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National Good Neighbor Day is Sept. 28 and the City of Mesquite is reminding its neighborhoods of its Project Porch Light campaign which asks its residents to help create a more active and safer community. And one way is with the use of outdoor lighting to help fight crime by lighting up neighborhoods.

Maria Martinez, Director of Neighborhood Services, said, One part of Project Porch Light is encouraging our residents to use exterior lighting at their home to help discourage criminal activity in neighborhoods. The continual illumination of neighborhoods with porch lights, landscape lights or front window lights can be very effective with helping reduce crime.

Martinez shared that the City is also reminding neighbors to say something, if they see unusual activity, by calling the Mesquite Police Departments non-emergency phone number at 972-285-6336 or 911.

The City launched the Project Porch Light campaign in 2020 as a way to encourage engagement of residents with their neighbors through meetings, events and partnering on crime prevention efforts including the use of outdoor lighting. The COVID-19 pandemic has cancelled events and affected in-person meetings by neighborhood groups, but some have hosted successful virtual meetings to remain connected.

Martinez said, Our neighborhoods continue to be active and aware, and this can go a long way in maintaining safe neighborhoods and a safe Mesquite community.

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The Outdoor LED Lighting Markethas been riding a progressive growth trail over the recent past. The first two quarters of the year 2020 have however witnessed heavy disruptions throughout all the industry facets, which are ultimately posing an unprecedented impact onOutdoor LED Lighting market. Although healthcare & life sciences industry as a whole is witnessing an influx of opportunities in selected sectors, it remains a matter of fact that some of the industry sectors have temporarily scaled back. It becomes imperative to stay abreast of all the recent updates and predict the near future wisely.

The report primarily attempts to track the evolution of growth path of market from 2019, through 2020, and post the crisis. It also provides long-term market growth projections for a predefined period of assessment, 2020 2025. Based on detailed analysis of industrys key dynamics and segmental performance, the report offers an extensive assessment of demand, supply, and manufacturing scenario. Upsurge in R&D investments, increasing sophistication of healthcare infrastructure, thriving medical tourism, and rapidly introducing innovations in Outdoor LED Lighting and equipment sector are thoroughly evaluated.

NOTE: Our team is studying Covid-19 impact analysis on various industry verticals and Country Level impact for a better analysis of markets and industries. The 2020 latest edition of this report is entitled to provide additional commentary on latest scenario, economic slowdown and COVID-19 impact on overall industry.

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In Chapter 11 and 13.3, on the basis of types, the Outdoor LED Lighting market from 2020 to 2025 is primarily split into:Less than 50WBetween 50W and 150WMore than 150W

In Chapter 12 and 13.4, on the basis of applications, the Outdoor LED Lighting market from 2020 to 2025 covers:Highways & RoadwaysArchitecturalPublic Places

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2015-2026) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13:

United States, Canada, Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, Belgium, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, Chile, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa and Rest of the World

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Global Outdoor LED Lighting Market Report 2020 by Key Players, Types, Applications, Countries, Market Size, Forecast to 2026

Chapter 1Report Overview

Chapter 2Global Market Growth Trends

Chapter 3Value Chain of Outdoor LED Lighting Market

Chapter 4Players Profiles

Chapter 5Global Outdoor LED Lighting Market Analysis by Regions

Chapter 6North America Outdoor LED Lighting Market Analysis by Countries

Chapter 7Europe Outdoor LED Lighting Market Analysis by Countries

Chapter 8Asia-Pacific Outdoor LED Lighting Market Analysis by Countries

Chapter 9Middle East and Africa Outdoor LED Lighting Market Analysis by Countries

Chapter 10South America Outdoor LED Lighting Market Analysis by Countries

Chapter 11Global Outdoor LED Lighting Market Segment by Types

Chapter 12Global Outdoor LED Lighting Market Segment by Applications

Chapter 13Outdoor LED Lighting Market Forecast by Regions (2020-2026)

Chapter 14Appendix

The prime objective of this report is to help the user understand the market in terms of its definition, segmentation, market potential, influential trends, and the challenges that the market is facing with 10 major regions and 30 major countries. Deep researches and analysis were done during the preparation of the report. The readers will find this report very helpful in understanding the market in depth. The data and the information regarding the market are taken from reliable sources such as websites, annual reports of the companies, journals, and others and were checked and validated by the industry experts. The facts and data are represented in the report using diagrams, graphs, pie charts, and other pictorial representations. This enhances the visual representation and also helps in understanding the facts much better.

