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Porsche-Oriented Development?

Porsche has announced its planning to develop a 57-story condo in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, complete with parking spaces inside every unit.
9 December 2011 - 9:00am
The Wall St. Journal

Despite Smear, Vancouver Density is Key to City

In Vancouver, urban density is being attacked as a detriment to the city. But as this column argues, the city's emphasis on density and transit accessibility is what makes the city great.
18 May 2011 - 6:00am
The Globe and Mail

Debate Over New Condos, Hotel in Brooklyn Bridge Park

The plans for the newly-opened Brooklyn Bridge Park included a 150-room hotel and two 30-story to 40-story condos buildings, which planners say were necessary to make the project pencil out. As construction nears, some locals are upset at the plans.
19 April 2011 - 2:00pm
The Architect's Newspaper

Unstoppable Toronto

Toronto is growing up, up, up, with a very hot downtown condominium market, including a number of very small (500 sq. ft.) apartments for young professionals.
23 January 2011 - 11:00am
The National Post

No Progress in Program to Convert Luxury Condos to Affordable Housing

A year-old program in New York City intended to convert stalled condo projects into completed affordable housing has yet to make any progress.
17 September 2010 - 5:00am
The New York Observer

Kotkin Takes Aim at Urbanists

Naming Richard Florida, Carol Coletta and ULI as pro-urban forces, Joel Kotkin accuses them of having "wishful thinking" in regards to the back-to-the-city movement. Kotkin says people want single-family homes, not condos.
6 July 2010 - 10:00am
The Wall St. Journal
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Market Crash Leaves L.A. Flush With High-Priced Plots

Bought at the height of the real estate market and intended for conversion into high-priced luxury apartment buildings, empty plots of land are littered throughout Los Angeles, undeveloped and quietly back on the market at greatly reduced prices.
20 April 2010 - 8:00am
Los Angeles Times

New Condos Finally Filling in Miami

Downtown Miami is on the upswing, with a new study showing that 74% of the condos built there since 2003 occupied. The market tanked in 2007 with the rest of the economy, but things are looking up.
14 March 2010 - 7:00am
The Miami Herald

City Officials Try to Thwart Apartment Buildings

Officials in Reynoldsburg, Ohio are pushing through strict design guidelines with expensive requirements in an attempt to encourage high-end condos over rental apartments.
11 March 2010 - 5:00am
The Columbus Dispatch

Controversy Over Condos in Buffalo

A 12-story condominium proposed for Crystal Beach in Fort Erie, Ontario brought protesters out in droves, but despite the fact that objections outweighed approvals by 2-1, the city council approved the project.
5 March 2010 - 12:00pm
The Buffalo News

Condos for Humanity

Amid the economic recession, Habitat for Humanity is transitioning from the construction of single-family homes to more affordable condominiums.
15 February 2010 - 5:00am
The Washington Post
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270 Sq. Ft. Condos

Dubbed "micro-lofts", these tiny units are going up in an historic building in Vancouver, B.C.
26 January 2010 - 2:00pm
The Vancouver Sun
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A Look Back at the Urban Impact of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz

As termed-out Mayor Manny Diaz leaves office in Miami, The Miami Herald's Andres Viglucci takes a look back at the impact Diaz had on the city's growth.
17 November 2009 - 7:00am
The Miami Herald

Condo Conundrum

Like many other cities, there are condos a-plenty in Seattle. Developers are trying almost anything to get them sold. But the majority remain empty, leaving developers scratching their heads about what to do.
27 September 2009 - 9:00am
KUOW

The Planetizen News Brief - 8/27/09


4:45 minutes (4.36 MB)

States reach out for rail money, HUD tightens lending rules, and slum dwellers pin hopes for revival on summer blockbuster -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

27 August 2009 - 5:00am
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Fort Meyers' 32-Story Single-Family Home

With a 32-story tower occupied only part-time by a single family, America's real estate bust may be most apparent in Fort Meyers.
3 August 2009 - 8:00am
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Granny Units - In Apartments?

The City Council of Vancouver recently gave developers the ability to create smaller units attached to condos for buyers to use as rental property.
23 July 2009 - 1:00pm
Metro Vancouver
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The Planetizen News Brief - 7/16/09


4:30 minutes (4.13 MB)

L.A. uses park lights to fight crime, New Orleans debates tearing down a freeway, and New York turns abandoned homes to affordable housing -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

16 July 2009 - 9:00am
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The Bust of Williamsburg

Sales in Brooklyn are down, and that's made a ghost town out of the recently booming but now busted Williamsburg neighborhood.
15 July 2009 - 7:00am
New York Magazine

Vancouver Reverses Course, Limits Condos

In a policy shift, the Vancouver City Council voted to limit the number of new condos being built downtown in order to preserve room for office space.
7 May 2009 - 10:00am
CBC News
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