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Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate development in the history of the United States and the largest development in New York City since Rockefeller Center.
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Aluminium façade systems from Technal have been specified for a third project at Chelsea Football Club’s Training Academy Campus at Cobham in Surrey – a seamless below-ground extension to an existing pavilion.
Donation Replacing Glass in More Than 350 Windows – Guardian Industries Corp. recently completed a long-term donation of glass to help the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant restore its windows.
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