Impact of Covid-19 in Outdoor LED Lighting Market: Since the COVID-19 virus outbreak in December 2019, the disease has spread to almost every country around the globe with the World Health Organization declaring it a public health emergency. The global impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are already starting to be felt, and will significantly affect the Outdoor LED Lighting market in 2020. The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought effects on many aspects, like flight cancellations; travel bans and quarantines; restaurants closed; all indoor/outdoor events restricted; over forty countries state of emergency declared; massive slowing of the supply chain; stock market volatility; falling business confidence, growing panic among the population, and uncertainty about future.

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By Kathleen Gallagher, Special to the Journal Sentinel Published 7:00 a.m. CT Sept. 29, 2020 | Updated 11:51 a.m. CT Sept. 30, 2020

Now that Briggs & Stratton has changed hands, its time to tackle the elephant in the room: its board of directors.

The small engine makers nine directors in June awarded executives more than $5 million of retention bonuses rather than make a $6.7 million interest payment on debt they incurred. That forced the more than 100-year-old company into bankruptcy and a sale earlier this month to New York private equity firm KPS Capital Partners.

Was the Briggs board a mutual protection society for its top executives and, frankly, its members? Or did the board, through no fault of its own, encounter impossible obstacles and have no choice but bankruptcy?

The mutual protection society theory seems to carry the most weight.

Despite a 20-year trend toward separating the chairman and CEO jobs, Briggs board decided Todd Teske should have both.

The board justified Teskes dual role by saying his tenure at Briggs since 1996 made him most familiar with the company and best-positioned to identify what the board should review and discuss. According to one securities filing: Centralizing power with Teske prevented ambiguity about accountability and the possibility that two leaders might communicate different messages.

Umm, maybe there was some confusion about accountability. The board has a fiduciary duty to shareholders to ask questions of management, evaluate the risks of the strategies and plans management presents for approval, and assess the performance of management against those plans.

What Briggs board missed under the cozy arrangement that handed all the power to Teske is the cold reality that things were getting worse, not better.

Briggs stock price peaked in June 2004 at $44.175 and its market capitalization reached nearly $1.9 billion. Sixteen years later, KPS Capital bought virtually all of Briggs assets for about $550 million.

Briggs demise was not due to a competitor who upended them, not due to a poor product, a former executive observed. Briggs wounds were all self-inflicted.

The alienation of much of the companys top operational talent, frequent factory openings and closings along with massive production re-locations, the accumulation of more than $100 million in restructuring charges since 2015, and problems with a new business management system that caused a steep drop in Briggs ability to ship service parts all drove the downward spiral.

But more telling may be the decision in 2012 to retreat from the US retail market and re-focus on selling engines to lawn and garden equipment makers.

After the strategy shift, Briggs ramped up commercial lawn care acquisitions: Outdoor lighting maker Allmand Bros in 2014; Specialty turf equipment maker Billy Goat in 2015; Fertilizer equipment maker Ground Logic in 2017; Leaf blower maker Hurricane in 2018. You get the idea.

While Briggs was making those acquisitions, companies like EGO, Black & Decker and Greenworks were selling cordless, battery-powered lawnmowers. And players like Global Garden Products and Husqvarna were selling autonomous lawnmowers, while startups like Santa Monica, California-based Graze innovated new ones.

Briggs made an end market pivot rather than an innovation pivot.

Maybe thats no surprise. Briggs board had prodigious amounts of financial, and not much technical, experience and degrees. None of the directors had high-level technical chops. Remember, it was when Satya Nadella, the engineer who studied computer science at UW-Milwaukee, got the top job that Microsoft started to be cool again -- or rediscovered its soul, as he put it in the title of his 2017 memoir.

