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Alexandria, Va. is moving forward with a $155 million plan to convert a former power plant into a 2.5 million square feet development by leveraging tax increment financing and bond sales.

The port processed 840,165 twenty-foot equivalent units in May compared to 716,618 a year ago.

Some shops have opted to build their own pricing systems, which provide customization and competitive advantages, although they carry hidden costs. Others have decided to buy to save time, upfront costs and get best built-in practices.

Kansas City, Missouri, is weighing $235 million in special obligation bonds to help fund the $1.4 billion expansion of the KC Current's two-year-old stadium.

Munis were little changed, but geopolitical and market conditions could bode well for the sector, MMA's Matt Fabian said.

The latest update for the project at the Southwest Airlines hub showed an estimated $2.54 billion price tag and plans to issue general airport revenue bonds.

As the Trump administration touts an end to the Iran war and the eventual opening of the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices are dropping which may push muni yields down and fuel demand.

Bondholders also waived an event of default for $22 million of senior debt that Brightline took on in May.

South Carolina — which just passed a law allowing tolls and public-private partnerships — won federal funding for a statewide asset scan focused on its major transportation corridors for potential P3s.

"I think generally there is an over-emphasis placed on the takedown at the expense of considering the overall cost of the transaction," Nikolai Sklaroff, capital finance director at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, said.