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urban development
222 published works
PropertyProf Blog
Counting Cornerstones
A quixotic quest worthy of a real-estateFor the past six years, William D. McCracken, [a] 39-year-old real-estate lawyer, has been combing both sides of every street in Manhattan in a…
Real Estate Legal Update
(US) A Groundbreaking Community Agreement in Pittsburgh: A Renewed Vision for Urban Development & Community Participation
By Gerald S. Dickinson, Peter Kogan
Pittsburgh 'Hill District' 'urban development' CCIP 'Community Collaboration and Implementation Plan' TIF 'tax increment financing' 'Pittsburgh Penguins' Penguins 'CONSOL Energy Center' 'Civic Arena' 'Inclusionary Affordable Housing' 'Greater Hill District Neighborhood…
PropertyProf Blog
Houston vs. San Francisco
Writing for the The Daily Beast, Joel Kotkin draws some comparisons between San Francisco and Houston -- cities that he believes will become America’s "dominant" metro areas in the near…
PropertyProf Blog
Mapping Brazil’s Favelas
The Wall Street Journal looks at the promise and peril of making the favelas "official":For decades, favelas, the dense working-class neighborhoods that now house nearly a quarter of this city's…
Land Use Prof Blog
Posting from New Orleans (No. 3) — Forging Successful Non-Profit Partnerships Following Crisis and Disaster: O.C. Haley Boulevard’s Story
This blog post follows-up a pair of August 5th and August 12th New Orleans posts. Although I’m home in Atlanta getting ready to begin the new school year, I’m continuing…
Land Use Prof Blog
Land use articles posted on SSRN in July
It is the first of the month, and that means it is time to check in on new articles posted to SSRN in July. Because land use does not have…
Land Use Prof Blog
ANNOUNCING STUDY SPACE VIII—Warsaw, Poland (June 15-19, 2015)
Study Space VIII Theme: Phoenix Cities: Urban Recovery and Resilience in the Wake of Conflict, Crisis, and DisasterThe Center for the Comparative Study for Metropolitan Growth at the Georgia State…
PropertyProf Blog
Cities at or Near Their All-Time Peaks of Excellence?
Tyler Cowan makes a list:1. Berlin 2. Kuala Lumpur 3. Mexico City4. San Francisco 5. Seoul 6. Toronto7. Stockholm 8. LagosHigher living standards count toward this designation, but they are not enough. Vienna’s general excellence…
PropertyProf Blog
The Disappearance of an American Downtown Icon
By Chris Odinet
Large department stores have been a major part of the downtown real estate landscape in nearly all great American cities. The Journal Sentinel recently chronicled the growing decline of downtown…
Land Use Prof Blog
Next City’s 2014 “Vanguard” class of up-and-coming urban leaders announced
Next City has announced its 2014 Vanguard class of urban leaders. It's an impressive group, though notably absent are any academics. See the full list here. Stephen R. Miller