A mixed-use development in San Jose showcases the challenges of financing New Urbanism-inspired projects.
"City officials have not issued a report on how the...fire started...it was the costliest in San Jose's history...Flames destroyed more than 100 apartments and town houses at Santana Row, an upscale mixed-use development...demonstrate the obstacles to creating the kind of large-scale, mixed-use projects, influenced by the new urbanism philosophy, that many cities desire... City planners and urban economists across the country are clamoring for projects of this sort a series of interlocking streets where places to shop, live and work are clustered with public spaces. But paying for such ambitious projects is challenging."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
Read the full story: Fire Destroys More Than a Mixed-Use Project
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