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Housing Development
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Real Estate & Construction
The Outlook for Sunny Isles Beach is Bright
With 2 1/2 miles of sandy beaches and proximity to Bal Harbour Shops, downtown Miami, business centers, fine dining and entertainment, Sunny Isles Beach is attracting an impressive amount of…
Real Estate & Construction
Alexander Crossings Project Approved in Napa
On June 26, 2012, the Napa City Council unanimously approved the Alexander Crossings Apartment project (Project), consisting of 134 residential units with an average density of 20.9 units per acre.…
Land Use Prof Blog
Southern California’s New Regional Plan
My last post discussed some of the backlash against Southern California's new regional plan, which emphasizes high-density transit-oriented development. California Planning & Development Report now provides some of the details…
Land Use Prof Blog
California’s War on Suburbia?
In this Wall Street Journal opinion piece, transportation planner Wendell Cox claims that state and regional planners are driving people out of the state of California with their plans for…
Land Use Prof Blog
IKEA
Penn (31:20) "Unintelligibility removes autonomy;" "submission is the first part of a two-part contract;" "delay is followed by gratification"http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/welcome-to-ikea-land-furniture-giant-begins-urban-planning-project/article2388705/page1/
Hospitality Law Check-In
To Golf or Not to Golf? That is the Residential Developer Question
By Glenn Gerena
Building a golf course was once a given in planning a medium to large high-end residential community. As a result, many golf courses were built without regard to the economics…
Land Use Prof Blog
Comparing American and Non-American Lawns and Setbacks…
Some interesting observations here about the way that England and her former colonies govern setbacks compared to other countries:While other countries routinely incorporate lawns into their detached single-family neighborhoods, it…
Land Use Prof Blog
The Continued Stigma of Rental Projects…
With fewer and fewer Americans able to obtain a mortgage, more are turning toward rentals. Unfortunately, as this article shows, the stigma of rental units is so bad that it…
PropertyProf Blog
Arruñada and Lehavi on New Models for Residential Development and Fiance
By propertyprof
Benito Arruñada (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and Amnon Lehavi (Interdisciplinary Center Herzliyah - Radzyner School of Law) have posted Prime Property Institutions for a Subprime Era: Exploring Innovative Models of Residential…
Real Estate Space
Clash of the Utopias – The Story of Stuyvesant Town
New York magazine has a lengthy story on the largest real estate deal deal in US history: The $5.4 Billion sale of MetLife's interest in the Stuyvesant Town and Peter…