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Project to Watch: 2010 Winter Olympics

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Kelley Hunsberger, editor, PMI.org
 on July 6, 2009 11:54 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
The games will go on--and now the athletes will have somewhere to live during the big event.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, host to the 2010 Winter Olympics, just secured approval to borrow more than CA$450 million to complete the main athletes' village. U.S.-based Fortress Investment Group cut the project's funding last year--midway through construction--over concerns about cost overruns and the weak economy.

You can read more about the 2010 Winter Olympics at PMI.org/features.

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