Despite the downward spiral and lack of strategic innovation, directors got a steady gig and good pay.

Average tenure was nearly 11 years, anchored by the three longest-serving directors: Charles Story (26 years), president of ECS Group, a Nashville executive development company; Brian Walker (18 years), the boards lead independent director and a partner at Huron Capital, a Detroit private equity firm; and Keith McLoughlin (13 years), retired president and CEO of Swedish home appliance maker AB Electrolux.

Directors gave themselves a $5,000 raise in August 2018, bringing their cash compensation to $95,000 in addition to $110,000 of Briggs stock annually and pay for extra duties. Walker, for example, got an extra $40,000 a year for being lead independent director and chairing a committee bringing his fiscal 2019 pay to $244,130. Not bad for attending between 17 and 23 meetings that year.

But with no real technological innovation, Briggs faltered. Debt levels ballooned. Inventories grew. Briggs had $412 million of inventory on its balance sheet in June 2018. Within a year that number had grown by $90 million to $502 million.

Businesses come and go, and some downturns are unavoidable. Buggy whip-making had a bleak future in 1900. But Briggs was one of the premier lawnmower engine companies in the world. Its board and executives had a choice of financially managing the downward spiral or innovating into new markets.

They harvested the business rather than the future.

Kathleen Gallagher, Executive Director of 5 Lakes Institute is a former reporter who was awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. She is writing a column for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel(Photo: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Kathleen Gallagher was a business reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Milwaukee Sentinel for 23 years. She was one of two reporters on the team that won a 2011 Pulitzer Prize for the One in a Billion series. Gallagher is now executive director of 5 Lakes Institute, a non-profit working to grow the Great Lakes region's high technology entrepreneurial economy and culture. She can be reached at Kathleen@5lakesinstitute.org.

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by Kevin D. Conod | For Jersey's Best September 28, 2020

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Earths satellite grows fat over the next couple of days as it heads toward full moon. The gibbous moon gets its name from a Latin word meaning humped, a reference to the fact that moon does not look round during this phase.

The gibbous moon is heading eastward over the next few days, getting brighter and fuller each day. Ordinarily the moon rises about 45 minutes to an hour later each night. But when the full moon occurs near the equinox, it is in a spot that allows the moon to rise at a similar time for a couple of days in a row.

At the equinox, which occurred Sept. 22, the sun is directly above the equator. The closest full moon to the equinox this year is Oct. 1. Since the full moon is opposite the sun, it too is near, or at least close, to the equator. This is the Harvest Moon, so named because the full moon provides additional lighting for farmers to bring in their crops.

The sun is setting this week around 6:37 p.m. The moon rises at 6:35 p.m., 6:58 p.m. and 7:21 p.m. on Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and Oct. 2, respectively. Modern outdoor lighting has largely replaced the moon as a source of illumination, but the Harvest Moon still ushers in the fall foliage, pumpkins and harvest festivals of the autumn season.

Kevin D.Conod is the planetarium manager and astronomer at the The Newark Museum of ArtsDreyfussPlanetarium. For updates on the night sky, call the Newark Skyline at (973) 596-6529.

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Press release from the city of Asheville:

The City of Asheville will be extending theAVL Shares Spaceinitiatives through Jan. 3, 2021, in order to continue providing businesses and organizations with opportunities to expand outdoors during COVID-19. In addition to the extension,newguidelinesare being provided to participants that address winter-related accommodations and safety requirements.

The goals of these initiatives continue to focus on supporting economic vitality and safe customer access in alignment with public health guidelines.

