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How Big Money Took Over Real Estate
Over the last 20 years investment companies have come to dominate the real estate investment and development landscape. But this was not always the case. Prior to the mid-1980s, most funding for real estate came from local people.[read more]
Ironic Migration: Exodus From Vancouver
The inward flow of mainland Chinese is a stark reminder of how migration connects two places. It isn't a zero-sum game. Vancouver and Hong Kong are even closer.[read more]
Should Developers Pay For Parks?
Residents in downtown Los Angeles are leaping for joy because a brand new park is coming to the revitalized historic core. Spring Street Park, which broke ground last October, will be the first public park in the neighborhood. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,000 residents moved into downtown between 2000 and 2010,...[read more]
New CityCenter Brings Green Public Space to Downtown D.C.
The 10-acre CityCenterDC, the largest redevelopment project currently underway in any downtown in an American city, looks like a people-friendly design. Incorporating a generous new park and central plaza, along with green roofs and gardens set within commercial and residential buildings, the...[read more]
Shifting Real Estate Development Priorities
Last week I had a chance to chat with Russell Flannery, the Shanghai bureau chief for Forbes magazine, at a conference I spoke at in Luoyang (洛阳), Henan Province. I talked to him about the shift in real estate development focus in China from residential to the retail and commercial sectors. Below is a reproduction of the interview from...[read more]
If LEED Is A Fraud, Why Aren't Developers Suing?
Yesterday, I discussed the fact that Henry Gifford filed an Amended Complaint in his suit against the USGBC for fraudulently claiming that LEED buildings save energy. The post, as well as the Amended Complaint are available here. I also noted that Mr. Gifford and the other plaintiffs probably do not have standing to bring the...[read more]
Replay: The Decline of Civic Leadership Culture
“Cleveland’s leadership has no apparent theory of change. Overwhelmingly, the strategy is now driven by individual projects. These projects, pushed by the real estate interests that dominate the board of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, confuse real estate development with economic development. This leads to the ‘Big Thing Theory...[read more]
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“Did you hear about the event of a thread? Artist Anne Hamilton installed this during winter of 2013. I went with friends and it was a truly surreal experience. Less urbane than EMBARQ's examples, its was a true dance between space and humans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPEcO0bTa0”
“Did you hear about the event of a thread? Artist Anne Hamilton installed this during winter of 2013. I went with friends and it was a truly surreal experience. Less urbane than EMBARQ's examples, its was a true dance between space and humans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPEcO0bTa0”