Wall St. Journal

Building owners with environmentally friendly features are forgoing the "green" certification process from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Four upstate New York counties are luring farmers and would-be farmers in order to prevent development.

At a staggering $164.70 per square foot, London's West End is by far the most expensive office location in the world.

Many homeowners are building separate apartments as granny flats for extra income. The Wall Street Journal offers advice for coping with local building and zoning regulations.

The real estate market is so inflated that in a few cities across the country, million-dollar homes are common.

A change in HUD's strategy may have nonprofits and housing authorities housing authorities begging for money from Wall Street rather than HUD.

Speculative business parks aimed at ownership by small businesses are a hot new market.

As many as a third of the nation's 1,000 malls are obsolete. A new specialty is emerging for experts in reviving second-tier malls.

After years of national criticism about Houston's livability, the city is trying to remake itself -- fast.

Steven Malanga challenges Richard Florida's theory that bohemian culture as economic development strategy works.

North and South Carolina are aggressively diversifying their economies to survive a devastating loss of the region's manufacturing base.

National Association of Home Builders is promoting a new form of home: 'Loft living in the suburbs.'

The Wall Street Journal's architecture critic wonders if sometimes historic preservation just means that we prefer the 'stagnant status quo.'

From the Mini Cooper to even smaller BMWs, automakers are finding a market in small cars. The WSJ reviews the top contenders.

A new study finds interesting contradictions in what Americans are willing to pay to live in new urbanist communities.

A Wall Street Journal editorial comes down hard on smart growth, comparing it to Jim Crow and segregation laws.

Local cities and states see rising property values as a way to cut budget gaps by increasing developer fees.

Can Minnesota's massive Mall of America, now a dinosaur, be saved from the 'Wal-Marting' of America?

The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. is on track to becoming an urban-planning fiasco, writes Catesby Leigh.

In 1957, Wright traveled to Iraq and produced an ambitious, multibuilding scheme for the city -- none of which was ever built.