Business Week

Despite its plentiful oil reserves, the Arabian emirate of Abu Dhabi is planning and developing some green cities that will be able to operate without the power of oil.

Subway construction and expansion is being seen in cities across the world.

Subways are proliferating across the globe as metro status symbols and attracting new forms of urban investment.

After a growing number of complaints against its presence in one of China's most significant historic and cultural sites, the chain decides to close its doors.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg views citizens as customers and city workers as assets. How does this translate into a new city hall transparency and vastly improved city services?

Ambitious plans for a new neighborhood on 2,400 acres of polluted lakefront are underway near downtown Toronto.

Several of Second Life's most successful entrepreneurs making real money in a virtual world are "real estate" developers.

The first of its kind development is hoping to transform the booming interest in all things green into, well, green.

A list of neighborhoods heading towards gentrification in the nation's 10 largest cities aims to give homebuyers and investors a chance to get in before prices skyrocket.

First come the artists, then the high rents. So why not base you real estate investment strategy on where artists are going now?

Realtors' report shows double-digit increase in housing prices in 14 metro areas, despite national decrease; high values attributed to affordability, job growth.

As Shanghai becomes a new world-class business capital, the city struggles to keep up with its rapid growth.

Several cities in the Pacific Northwest are encouraging the construction of smaller homes to help deal with the shortage of affordable housing.

One Los Angeles-based architecture firm is helping cities and organizations communicate their brand identity through buildings.

With suburban living getting more and more expensive, Business Week compiles a list of places where buying a single family house in a good neighborhood isn't a dream.

The median price of a new home dropped nearly 10% in September, 2006 -- the largest one-year decline since 1970. Home builders reduce prices to clear inventory.

The California-based design company's "Smart Space" practice takes on the staid world of infrastructure, zoning and public process.

When it comes to the Gaza Strip, most talk revolves around making peace. One architect and urban planner has drafted a plan that focuses on "the day after".

Option adjustable rate mortgages(ARM) have in recent years been offered to thousands of middle-income homeowners who may soon face "personal catastrophe" as their loans reset, doubling their monthly payments.

BusinessWeek offers a brief overview of Florida's theory and recent work.