Finance

Online Database Seeks to Match Funders with Stalled Projects

AIA says it gives no assurance as to the accuracy or legitimacy of any of the information entered by investors, lenders or project owners. AIA also does not rank the projects listed as to viability or any other criteria. The group is merely acting as a forum for investors and architects, project owners and developers to meet and exchange information.

Nadine M. Post, ENR's editor-at-large for buildings, is an award-winning journalist with 45 years of experience covering trends, issues, innovations, controversies and challenging projects. Post has written about many industry giants, including 10 ENR Award of Excellence winners. And she has covered disasters, failures and attacks, including the 1993 bombing and the 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center. Project stories include the redevelopment of the World Trade Center; the 828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa; Los Angeles’ Disney Concert Hall; and Seattle's Bullitt Center and Rainier Square Tower. In 1985, Post wrote McGraw-Hill's book Restoring the Statue of Liberty (1986) for the restoration’s architects—Richard S. Hayden and Thierry W. Despont.