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       •   News: Construction on NextGen Demo Home Entering Final Phase
       •   Article: Get Environmental Insurance to Protect Your Uncontaminated Building
       •   News: Michigan Suburb Prepares for Toronto Trash


Construction on NextGen Demonstration Home Entering Final Phase
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Construction of the NextGen Demonstration Home, a 3,100 square-foot house being constructed in 30 days on the parking lot of the Stardust Hotel and Casino is nearing completion. The NextGen Home will serve as a leading attraction to visitors of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), International Builders' Show and Surfaces Show in January.

"This 'home of the future' is really coming together," said Paul Barnett, of iShow, producer of the NextGen Home. "Now that the housewrap is on, the windows in, the cabinets are up and the decking is down, it's really starting to come to life."
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Have Tenants Get Environmental Insurance to Protect Your Uncontaminated Building
Commercial Lease Law Insider, December 2002 -- Many tenants, such as dry cleaners, photo processors, gas stations, and nail salons, use or generate hazardous materials in their spaces. If those hazardous materials leak into your uncontaminated building or center, you could face big trouble. You and the tenant could be sued by anyone whose property is damaged by the contamination or who becomes ill or loses business because of it.

While you may think that the tenant's indemnification clause in your lease will protect you from those lawsuits, you may be wrong.
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Michigan Suburb Prepares for Toronto Trash
SUMPTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A steady stream of garbage trucks soon will start carrying Toronto's entire trash output to a suburban Detroit landfill. On Tuesday, the Keele Valley Landfill will close and Toronto's 23,750-ton weekly trash production will be dumped in Wayne County's Sumpter Township.

Michigan is the third-largest importer of trash nationwide, and the influx of Toronto trash likely will push the state into the No. 2 spot next year, behind Pennsylvania.
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