ICF specs net mid-rise apartment developer HUD-reduced mortgage terms

Sources: Walker & Dunlop Inc., Bethesda, Md.; TF Forming Systems, Green Bay, Wis.; CP staff

Bedford Development has started the six-story Manseau Flats apartment project in Ashwaubenon, Wis., on the strength of insulating concrete walls and a mortgage package economized by a U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development program rewarding energy efficient multi-family dwelling design.

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Insulating concrete forms rise to U.S.-record height at New York site

Sources: ICF Panels, Scotia, N.Y.; CP staff

ICF Panels will supply panelized insulating concrete forms in up to 50-ft. lengths for 42 Broad, a 249-unit, Westchester County, N.Y., development. The 16-story luxury apartment project will set a new height record for ICF-built structures in the U.S., taking a page from Ontario practitioners’ recent experience with mid-rise structures of comparable design near Toronto.

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