Urban Development

For the first time in decades Detroit has captured the largest increase in housing units for its seven county metro area, despite still large numbers of people leaving the city on an annual basis.

February 16, 2006 - The Detroit Free Press

What event is 'a watershed in human history, comparable to the Neolithic or Industrial revolutions'?

February 15, 2006 - The Village Voice

New Maryland real estate developments are straining water-supply networks and could lead to chronic shortages and water-use restrictions.

February 15, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

Congress gets ready to respond as members of the armed forces face housing shortages at their duty stations across the country.

February 14, 2006 - Nation's Building News

A new book blends real estate market fixation with Eastern philosophy-inspired self-help advice.

February 14, 2006 - New York Times via Chicago Tribune

Three new developments in the Ozarks will be based on New Urbanist principles.

February 13, 2006 - Missouri News-Leader

To an ethical investor, growth doesn't always lead to happiness. Investors are looking for ways to differentiate good growth from bad growth.

February 13, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor

Planners envision transit villages in the Bay Area connected by trains, ferries, buses, and light rail.

February 12, 2006 - The Contra Costa Times

A housing market slowdown has many worried that the Fort Myers condo market is not all that it was cracked up to be.

February 11, 2006 - The New York Times

Experts estimate that foreign investors can expect to reap over four times more profit in India than in the U.S. or Europe.

February 11, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

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?

February 10, 2006 - The Slatin Report

A new mixed-use development in Boston's Fenway neighborhood is causing quite a stir -- not with the NIMBY crowd, but with the Fenway faithful who are concerned that the new development has created a wind pattern that will prevent home runs.

February 9, 2006 - The Boston Globe

New Jersey is making a billion dollar investment in hopes a new city will spring up from the marshes and industrial sites of the Meadowlands.

February 8, 2006 - The New York Times

The challenges are great, but city officials and business leaders are hopeful that Detroit will build upon its successful Superbowl weekend.

February 8, 2006 - The Detroit News

It has been five months since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Urban Land publishes a 24-page special report with an overview, recommendations, and essays from urban planners, local business leaders, developers, architects, and academia regarding the future of the Crescent City.

February 7, 2006 - Urban Land Magazine

Once blighted with boarding houses and abandoned buildings, Boston's already gentrified South End is still an ongoing project in hip urban transformation.

February 7, 2006 - The Boston Globe

New development explodes in the underregulated rural Arizona desert, as developers realize that a severe lack of water won't prevent development.

February 6, 2006 - The Arizona Republic

Jim Rhodes may soon be the Nevada's largest home builder. His developments are popular, but opponents and some previous homebuyers are wary.

February 6, 2006 - The Arizona Republic

A $200-million hotel project, touted as the first major tourist lodging in the neighborhood since 1966, drifts into obscurity amid corruption charges aimed at the developer.

February 6, 2006 - The Village Voice

As mega-malls begin to emerge in established communities, communities have mixed feelings. Some think the development will bring traffic. Others look to increasing property values.

February 5, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times