Urban Development

The neighborhood preservation movement has arrived in New York City, and residents are pushing back against ever-increasing density.

October 11, 2005 - The New York Times

Is Oregon's urban growth boundary (UGB) program -- the most stringent anti-sprawl measure adopted by any U.S. state -- constitutional? Has it saved Portland from effects of sprawl?

October 10, 2005 - Utah Law Review, Social Science Research Network

Thanks to new Neighborhood Entreprise Zone designations, loft development is becoming more viable in Detroit.

October 10, 2005 - The Detroit Free Press

One chain increasingly tailors its stores to the urban market by including two levels, escalators, and structured parking.

October 10, 2005 - New Urban News

The informal Las Vegas 'urban growth boundary' just keeps getting pushed further back.

October 10, 2005 - Las Vegas Sun

Florida realtors believe that the strong economy in Central Florida, along with an influx of retirees and foreign home buyers, will sustain their record-breaking housing prices.

October 9, 2005 - The Orlando Sentinel

As new urbanist ideas begin to emerge in Calgary, a local columnist wonders whether New Urbanism promotes artifice over ideas that might actually work.

October 8, 2005 - Calgary News And Entertainment Weekly

Why is McDonalds is trying to block Starbucks from moving into the Liberty Square shopping center in Wauconda, IL?

October 7, 2005 - The Chicago Tribune

Revitalization efforts in downtown Phoenix receive a huge boost with plans for a $200 million mixed-used development in the heart of downtown. [Includes photos.]

October 7, 2005 - The Arizona Republic

As urban schools decline, those who can afford it head for ever-expanding, land-consuming 'burbs. The flight of the affluent drains urban schools of funding. We can break the cycle, says Dan Akst.

October 7, 2005 - Grist Magazine

A major revitalization of downtown Los Angeles leaves skid row residents with far fewer choices in housing, and has led to accusations of 'dumping' the homeless.

October 6, 2005 - The Los Angeles Times

India's retail industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation as the middle class flocks to shopping malls and foreign investors are poised to move in.

October 5, 2005 - BBC World Service

The Dutch are gearing up for climate change with amphibious houses. If rivers rise above their banks, the houses simply float higher.

October 5, 2005 - Der Spiegel

A proposed 55-story hotel next to the downtown Convention Center already has other area hotel owners ready to fight the City Council in court.

October 4, 2005 - The Los Angeles Times

The FBI and Building Industry Association of Washington are offering $100,000 for the conviction individuals responsible for criminal acts claimed by the Earth Liberation Front (ELF).

October 4, 2005 - Nation's Building News

The City of Boston and a group of private developers will seek to develop the last downtown frontier by adding 3 million square feet of development on what is currently a sea of parking lots.

October 3, 2005 - The Boston Globe

Projet Montreal, led by urban planner Richard Bergeron, campaigns for car-free development in civic election campaign.

October 2, 2005 - The Montreal Gazette

Despite Connecticut's well developed commuter railroad and congested highways, there has been little effort devoted towards encouraging transit oriented development in the state. That may be about to change.

October 1, 2005 - Stamford Advocate

Bill O'Reilly, Host of the popular O'Reilly Factor television show, calls the housing industry 'corrupt' in an interview with Donald Trump. The National Association of Home Builders prepares to strike back.

September 30, 2005 - FOX News

National Public Radio discusses how Los Angeles redevelopment strategies, while benefiting young professionals, are pushing out the area's transient population.

September 30, 2005 - National Public Radio