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Center for Real Estate symposium portrays role of sustainability in new business opportunities

"Green" development is not only good for the environment, it's increasingly good business. That is the message that guests heard repeatedly at a symposium on sustainable real estate sponsored by the MIT Center for Real Estate (MIT/CRE) Alumni Association.

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