Re: You heard it here first.
Construction in office and residential has picked up in recent months here too, but this is kind of an exceptional area, and I don't know how typical it is. A housing project that had been frozen for a couple of years is moving again, and some new ones too. Office buildings are being renovated.
A town center that had been half-built then basically abandoned for a long time is active again, with Nokia renting a key office building.
I don't know how much of this is increased demand, and how much is loosened credit. But at least construction people are working.