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Remaining on top in a competitive residential rental market requires developers to stay savvy on a range of issues, from today’s latest color palettes to new construction technologies. The Canadian firm Logisbourg, based in Quebec City, has managed this feat with aplomb, with a portfolio that now includes approximately 1,000 units across its hometown. It’s latest addition, Luxenbourg III, a five-story luxury apartment (or “rental condo” in the Canadian vernacular), represents the company’s addition of an advanced precast wall system – SlenderWall – to its technology portfolio.

Easi-Set Worldwide, recently hosted four technical representatives from the Bazis Group of Kazakhstan in Midland, VA to discuss the licensing of its SlenderWall® panelized precast concrete cladding system. Kazakhstan borders Russia, China, and several former USSR republics and is the world’s sixth largest country by landmass.

In Long Branch, NJ two luxury towers containing 47 residences will rise side-by-side on approximately 1.7 acres of oceanfront property, South Beach at Long Branch. The 5-star multi-family development is the brainchild of Mimi & Edwin Feliciano, owners of development company FEM South Beach Urban Renewal. Exquisite details and rich features will grace the 8-story complex of unrivaled elegance and panoramic views. With 1st floor garden residences starting at $1.1 million all the way up to South Tower penthouse duplexes with 1,000 sf rooftop terraces, and a 3,300 sf. North Tower penthouse with a 3,300 foot terrace and glass enclosed climate controlled loggia, owners will savor the rewards of open air, sky and sea.

The SlenderWall ad in the February issue of Architectural Record received the highest score in the "Found Interesting" category amoung their readers. The score was based on their annual READEX RESEARCH study which scores all editorial and advertising content. The SlenderWall score was 58%, more than double the average of all 65 ads (27%), and even higher than the average score of the editorial content (45%). We would like to thank all those who particpated in the survey and found our ad to be useful. Click on READ MORE to see the ad.

1. A Turn-Key System – A complete one-source panelized envelope system, inside and out, from a 2” precast concrete exterior skin to an integrated heavy-gauge galvanized steel stud interior frame filled with closed-cell foam and ready for drywall. We can include erection, caulking, even factory-installed windows to complete a product engineered for new curtain wall construction, re-cladding, over-cladding, and even load-bearing projects.

Smith-Midland Corp. and its product licensing subsidairy Easi-Set Worldwide recently hosted a six-person delegation from one of China’s largest construction companies to discuss a “technology partnership.” Nantong Sijian Construction Group Chairman Geng Yuhua and his team visited Fauquier for two days in mid-April. Based in Jiangsu Province, NSCG has 70,000 employees working in construction, including precast concrete, Smith-Midland’s specialty.

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On the corner of Route 123 and Route 7, the “original” Tysons Corner, VA, Lennar Multifamily Communities (LMC) is developing the new Tysons Central complex. Lennar Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a top ranked player in the home and multi-family market. Tysons Central, a signature hi-density project for LMC, will be connected by walkways to the new Greensboro Station on the DC Metro Silver Line.

New Jersey's Largest Homebuilder is Using Slenderwall® Panels on the 14-Story, 278-Unit Port Imperial Condo Project

When K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., breaks ground on the 278-unit Port Imperial on the Hudson River project this year, the major undertaking will include 42,000 square feet of SlenderWall® architectural precast concrete building panels. Part of the 2-mile-long Port Imperial redevelopment project in West New York, N.J., the 14-story condominium will be constructed by New Jersey's largest homebuilder, K. Hovnanian, the developer of more than 200 active communities nationwide.