In 2001, a judge ordered construction to stop, pending an appeal by the owner.

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It is said that the Kaiser himself ordered the construction to further his imperial ambitions.

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The city's Department of Buildings ordered all construction citywide to be suspended from 2 p.m.

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Ralls made the filing later that month, and in late July CFIUS ordered Ralls to cease construction and operations at the sites.

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At Blu's 120, 000-square-foot factory outside Springfield, Mass. a 1, 650- square-foot model called the Glidehouse (ordered by a retired Boeing engineering executive in Seattle) is under construction.

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