The Slatin Report
Katz, Bruegmann Square Off On Sprawl
The planning pundits can agree on some ideas, but have both failed to address a key point, writes C. Kenneth Orski.
Atlantic Station Stirs The Stewpot
The Slatin Report takes a measured look at Atlantic Station, and how it's remaking the map of Atlanta.
Freight Villages
As warehouse and distribution ramp up with global trade, The Slatin Report offers a look at an intriguing new approach to industrial development.
'Hot' Hotel Group Goes Public
When Morgans Hotel Group (OTC: MHGC) goes public, will investors find its stock as hot as its hotels?
Wall St. As Shopping Mecca?
A developer wants to transform a bank into a shopper's delight. Could this be the development that transforms the area into a 24/7 urban CBD?
Home Depot Meets Hudson Square
The mega-merchandiser of home furnishings is looking to cash in on Lower Manhattan's residential renaissance, with Trinity Church as facilitator.
NYC Convention Center's 'Marshall Plan'
After years of false starts, a plan is unveiled to expand New York's Jacob Javits Convention Center.
Has Las Vegas Become Too Hot For Even Big Developers?
A noted builder backs down in Las Vegas as construction costs wipe out margins. Is it smart business, or the start of something bigger?
New Orlean's Massive And Controversial Teardown Effort
The fight over what, where and when to build -- or demolish -- in New Orleans gets muddier by the day.
Manhattan's Biotech Bid
Can a California REIT find happiness (i.e., tenants) for a big biotech building on the East River?
The Condo Conversion Craze
New data suggest that condo converters are buying apartments with near-religious fervor. The Slatin Report rundowns the top 20 markets.
Urban Glass House: Half Full?
A trendy Manhattan neighborhood rejected a groundbreaking design and gets the leftovers instead.
Will Gehry's Architecture Overshadow L.A.'s Premier Commercial Project?
Frank Gehry is designing a skyscraper for Related's Grand Avenue project in downtown Los Angeles. Critics are concerned his work will be a modernist monstrosity in the middle of a walkable downtown.
Should Battery Park City be Privatized?
The first CEO of New York's Battery Park City calls for a $3 billion selloff and a $300 million growth spurt at the historic mixed-use development.
Isle of Wait
Manhattan's West Side stadium is dead, Ground Zero is in shambles. It must be time to take on Governors Island.
Commercializing The National Parks
The chairman of the House Resources Committee wants to sell off national resources
The Next Theme For Las Vegas... Urban Sophistication?
MGM's $5 billion CityCenter proposes a cool urban downtown for the overheated Las Vegas Strip. [Includes photos.]
New Orleans Industrial Market Bounces Back, Fast
Industrial owners and brokers are scrambling to find space for tenants in post-Katrina New Orleans.
What's Really Under Water
Major data providers are compiling lists of deals connected to properties in the 90,000 square miles ravaged by Katrina.
Base Training At The Presidio
As the BRAC commission weighs the fate of bases across the nation, The Slatin Report looks at one outcome that will be tough to repeat. [Includes photos.]
City of Costa Mesa
Licking County
Barrett Planning Group LLC
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Mpact Transit + Community
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Tufts University, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning
City of Universal City TX
ULI Northwest Arkansas
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