board or Realtors.

Though the median price of a single-family home increased 3.2% to $387,100 over 4,736 sales recorded in the year's first six months, new listings and active listings have both decreased so far this year. In June alone, the median single-family home price in Austin was $420,000,…

For decades, smaller metropolitan areas closed the income gap with bigger, richer ones, but no longer. So places like Winston-Salem, N.C., are trying to lay a new foundation for prosperity.