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New CityCenter Brings Green Public Space to Downtown D.C.

April 28, 2011 by The Dirt ASLA
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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

April 25, 2011 by Adam Mayer
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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?

February 9, 2011 by Shari Shapiro
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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

June 25, 2010 by Aaron Renn
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 “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]