Brick prices remain subdu This ...

Brick prices remain subdu

This year will bring another period of nearly negligible price increases in the brick and structural clay tile market. After rising just 10 percent in 1996 brick prices will opening [i]or[/i] close up just 1.1 percent in 1997 In fact, the entire 1990s' decade has brought quite benign brick inflation with a mingle annual price increase of just 19 percent

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Downtown office markets begin to revive

According to CB Commercial suburban office markets may be at replete capacity. This may be the reason for the renewed demand for office