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April 2007
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How Traffic Jams Are Made In City Hall The bad logic and failed policies of American transportation planners.   |
Reason
February 2005
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Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods How "New Urbanist" planners sacrifice safety in the name of "openness" and "accessibility." |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2004
Thomas J. Bisacquino |
Mixed-Use Comes to the 'Burbs While the number of mixed-use developments is rising rapidly in city centers, the true wave of the future is in suburbia. |
Reason
May 2001 |
Sprawl Talk Sam Staley contends that sprawl-and-mall suburbs are simply what people want. This claim strikes me as simplistic and ahistorical.... Thank you for Sam Staley's very interesting article on suburbs past and present... etc. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007
Bloom & Khanna |
The Urban Revolution Rapid urbanization may prove a blessing, provided the world takes notice and plans accordingly. |
Reason
February 2001
Sam Staley |
Room to Grow What's so bad about the suburbs? |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2002
Michele Lerner |
Filling in the Blanks As suburban sprawl spreads, residents and developers have headed back to the city. But how long will this urban renewal last? |
Reason
June 2001 |
City Views Urban studies legend Jane Jacobs on gentrification, the New Urbanism, and her legacy... |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2003
Sara Drummond |
Containing Sprawl Land-use strategies can help rein in unfettered development. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 15, 2012
Lisa Chase |
Funding the Design of Livable Cities As a burgeoning global population migrates to the world's urban centers, it's crucial to design livable cities that function with scarce natural resources. The critical connection between real estate financing and innovative design in the built environment is discussed. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2005
Doug Bibby |
Why Apartment Owners Should Be Optimistic Fed up with long commutes and bedroom towns with no sense of place, the new American families want more vibrant communities where housing, jobs, retail and entertainment are all interwoven. |
BusinessWeek
September 20, 2004
Christopher Palmeri |
A New Frontier For Suburban Builders Land scarcity has tract developers tackling blighted urban properties. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2005
Sarah Hoban |
What Drives TOD? High gas prices, traffic congestion, and long commutes increase the desire for transit-oriented developments. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 26, 2011 |
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day Companies are caught in an economic dilemma when it comes to being responsible stewards of the environment. Society wants them to be efficient in their use of natural resources and to do as little damage as possible to the environment. |
Entrepreneur
May 2002
Mark Henricks |
Flexin' the City Think you know the face of urban America? The U.S. city is in for a workout... |
National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2004
Steve McLinden |
Architects Ride the Rails The explosive growth in new U.S. rail transit systems is creating unique opportunities for architects and investors who are nimble enough to jump aboard sometimes tenuous transit-oriented developments, described by some as "new Urbanism on a train track." |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2005
Morris Newman |
In This Star-Studded City, Mixed-Use Shines Brightly Anyone seeking evidence of the runaway popularity of mixed-use development in Los Angeles need look no further than the $3 billion extravaganza downtown known as Grand Avenue. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2012
Kristina Daniel Lawson |
Contemporary Zoning Conflicts An evolving landscape presents new challenges. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2006
Joe Gose |
De-Sprawling the Burbs By combining retail, residential and office uses, new mixed-use projects not only create walkable live-work-play environments long-envisioned by new urbanism proponents, but they also become destinations for surrounding communities. |
U.S. Banker
February 2005
Susanne Trimbath |
Mobility of Jobs are an Urban Planner's Nightmare The labor pool was what used to be flexible, but now jobs are moving more frequently than people. This means cities must plan to prevent what paralyzes booming communities: congestion and inner-city slums. |
Reason
May 2005 |
Letters Letters to the editor about the prior articles, "Live Free and Die of Boredom" and "Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods." |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2004
Michael Wagner |
Q&A Urban Land Institute chairman and managing partner of East West Partners, Harry H. Frampton speaks about smart growth and what it means for the future. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007 |
What is the Biggest Challenge in Managing Large Cities? Economists generally agree that urbanization, if handled well, holds great promise for higher growth and a better quality of life. But the flip side is also true. Here are three expert points of view on different ways to manage things well. |
Inc.