Launched in May and June, theAVL Shares Spaceinitiatives include the following:

There are currently 78 businesses and organizations authorized to expand outdoors through these initiatives. A survey conducted in early September resulted in the following feedback from participating businesses and organizations:

Thewinter guidelines for temporary outdoor expansion spaces are available here. They include requirements for use of outdoor heaters, sides for tent/shade structures, outdoor lighting and additional maintenance considerations like snow and leaf removal. The guidelines also include staff contact information for questions and a frequently asked question section. City staff has been working directly with the Asheville Independent Restaurant Association (AIR) on this rollout and will continue providing one-on-one support to businesses as-needed.

In addition, the City is providing materials to assist with temporary parklet installation and haspartnered with the American Institute of Architects Asheville(AIA) to improve accessibility into these spaces. Businesses owned or managed by people of color are especially encouraged to contact City staff for assistance.

Businesses and organizations can find applications for new temporary outdoor expansion and amend current applications with winterization changes through the CitysDevelopment Portal here.

The public can provide feedback on these initiatives by emailingpublicspace@publicinput.comand checking theproject page for updatesand input opportunities.

The City will make adjustments to the programs as-needed based on public health guidance, and will continue working with businesses and organizations to respond to critical needs, while considering new initiatives for the winter and spring and possible continuation of some opportunities longer term.

More information is available atwww.ashevillenc.gov/AVLSharesSpace.

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The days are steadily getting shorter and we're heading into the colder months. For me, that conjures images of warm beverages and comfort food. So I've put together this list of awesome smart home products for the fall, ranging from theOxo Brew 8-Cup Coffee Makerto the Philips Hue Lily Outdoor Spot Light -- and several other favorites.

Of course, all of these gadgets are great year-round, but they're especially nice to have when it's cold outside.

Coffee is great any time, but a warm beverage can come in particularly handy during those chilly fall mornings when it's still dark outside and you need to get going.

The Oxo Brew 8-Cup Coffee Maker is CNET's favorite drip coffee maker. Not only is it affordable at $170, we were impressed by its hot, speedy brew that didn't ruin the coffee grounds. Its 8-cup capacity means a full pot can keep you fueled throughout the workday -- and you'll still have plenty left over to share.

We even prefer the Oxo Brew 8-Cup Coffee Maker over the popular $190Bonavita Connoisseur. The best coffee makers of 2020.

A kamado grill is an excellent cold-weather cooking appliance, one you can let sit and do its thing for hours at a time while you stay warm inside and enjoy the smell of brisket or ribs cooking away.

The $1,699 Kamado Joe Classic III is our favorite smoker/kamado grill. Because of its ceramic design, it holds heat well and can cook a variety of different dishes "low and slow" to deliver food that's ridiculously tender and flavorful.

Yes, the Kamado Joe Classic III is extremely expensive, but if you're serious about getting a kamado grill that works wonders, this is our favorite by far. The best kamado grills of 2020.

Fall is my favorite time of year to sit around a fire pit, and the Tiki Brand Fire Pit is CNET's top choice for a backyard fire pit. Priced at $350, this fire pit isn't cheap, but it's worth it.

We especially liked its large size, sturdy build and overall design. Its removable ashtray made it easy to clean, too. A built-in airflow system reuses the hot smoke generated from the fire pit, reducing the amount of smoke overall.

It was easy to light, but it gets extremely hot after being lit and takes a long time to cool down afterward, so exercise caution. At 45 pounds, it's on the heavier side for a modular fire pit, so consider setting it up with two people. The best fire pits of 2020.

No appliance makes me think of fall more than an Instant Pot. These versatile multicookers can do pretty much anything, including cook up chili, stew and other classic cold-weather meals fast.

The Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 is our favorite model. It acts as a pressure cooker, slow cooker, steamer and rice cooker. You can also use it to saut and to make yogurt -- or even to warm up leftovers. The Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 is available in 3-quart, 6-quart and 8-quart size options.

While it can't be used for canning or to bake cake, this model has the following modes: Poultry, Meat/Stew, Rice, Bean/Chili, Multigrain, Porridge, Soup/Broth, Steam, Slow Cook, Saut, Yogurt, Pressure Cook and Keep Warm. The best Instant Pots of 2020.

