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From Projects to Progress in Chicago A massive renewal effort that stresses new housing, community services, and commercial development is turning neighborhoods around. |
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Fast Company
December 2008
Ellen McGirt |
Edward Norton's $9,000,000,000 Housing Project (that's $9 Billion) The actor's "family business" has helped shelter tens of thousands of Americans. Now it is taking on the credit crunch with innovative financing and a green-building initiative. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2003
H. Lee Murphy |
A New Era For Affordable Housing The competition for affordable housing tax credits and related incentives is as intense as ever among developers. Project sponsors are searching for ways to stand apart from the mainstream: The gray, boxy apartment towers of yesteryear are giving way to eye-catching mixed-use facilities |
U.S. Banker
February 2006 |
Dwelling on the U.S.'s Affordable-Housing Crisis The housing boom of the last 13 years has lulled many people into a false sense of stability. Look past the numbers and one can easily find evidence of a housing crisis-and it increasingly involves the Everyman. The opportunity to address this crisis starts with banks. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2004
Sara Drummond |
The Affordability Question Commercial real estate pros find local answers to low-income housing challenges. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
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From Concept to Reality They can be frustrating, intricate, and lengthy. But real estate professionals involved in public/private partnerships say they can also be rewarding. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2003
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New Funding for Affordable Housing Encourages Public/Private Partnerships Commercial real estate developers should stay abreast of affordable-housing activities in their markets as the number of opportunities for public/private partnerships for these projects continues to grow. |
BusinessWeek
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It Pays to Help Workers Buy a Home A slew of new programs offer employees the chance to purchase a house with company assistance. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Arthur M. Sussman |
Making Grants to Governments Providing foundation funds to government entities for specific initiatives can bring about substantial reform. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
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National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2011
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Champion of Affordable Housing Developer Robin Hughes is committed to more than just putting roofs over people's heads. Her goal is to use affordable housing to spark positive change for individuals, families and communities in Southern California. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2003
Sara Drummond |
Containing Sprawl Land-use strategies can help rein in unfettered development. |
Foundation News & Commentary
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Robert H. Martin |
New Orleans' Philanthropic Challenge With hundreds of thousands of New Orleanians still scattered across America, homelessness and the lack of rootedness are felt intensely. Funders are helping to set the stage for transformation. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2007
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A Stubborn Affordable Housing Problem While there has never been a better time to be an apartment professional or investor, there has never been a more important time to be an advocate for the creation of more affordable housing. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2005
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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. |
Reason
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
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The Politics of Sky-High House Prices How American government jacks up the price of owning your home. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 18, 2003
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NMHC President: Don't Cave In To NIMBY Tactics Speaking before the U.S. Conference of Mayors' National Economic Summit in Manhattan, the president of the National Multi Housing Council urged the nation's leading mayors and business executives to defy NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) opposition to apartments if they want to create vibrant communities. |
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." |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2003
Beth Mattson-Teig |
On the Edge Ample land offers new development prospects outside metropolitan areas. |
CFO
February 1, 2005
Don Durfee |
Big City Blues Sooner rather than later, businesses will feel the effects of local budget shortfalls, through higher taxes and fees, crumbling roads and bridges, and smaller police departments. Simply relocating may not be the answer --- many suburbs now face the same fiscal pressures as inner cities. |
Fast Company
September 14, 2011
Chris Faraone |
Sharing Data Makes For Truly Public Transit When cities release bus and train data, the benefits are many. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
Affordable Housing Shortage To overcome housing shortages, developers and nonprofit groups have been lobbying Congress for more tax credits or other subsidies that can support affordable construction. But faced with budget deficits, Washington has been reluctant to increase the amount of money spent on housing. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 19, 2012
Restinas et al. |
Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States At a recent conference in Herzliya, Israel, Nicolas P. Retsinas, John H. Vogel, and Charles S. Laven joined residential developers, non-profits, national and local government officials, and academics to brainstorm approaches to affordable rental housing. |
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Lynn Novelli |
Still Affordable? The affordable housing market could become too expensive for REITs and REOCs |
Reason
August 2002
Mike Lynch |
Building Crisis That housing prices have held up in the midst of the stock market downturn is considered a blessing by many economists -- and by the nearly seven in 10 families that own their homes. But it's a cause of concern for local pols and academics who worry for a living. |
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. |
Reason
June 2006
Samuel R. Staley |
Healthy City Living Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities, by Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson, poses the question: are suburbs making us sick? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2003
Roxanna Guilford-Blake |
A Maturing Market Seniors housing struggles to find balance before the boom. |
Reason
July 2008
Paul Thornton |
Rant: The War on Renters In their attempt to "keep Americans in their homes," Clinton, Obama, and McCain have all called for the federal government to spend billions of dollars to curtail foreclosures. Makes you think the candidates are on your side. Not if you're a renter. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Obama's First Task: Rebuilding Our Housing What first steps might the president-elect take to treat our housing malaise? |
BusinessWeek
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Peter Coy |
Where A Slump Would Hurt Most If the housing market turns south, where is the economic damage likely to be the greatest? |
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Mike Hofman |
Urban Outfitters Big-city mayors are eager to make revivified inner cities a part of their legacies... Cleveland... Denver... Chicago... Austin... |
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Jason Ankeny |
Innovation Nation Whatever your entrepreneurial aspirations, there's a city to match your needs, accelerate your company's growth and improve your quality of life. Which is the one for you? Here's a list of 50 cities and 10 lifestyles energizing businesses of all shapes and sizes. |
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The Right Spot Whether you're looking to expand, relocate or simply stay put, the 12th annual Hot Cities report will give you the lowdown on the nation's most dynamic cities for entrepreneurs. |
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Donald Jay Korn |
Real Estate Revisited Have real estate prices finally hit bottom? As far as home prices go, the data says they have. |
InternetNews
February 3, 2004
Roy Mark |
Coalition Targets Digital Divide A new group hopes tax credits will encourage developers to integrate high-speed Internet access into their housing plans. |
CFO
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Kate O'Sullivan |
Rebuilding, Slowly Four years after the housing-market collapse, the sector's troubles still weigh on the broader economy. But housing CFOs are searching for a path to growth. |
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City Outlook: Chicago The region's size and similarity to the U.S. as a whole makes it attractive for REIT and publicly traded real estate company investment... |
Smithsonian
August 2006
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Building Sustainable Cities Sustainable practices are on the rise in cities all over the United States. The 227-city U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement is just the beginning. |
Fast Company
December 2008 |
High Point: Recreating Nature With A Natural-Water Channel At High Point in Seattle -- a green community -- market rate condos and townhouses mix with affordable housing funding largely by Enterprise. |
Fast Company
May 1, 2007 |
Feedback Letters. Updates. Advice: Fast 50... The Germinator... Florida-ville... Roanoke on the Edge... etc. |
Entrepreneur
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Mark Henricks |
Commuter Gains Ease employees' transportation troubles with commuter benefits. |
Reason
March 2009
Adrian Moore & Sam Staley |
A Better New New Deal How can we get the most bang for our transportation buck? Here are six ideas for the new president and cash-strapped governors. |
AFP eWire
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Collaborative Campaigning -- Can We Be Friends Through Collective Impact? Calgary is a city with a ten-year plan to end homelessness and, it is one of the few such plans in North America that is actually working. |
U.S. Banker
February 2006 |
Gimme Shelter The U.S. residential real-estate boom masks an ugly truth: Affordable housing is increasingly hard to find. Enter manufactured housing, an $8 billion industry that promises to grow by 10% a year. |
Reason
March 2003
Brian Doherty |
Do You Know the Cost of San Jose? The high cost of low growth |