July 1, 2000
Joel Kotkin |
Here Comes the Neighborhood If it's all about the talent you have access to and how that talent interacts, then there may be nothing more important than where your company lives |
Reason
July 2006
Joel Miller |
The Politics of Sky-High House Prices How American government jacks up the price of owning your home. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2014
Pinkham & Garland |
Walk to Work Corporations are beginning to view their real estate office decisions holistically and understand that they represent not a cost of doing business, but rather a tool for doing business better. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2008
Matt Hudgins |
Mixed-Use Matures Developers sharpen their focus to succeed in small markets. |
BusinessWeek
August 16, 2004
Aaron Bernstein |
Jane Jacobs: Sticking Up For Cities Her activism permanently altered urban planning |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2006
Sarah Hoban |
Small Cities Mix It Up A convergence of factors has propelled mixed-use developments into the commercial real estate spotlight in recent years. Now, secondary markets blend ideas from successful mixed-use developments. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2011
Adam Hird |
Old School, New Analysis Consider these factors before investing in student housing |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2005
Stan Luxenburg |
Urban Magic Earvin "Magic" Johnson has helped prove that there is money to be made by retail developers in underserved inner-city markets that have not seen private investment in decades. |
Reason
November 2001
Sam Staley |
Ground Zero in Urban Decline Cincinnati isn't just a town down on its luck. It's the future of the American city... |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Roger O. Crockett |
From Projects to Progress in Chicago A massive renewal effort that stresses new housing, community services, and commercial development is turning neighborhoods around. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2004
Joe Gose |
A Vertical Vision Developer Yaromir Steiner's latest creation is going on display this month with the opening of Zona Rosa, a $100 million mixed-use project in growing suburban Kansas City, Mo. The project features 24 apartments and 45,000 sq. ft. of office space atop 486,000 sq. ft. of shops in a town center project, complete with a public square. |
Reason
December 2000
Joel Kotkin |
Movers and Shakers How immigrants are reviving neighborhoods given up for dead |
Inc.
March 2004
Joel Kotkin |
Top 25 Cities For Doing Business in America If you're looking for cities large, medium, and small where job growth is robust and economies are strong, head to the ones on this year's Top Cities list. Fort Lauderdale, anyone? |
IDB America
February 2003
Charo Quesada |
Housing for everyone? New approaches to low-income housing could help to solve the long-standing needs of the urban poor. |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
James Warren |
When Counties Don't Stop Governing at the Border To compete for funding - and save their budgets - municipalities are doing the unthinkable: Working together. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 19, 2011
Garry Emmons |
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future Harvard Business School faculty are thinking along with government leaders and business practitioners about how to create sustainable places to live and work. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Aaron Bernstein |
An Inner-City Renaissance The nation's ghettos are making surprising strides. Will the gains last? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2013
David Moore |
Lots of Land The housing recovery is boosting values for parcels in many markets. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2015
David Moore |
Top Land Markets Builder activity is on the upswing in southern metros. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
The Fattest Cities In America Each of these American cities is routinely among the nation's fattest populations being victimized by their obesity: Chicago, Illinois... Jackson, Mississippi... Los Angeles, California... Houston, Texas... Las Vegas, Nevada... |
Reason
March 2005
Ted Balaker |
Railroading the Poor The chief argument for public transit is that it's necessary for those who can't afford cars. But many cities tailor their transit services to those who need them the least. |
Reason
July 2000
Nick Gillespie |
Horizontal Cities Suburbia is finally getting its due from social critics. |
Fast Company
July 2000
Anna Muoio |
Beyond the City Limits The founders of Vigilante, a fast-growing ad agency, aim to understand the realities of urban life -- the people who live there and the ideas that originate there. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2004
Sara Drummond |
The Affordability Question Commercial real estate pros find local answers to low-income housing challenges. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007
Martin Ravallion |
Urban Poverty Yes, the poor are gravitating to towns and cities, but more rapid poverty reduction will probably require a faster pace of urbanization, not a slower one -- and development policymakers will need to facilitate this process, not hinder it. |
Inc.
May 2005
Joel Kotkin |
The Best Places for Doing Business in America 2005 Looking for job creation and other signs that businesses and entrepreneurs are thriving? A look at 274 population centers reveals that the new economy didn't disappear. It just moved out of the city. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Real Estate Industry Poised for Recovery Despite Slowing Economy The real estate industry, which triggered the last recession, comes into the current slowdown in a much stronger position than it was in the 1980s. |
