Urban Development
Plans For Eco-Mart Get Green Light
Developers in Chicago are hoping to reuse an old lamp factory building by transforming it into a green merchandise mart.
New York City's Most Expensive Office Tower
At more than $1,168 a square foot, the $1.28 billion sale of 5 Times Square makes it the most expensive office tower to date.
Quaint Historic City Embracing A New Urban Future
With its new redevelopment strategy creating new downtown shops and residences, "urban living" could be the new motto of South Pasadena, California -- a city renowned for its preservation efforts and resistance to change.
HUD's Public Housing Plan For New Orleans Challenged
The demolition of New Orleans public housing, which many argue are superior to the New Urbanist style mixed-income communities that are slated to replace them, is being challenged by residents who believe they are being pushed out of the city.
How Design Competitions Can Reinvent Downtown
Richard Weinstein, a professor of architecture and urban design at UCLA, and dean from 1985-94, comments on the role design competitions can play in building a better downtown.
What Makes A Good Developer?
City Watch Los Angeles examines the different types of real estate developers, and identifies the key factors that make for a "good" developer.
Podcast - Enrique Peñalosa Discusses The Importance Of Public Spaces
Planetizen Podcast, 18 November 2006 - Enrique Peñalosa Discusses The Importance Of Public Spaces
The 25 Best Suburbs That Won't Break The Bank
With suburban living getting more and more expensive, Business Week compiles a list of places where buying a single family house in a good neighborhood isn't a dream.
Encouraging New Mixed-Use Development Without Sacrificing Affordable Housing
With Downtown Austin exploding with new mixed-use development, the redevelopment of a low-income apartment complex into a new mixed-use project has affordable-housing advocates worried that the city's supply of below-market-rate housing is vanishing.
Nation's Capital Wants To Lead The Nation On Green Building
A new proposal would make Washington D.C. the first major city in the country to require most large scale construction to follow green building standards.
Development Could Transform Palm Springs Landmark
Critics oppose a major development including a resort, golf course, and housing, on the lower slopes of Palm Spring's Mt. San Jacinto.
An Urban Village Copes With Too Much Success
The appeal of Clarendon, Virginia, a homey neighborhood outside Washington, D.C., is threatening to wipe out its quirky character with a wave of upscale chain retailers, high-end restaurants, and luxury condominiums.
Las Vegas Running Out Of Land
With development encroaching on mountains, Indian lands, and protected species' habitats, projections are that the city will run out of room to grow.
Wal-Mart Reports On Its Experiment With A 'Green Store'
Wal-Mart issues a one-year progress report on its experimental eco-store in Aurora, Colorado.
The Ballpark Stadium of the Future
The Oakland A's sign a deal with the technology company Cisco to replace the Oakland Coleseum for a high-tech new ballpark which will set the standard for future stadiums.
Living Above A Library
The idea of mixed-use public libraries with housing on top is catching on in New York City and elsewhere.
Old Homes Lose Out To New Development
After 100 years, progress marches on to bulldoze the suburban St. Louis neighborhood of Hadley Township.
In Denmark, Linking Beauty And Rail In New Design
These renderings for a new project in Denmark show how towers and open space combine to promote mass transit and reject old-fashioned ideas about monolithic design.
University Proposes Utopian Vision For Grant Land
The University of Minnesota has announced plans to make use of 7,800 acres of open land by creating a utopian community laboratory, with housing for 20,000-30,000 people and an integration of agriculture, commercial space, public transit and open space.
A Golden Shade Of Green
The Solaire, the first residential high-rise to earn “LEED Gold” status, is not just a premier environmentally friendly building—it’s also a big moneymaker.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
