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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. |
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William J. Levitt: A Social Architect He built affordable housing -- and helped create suburban America. |
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Building the New Urbanism Urban planners in Colorado take a cue from pre-WWII cities and towns. |
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June 2006
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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? |
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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. |
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This Old House
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Reason
May 2005 |
Letters Letters to the editor about the prior articles, "Live Free and Die of Boredom" and "Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods." |
BusinessWeek
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A New Frontier For Suburban Builders Land scarcity has tract developers tackling blighted urban properties. |
Reason
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Horizontal Cities Suburbia is finally getting its due from social critics. |
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July 2006
Joel Miller |
The Politics of Sky-High House Prices How American government jacks up the price of owning your home. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2005
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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. |
IDB America
February 2003
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Housing for everyone? New approaches to low-income housing could help to solve the long-standing needs of the urban poor. |
U.S. Banker
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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. |
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Old School, New Analysis Consider these factors before investing in student housing |
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BusinessWeek
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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. |
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 |
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Jan/Feb 2004
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The Affordability Question Commercial real estate pros find local answers to low-income housing challenges. |
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Manufactured Housing Sector Looks to Build on Improved Fundamentals Although it remains a small sub-sector of the commercial real estate industry, the manufactured housing market offers investors some interesting opportunities despite facing serious challenges... |
