The Slatin Report
<p>By nearly any measure, the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood has been radically transformed in the last 10 years, becoming a bar-hopper’s dream, a gourmet’s destination, and a rising shopping and housing district.</p>
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<p>The St. Joe Company appears to be streamlining its real estate operations as work begins on a new regional airport that could open up the The Florida Peninsula.</p>
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As design proposals come in for the Hudson Yards development site in Manhattan, Peter Slatin writes that this project more than any other has the potential to bolster the economic power of New York City in a huge way.
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<p>Announcing a deal that will further sharpen the fierce competition in the hotel industry, the seemingly insatiable Blackstone Group is set to acquire Hilton Hotels Corp. for more than $26 billion.</p>
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<p>Shanghai's market may have tanked, but its planners see an upside in Miami Beach. So do Mumbai's.</p>
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<p>A staggering $360 million refinance of a gritty 1,800-unit complex from the 1950's is another indicator that high profits can be found in long-overlooked inner-city neighborhoods.</p>
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<p>Home Depot and Apple are dropping plans for two big Manhattan stores. The Slatin Report offers the insider's view on the deals.</p>
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<p>As signs of a housing bubble continue to emerge, one corner of the market seems unperturbed -- the market for homes that sell for $5 million and up.</p>
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The reconstruction of New Orleans is also reconfiguring the city's demographics.
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A proposed minimum wage ordinance in the City of Chicago to require higher wages for urban big box employees is defeated.
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The three tower designs unveiled for Ground Zero last week mostly miss the point, writes The Slatin Report: It's not about them.
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An investor from Los Angeles grabs Atlanta's tallest tower for its biggest price.
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Honda North America put the town of Greensburg, Indiana on the map last week when it decided to build its sixth auto assembly plant there, representing an investment of about $550 million.
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Domino's Pizza magnate Tom Monaghan is betting on his New Urbanist vision of a faith-based community outside of Naples, Florida.
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Apple is set to open its 24x7 flagship store at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in Manhattan.
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Frank Gehry makes like an urbanist in his new plans for Related's high profile, $1.8 billion, nine-acre, Grand Avenue project in downtown Los Angeles. Could LA become an architectural mecca?
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A hotly-disputed, prime piece of land at Playa Vista brings a prime price.
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The government's plans to move Ground Zero forward are a big step back in time, writes Peter Slatin.
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For the St. Joe Co., Panama City, Florida's proposed new airport is about transit-oriented development -- in a big way.
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The jewels in a new proposal for San Francisco's Treasure Island remain hidden, writes urban design critic Morris Newman.
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