Urban Development

Bedroom community Maitland wants to convert its strip commercial core to a downtown, but guidelines mandate open space. Redefining 'open space' has opened a door to greater intensity -- and controversy.

June 7, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

With a footprint as big as New York City but with a tenth of the population, and with no natural limits on growth, Calgary struggles to rein in suburban sprawl.

June 7, 2006 - The Globe and Mail

Dubai is leading the pace as one of the world's fastest growing cities.

June 7, 2006 - Flickr

June 7, 2006 - Mike Lydon

Urban planner Kyle Ezell has developed a course to teach suburbanites the "skills" required for downtown living. It promotes the "ruppie", or "retired urban people" lifestyle.

June 7, 2006 - The Chicago Tribune

Modernist park design inspires modernist residential buildings, increasing real estate values in Chicago's East Loop.

June 6, 2006 - The New York Times

Former President Clinton, addressing the shopping center industry's convention in Las Vegas, urged the adoption of LEED certification for new centers, explaining how it would benefit the security of the country and the economy.

June 6, 2006 - The Denver Post

L.A.'s downtown Business Improvement District calls on local business people, property owners, and residents to get stepping in L.A.'s Fashion District, to evaluate the area's walkability. The BID has $1.6 million to make improvements by 2008.

June 5, 2006 - Los Angeles Downtown News

New research by the Brookings Institution ties New Jersey's troubling economic position to multiple forces, including rising housing costs, persistent race, class and place disparities, and unbalanced development patterns.

June 5, 2006 - NJBIZ Journal

Philadelphia's Navy Yard provides a suburban office park environment, and historic fabric, at the edge of the city, with opportunities from dog walking for office employees to a future 2016 Olympic site.

June 5, 2006 - The New York Times

Strategic Hotels & Resorts has proposed a plan to build a 20-acre national jazz center and park in the center of New Orleans, to be designed by Pritzker Prize winner, Thom Mayne.

June 4, 2006 - New Orleans Times-Picayune

Phoenix and Tucson are building up, not out, but is it enough to slow desert development?

June 3, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor

The popularity of mixed-use suburban town centers is threatening the viability of older, traditional downtowns. While many tout their urban-style amenities, the suburban centers often lack transit and -- sometimes -- even sidewalks.

June 3, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

After the much anticipated unveiling of the first quadrant in the Miami 21 project on May 13th, the public is now taking the opportunity to react to the City's most ambitious urban planning effort to date.

June 2, 2006 - Miami Sun-Post

How to identify and invest in housing markets with good short- and long-term appreciation potential.

June 1, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

What does it take to sell real estate in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina?

May 31, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

May 30, 2006 - Erik Kancler

Security, workforce, and sustainability concerns are causing federal, state and local governments to build and lease Class-A space.

May 28, 2006 - Buildings Magazine

A web of politics, lobbying, and profit motives have developers scrambling in support of a rail link that could have a significant impact on the economy of New York City and state.

May 28, 2006 - The New York Observer

New fact sheets are available on best practices to reach water quality, redevelopment, and smart growth goals.

May 27, 2006 - EPA's National Menu of Stormwater Best Management Practices