Urban Development

Cities face challenges associated with rising values, an influx of more educated residents, and gentrification. Here's what cities can do.

September 18, 2015 - Better Cities & Towns

An ongoing planning study by Events DC, commenced by a previous mayoral administration, could conflict with the desire of the current mayor for the site of RFK Stadium

September 18, 2015 - Greater Greater Washington

Cities like London are losing their creative edge because the small music venues that foster it are being pushed out.

September 17, 2015 - The Guardian

Writing may not be the key focus for urban planners, but it is a necessary skill for better communicating with the public on important planning issues, writes Clement Lau, a Los Angeles County planner.

September 17, 2015 - UrbDeZine

$19.5 million was awarded to 21 planning projects that will leverage transit investment for land use benefit.

September 17, 2015 - U.S. Department Of Transportation

The 1848 High Bridge spanning Harlem River emerged in June from a multi-year, $61.8 million renovation—it's reviewed by Architect and former Empire State Development Corp VP Carol Berens.

September 16, 2015 - UrbDeZine

Although it's a favorite tool of urbanists all over the country—Detroit has taken to adaptive reuse with singular aplomb.

September 16, 2015 - Urban Land Magazine

The city of Cleveland is considering a proposal that would flip five acres of public land in University Circle into a bustling innovation district of residences and a mix of uses.

September 16, 2015 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Where pedestrian-only streets have failed to draw business, the problem may be a failure to think big enough.

September 15, 2015 - The Globe and Mail

The New York Housing City Authority launched a program with an ambitious target of 1,000 affordable housing units by selecting two city-owned properties for development.

September 15, 2015 - Politico New York

The Surgeon General's call to action, Step It Up, asks us all to get moving. And that to do that, to clear the hurdles to walkable, bikeable, rollable places. We knew that sitting is the new smoking, and now we have the full admonition to go with it.

September 15, 2015 - PlaceShakers

Renters' advocates in San Francisco are building a political and fundraising base to legally challenge suburbs that aren't pulling their weight in constructing the housing to meet the demands of population growth.

September 14, 2015 - San Francisco Magazine

A new report stresses the importance of international cooperation on low-carbon development.

September 14, 2015 - The Guardian

The group, Fix The City, sued the city on September 9 on its visionary plan that emphasizes transit, biking, and walking, claiming the traffic lane reductions will create more air pollution, imperil public safety, and add to traffic congestion.

September 14, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

California lawmakers have approved a bill that establishes oversight of elected officials over planning decisions of development corporations, such as that in downtown San Diego.

September 14, 2015 - UrbDeZine

The Quicken Loans founder and real estate mogul now controls 78 downtown properties. His investment choices can set the tone for life in what used to be an abandoned city center.

September 13, 2015 - Detroit Free Press

The idea that Americans should walk rather than drive: "a radical idea wrapped in a banal government document."

September 12, 2015 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

A post on Greater Greater Washington laments the lack of options coming online in Washington, D.C.'s housing boom—new housing is only of the most expensive variety.

September 12, 2015 - Greater Greater Washington

The building industry has identified a culprit in the California affordability crisis: the drought.

September 11, 2015 - Bloomberg Business

The Urbanist chose 19 of the progressive recommendations from a total of 65 put forward by the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda Advisory Committee (HALA) committee.

September 10, 2015 - The Urbanist