An electric kettle is a helpful kitchen appliance all year, but I use mine even more when it's cold outside to make hot water for coffee, tea -- and to heat up a simmering stock pot more quickly for pasta, mashed potatoes and other comfort dishes.

The Cuisinart CPK-17 is my favorite electric kettle. It has a large capacity, boils water fast and has a lot of hot water settings. Some of the settings include a traditional boil button, a 160-degree/delicate button, a 190-degree/oolong button and a "keep warm" button.

It also features a button to open the lid, so you don't have to open the lid manually, as well as an automatic "keep warm" function after it reaches boiling. It automatically turns off after 30 minutes. The best electric kettles of 2020.

With the days getting shorter, it's nice to have additional outdoor lighting to illuminate your yard -- and to provide some much-needed ambience to the sometimes gloomy fall weather.

The Philips Hue Lily Outdoor Spot Light kit comes in a pack of three lights. The spotlights can shine color-temperature-adjustable white light, but they're also color-changing, if you want to get festive heading into the holiday season. The Philips Hue Lily Outdoor Spot Lights require a Philips Hue hub to work and are controllable in the Philips Hue app. They're also supposed to work with Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri voice commands. Light up your yard with a Philips Hue Outdoor Spotlights 3-pack for $270.

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Want to practice your knuckleball? This 18-acre gated property has you covered. Prefer a game of one-on-one? The court is all yours. Or maybe the serenity of rod and reel are more your style? The spring-fed pond is fully stocked.

This incredible home, listed for $9.9 million, in Lucas, Texas, just north of Dallas, has all a sports enthusiast could ask for (well, minus the indoor hockey rink). The turf baseball field even has dugouts, covered seating and separate pitching and batting cages. The fenced-in basketball court is regulation size, and the putting green area includes a fire pit and heated floors for year-round comfort. Swimming in the pond is a population of bass, catfish and seasonal trout. If you prefer fewer fins with your own swim, theres always the 85,000-gallon backyard pool.

And thats just the outside. Inside, the single-story home sprawls across 8,000 square feet. Floor-to-ceiling windows onto all that the outdoors has to offer stretch across the vast open living space.

All five bedrooms are ensuite, with heated floors, electric shades and a convenient laundry room in the primary suite.

The game room includes a wet bar and half bath with direct access to the pool deck and its cabanas. The collection of signed football helmets showcased in the room are available for sale for an additional fee. The media room has its own kitchen area, so snacks are close at hand during those movie marathons.

The alderwood kitchen.Photo: Realtor Media Source

The main kitchen includes Sub-Zero appliances, two dishwashers, alderwood cabinetry and a massive island. The home has a built-in smart system and can be controlled from the owners cellphone. Inside the home office, the overhead fan is made from an actual jet propeller.

If the three-car garage cant hold your complete collection, theres one more, a single climate-controlled garage that could also double as a fitness studio if you cant get your workout in using one of the outdoor sports spaces.

The 85,000-gallon pool.Photo: Realtor Media Source

On the back deck, find two hot tubs in addition to the pool and an air-conditioned cabana. Plenty of covered terrace spaces unite the outdoor kitchen with the deck.

A covered seating area with its own wet bar juts out into the pond for an all-day respite.

The private pond.Photo: Realtor Media Source

While the entire property at 1010 Wendy Lane feels like a private resort, the current owners kept preparedness in mind: A private well and underground rainwater storage tanks provide water for the entire estate, and there is a backup generator and two 1,000-gallon propane tanks on site in case of emergency.

The listing is held by Karen Cuskey-Hartman of Coldwell Banker.

The game room.Photo: Realtor Media Source

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Is it a summer house? Is it a gazebo or even a cabana? Absolutely not. Its a tea pavilion and if you want to keep up with the Sussexes, youll be building one in your garden this Autumn.

Among the sprawling acres of Harry and Meghans Montecito estate, somewhere between the childrens cottage, guest house and swimming pool, is the teahouse a nod to the ancient Japanese tradition of retreating to a small, simple wooden building (known as a chashitsu) in the garden to drink tea and leave behind the commotion of the city.

