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• Light, Plan, Form

  Skyscraper. High-rise. Tall building. Office tower. Call it what you want, there is no denying that this building type plays a critical, ongoing role in architecture's lexicon. A uniquely American innovation that defines the skylines of New York, Chicago, and so many other cities, the skyscraper is...

• Nationwide

  Chicago— M&R Development has broken ground on Parc Huron, a 221-unit luxury high-rise in Chicago's River North neighborhood. The 21-story tower was originally planned as condominiums by developer Lennar Corp., but the company sold the site and plans to M&R last fall.

• Change Is in the Air

  CHICAGO— Nov. 4, 2008, was an exciting day to be in the Windy City.

• HIV/AIDS Housing Grants Awarded to 19Programs

  Nineteen housing developments and programs will share $21.4 million in grants under the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program, reported the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

• IHDA Names New Executive Director

  Chicago—Gloria L. Materre, deputy chief of staff for Gov. Pat Quinn, has been appointed executive director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA).

• Nation’s Affordable Housing Need Grows

  The number of renters with unaffordable housing cost burdens—those spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities—increased from 16.8 million to 17.4 million from 2006 to 2008, reports the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC).

• Galante Outlines HUD’s Multifamily Commitment

  Carol Galante, deputy assistant secretary for multifamily housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), addressed the Obama administration’s commitment to rental housing at AHF Live: The 2009 Affordable Housing Developers’ Summit in Chicago Oct. 27.

• Nationwide

  This is the Chicago suburb's first new apartment community in at least five years, and the submarket's vacancy rate was 5.3 percent in the third quarter of 2008, according to market research firm Reis, Inc.

• Porter-Cable 371 Compact Belt Sander

  There are few things more satisfying than scribing a piece of trim and having it fit perfectly on the first try. Porter-Cable's 371 belt sander should make such precision scribing a lot easier.

• Company Buzz: Nov. 6, 2008

  Artemide sponsors the American debut of Italy's