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urban development
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Land Use Prof Blog
The Opposition Heats Up or Wal-Mart in Athens Part III
Late last year I posted twice (here and here) about a proposal to put a mixed-use development, anchored by a 100K square foot Wal-Mart, into downtown Athens. Today things heated…
PropertyProf Blog
London Bridge is Falling Down
By propertyprof
Actually, London Bridge may be fine. I don't know. But London has some bigger issues. The Palace of Westminster has apparently been slowly subsiding for some time, which has caused…
PropertyProf Blog
The Passing of Charles Haar
By propertyprof
The property world has lost one of its lions. Today brings sad news that Charles Haar, the Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard Law School has died. …
PropertyProf Blog
Call for Papers — ALPS Reminder
By propertyprof
I'm live blogging from AALS in DC. Attended a great session yesterday, co-sponsored by the Property and Real Estate Transactions Sections, on many facets of urban development in the current…
Land Use Prof Blog
Redevelopment, once more
Thanks for the welcome, Ken! I appreciated your comments below on California redevelopment, and perhaps more importantly, California local government finance generally. Reading your post below I began to feel…
Land Use Prof Blog
The Future of Redevelopment in California
I want to be the second to welcome (Matt was first) our new guest-blogger, Stephen Miller. I appreciate Stephen's recent post on the future of redevelopment in California, following my…
PropertyProf Blog
The End of Redevelopment in California?
By propertyprof
For those of you that care about local government and urban development, Ken Stahl put up a must-read post on a recent decision out the California Supreme Court. Here's the…
PropertyProf Blog
All the Holiday Reading You Need About Cities
By propertyprof
Here's a list of 2011's best long-form journalism about cities, urban development, and land use. The list covers everything from the rise of apartment living in New York to the…
Massachusetts Land Use Monitor
$500 Million Copley Place Residential Project Shadowed by Opposition
Simon Property Group's proposal to build a residential tower to complete the expansion of Copley Place was unanimously approved by the Boston Redevelopment Authority last week. At 47 stories and…
Land Use Prof Blog
Wal-Mart Comes to Downtown Athens?
UGA Land Use Clinic alumnae Sarah Schinder (now Professor Schindler, Maine) must still follow Athens news pretty closely, because she is the first to alert me of a controversial new…