Urban Development

Margaret Dewar of the University of Michigan blogs about her new article in Journal of Planning Education and Research, which investigates reuse of abandoned property in Detroit and Flint. You can download the article free until August 31, 2015.

July 29, 2015 - JPER

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced an update of the city's 2013 transit oriented development ordinance. The new version of the ordinance would have a sweeping effect on the land uses around transit stations in Chicago.

July 28, 2015 - Metropolitan Planning Council - The Connector

The Arlington County, Virginia downtown district of Rosslyn will provide the region's latest case study of a commercial district leveraging land use regulations to activate a dormant nightlife.

July 28, 2015 - The Washington Post

Public and private interests have emerged to revitalize the Queens neighborhood, an inter-modal hub ten miles east of Midtown Manhattan.

July 28, 2015 - New York Times (Real Estate)

Chicago has recently opened some of the most exciting urban landscapes we have seen in a while. And, as with New York and other cities, landscape architects are leading the charge.

July 28, 2015 - Mark Hough

For urbanization in China's cities to be truly human-centered, pedestrianization plans must be thoroughly considered.

July 27, 2015 - The City Fix

To preserve views, zoning rules from 2006 require adequate distance between residential towers of a certain height. As developers chafe against the restriction, residents still worry they'll be left facing a wall.

July 27, 2015 - The Seattle Times

Chicago's Metropolitan Planning Council has released a new toolbox full of interactive features intended to assist transit oriented development.

July 26, 2015 - Chi.Streetsblog

As it vies to host the 2024 Summer Games, Boston's plan envisions two new permanent neighborhoods built with a mix of public and private investment. The final decision will take place in September.

July 26, 2015 - Boston Globe

An interview with a leading academic on the subject of fair housing offers perspective on the new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule created by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

July 25, 2015 - Salon

A World Research Institute report offers seven prescriptions for designing safer cities. At the top of the list: avoid sprawl.

July 24, 2015 - Motherboard

Supporters of New Urbanism may live across the political spectrum, but they all want to live in traditional neighborhoods.

July 24, 2015 - Pacific Standard

The Northern California city of Arcata has long tolerated the production of California's most second-most-lucrative mood-altering crop. Now, the city is considering an official zoning designation to accommodate marijuana production.

July 24, 2015 - Next City

Could something as simple of the material selected for a residential tower prove the "antidote to suburban blandness"? A Parisian suburb thinks so.

July 23, 2015 - Frame

Into an active development environment, and the resulting heightened pitch of development controversies, comes a new app from the city of Seattle that allows the public to track development projects.

July 23, 2015 - Puget Sound Business Journal

A recent op-ed by ULI Foundation Governor and developer John McNellis argues that too many cities are forcing mixed-use developments into neighborhoods, enabling vacancies and blight in the process.

July 22, 2015 - Urban Land Magazine

Suburban office parks are achieving the status of ghost towns in the Washington, D.C. area.

July 22, 2015 - The Washington Post

Approval for a $250 million public funding package—split between state, county, and local authorities—is all but assured.

July 21, 2015 - Urban Milwaukee

The Denver Post reports on a growing backlash against urban renewal authority in Colorado.

July 21, 2015 - The Denver Post

The origin story of one of the definitively American typologies—the shopping mall—is one of unintended consequences run amok. Could the next chapter of this story come closer to the author's intention?

July 21, 2015 - Quartz