You are given a sentence in Portuguese. Your job is to translate the Portuguese sentence into English.

Por outro lado, poderiam ir para um sitio completamente novo, construir un edificio novo, desde que as normas desse lugar facilitem a construção em vez de atrapalhar.
But you could go out someplace brand new, build a brand new apartment building, as long as the rules there were ones that facilitated construction rather than getting in the way.