Topic
urban development
224 published works
Rocky Mountain Real Estate Law
Connected Urban Development – Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute
By Jim Johnson
Last week I attended the 20th annual Rocky Mountain Land Land Use Institute conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Nicola Villa with Cisco was the Keynote Speaker on Friday morning. Mr.…
Land Use Prof Blog
Weekend Break…
Have an extra 10 minutes this Sunday?If so, check out Episode 1 of American Makeover: Sprawlanta.A fascinating look at the South's leading city and one that is working hard to…
Land Use Prof Blog
Garnett on Business Improvement Districts
Nicole Garnett (Notre Dame) has posted Governing? Gentrifying? Seceding? Real-Time Answers to Questions About Business Improvement Districts, 3 Drexel L. Rev. 35 (2010). Here's the abstract:Business improvement districts ("BIDs") have…
Land Use Prof Blog
‘A classic example of state-sponsored, de-greening gentrification’
This is the characterisation of a development project in central London, near the Elephant & Castle, where social housing is being demolished in the name of regeneration, to be replaced…
Land Use Prof Blog
Yes, there are Grocery Stores in Detroit
The Urbanophile shares a story by James Griffioen called Yes, there are Grocery Stores in Detroit. Griffioen is responding to the oft-repeated assertion that the city of Detroit--still the 11th…
Land Use Prof Blog
More on Big Boxes Getting Smaller…
This trend appears to be picking up speed as 1) urban markets remain relatively undeveloped for many big boxes, 2) zoning laws continue to restrict new mega-sized buildings, and 3)…
Land Use Prof Blog
Walmart Goes Urban for Proposed D.C. Store…
Granted, its just a conceptual plan but this proposed Walmart in a mixed use building in the District is really quite unique for the Bentonville retailer.At the very least, it…
Land Use Prof Blog
Schragger on Business Improvement Districts and the Urban Resurgence
Richard Schragger (Virginia) has posted Does Governance Matter? The Case of Business Improvement Districts and the Urban Resurgence, forthcoming in the Drexel Law Review. The abstract:This Essay, written for a conference…
Land Use Prof Blog
Atlantic Yards: The Musical (“It’s Not”)
From The New York Times:An alternative theater company has created a work based on the controversial Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn.“So there’s ULURP,” begins the second song in a new…
Eminent Domain and Real Estate Valuation
Philadelphia RDA Changes Executive Director
By David Snyder
Terry Gillen has resigned as Executive Director of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority and will be replaced by Ed Covington, a Wachovia Bank executive.