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Article on a livable building that's ready now (9)

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I believe the answer is:

available

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'ready now' is the definition.
'available' can be an answer for 'ready' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'now' bit.

'article on a livable building' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'building' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'livable'='alivable'
'alivable' is an anagram of 'avilable'.
'a' going within 'avilable' is 'AVAILABLE'.

'that's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for available that I've seen before include "Not otherwise occupied" , "To hand" , "Unoccupied" , "Uncommitted" , "Obtainable or accessible" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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