Done properly, guests should perform certain rituals before taking part in a tea ceremony, including washing their hands and mouths to purify their body and spirit, and removing their shoes. Who knows whether Meghan will insist on such protocol from her starry guests one imagines she probably does. But she is not the only resident of this Southern Californian millionaires enclave to have a tea pavilion in her garden.

The neighbouring Somerset Estate an early 20th century house set on 1.6 acres in Montecitos Golden Quadrangle - also features a teahouse near the pool. The truth is, few tea pavilions will actually house a traditional tea party, says Cristal Clarke from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in Montecito, who is marketing the property for $7.495m.

What they do provide is an oasis of calm in an incredibly civilised setting where the owner can feel at one with nature. It acts as a statement piece and we often see these spaces filled with scatter cushions, candles and wind chimes, Clarke adds.

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MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --LMC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lennar Corporation and a leader in apartment development and management, today announced the start of preleasing at Odin, a contemporary mixed-use apartment community in the increasingly popular Northeast neighborhood of Minneapolis.

Odin, which features 335 apartment homes and nearly 8,000 square feet of retail space, includes a 12-story high-rise and five-story midrise building in a highly walkable and bikeable downtown locale. The community is equipped with work-from-home spaces as part of plush array of common-area amenities, including a flexible lounge to cater to the ever-prominent remote worker. Odin offers virtual leasing options and will welcome its first residents in the fall.

"Odin is unique in how it complements another of our developments in the immediate area," said Megan Glover, LMC's development manager for Odin and NordHaus. "Nearby NordHaus has been highly successful, and we look forward to adding to our presence in one of the most artistic, energetic locales in the city. We remain bullish on the Minneapolis market, which continues to thrive and offer a wide variety of attractions for residents."

Located at 401 1st Avenue NE, Odin is situated a short distance east of the Mississippi River in a vibrant neighborhood filled with art galleries, museums, craft breweries and a mix of modern and longstanding restaurants and shops. The site features a Walk Score of 93, a Bike Score of 97, and residents will have commuter-friendly access to many key locales across the metropolitan area. The community is one block removed from key thoroughfare Hennepin Avenue, and several transit options are within a short distance of the community, including an adjacent bus stop.

The Northeast Minneapolis Arts District is located just over two miles to the north and the University of Minnesota less than three miles east. UMN is one of the market's largest employers along with Target, US Bank, Wells Fargo and others, and the Central Business District is within a five-minute drive. Additional nearby attractions include Guthrie Theater, Mill City Museum, Target Field, Target Center and Minneapolis Stone Arch Bridge.

Odin offers studio, 1- and 2-bedroom apartment homes with den layouts available and an average square footage of 837. Apartment interiors are delivered with stainless steel appliances, slow-close cabinets and drawers, quartz countertops, tile backsplashes, pendant and under-cabinet lighting, wood-laminate flooring and walk-in closets. Each home has its own heating and cooling unit and operable windows. Bathrooms are equipped with high-end, hotel-inspired vanities with open shelving, walk-in showers and tile surrounds in baths and showers.

Community features include an amenity deck that contains a swimming pool with cabanas, lounge, fire pits and grill stations. A clubroom sits adjacent to the amenity deck and includes a lounge, bar, kitchen, fireplace and games. Additional community amenities include a sky terrace with downtown views, state-of-the-art fitness center with cardio equipment and a cross-fit area, separate group fitness/yoga studio and an outdoor rooftop dog run with snowmelt system for winter use. Residents also have access to digital package lockers with cold storage, bike lounge with repair station, bike storage and rentable storage units.

Odin marks LMC's fourth development in the Minneapolis area, joining NordHaus, Indigo at BCS and Onyx Edina.

About LMC LMC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lennar (NYSE: LEN), is a multifamily real estate development and operating company with a diverse portfolio of institutional quality multifamily rental communities across the US. LMC has a 31,800-unit pipeline of communities ranging from operating to under pre-development that exceeds $12 billion of high-rise, mid-rise and garden apartments.

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