Urban Development

New Bloomingdales and related retail uses planned for downtown San Francisco's extremely dense retail district--with exceptional transit access--is bringing parking worries among merchants and the small minority of downtown shoppers who drive.

August 1, 2006 - The San Francisco Chronicle

A recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times outlines the issues around "gentrification" using the city's recent wave of downtown redevelopment as a case study.

July 31, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Chicago's City Council passed a landmark ordinance yesterday that requires big-box stores to pay a minimum wage of $10 per hour by 2010 plus $3 an hour worth of benefits.

July 31, 2006 - The New York Times

Universities planning to build new sports facilities are being hit with construction costs twice as high as a decade ago.

July 31, 2006 - The Oregonian

After years of debate by local officials, Contra Costa County will be asked to approve an urban limit line intended to preserve farmland and open space.

July 31, 2006 - The Contra Costa Times

With the condo craze mostly played out, developers in New Jersey are starting to build new for-rent apartments to meet the increasing market demand.

July 31, 2006 - The New York Times

The teardown phenomenon has attracted much public attention. Daniel P. McMillen examines the case of the historic Chicago suburb of Kenilworth to determine the costs, benefits and public policy surrounding teardowns.

July 30, 2006 - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Land Lines

Miami's City Commission will vote today on Citisquare, a large retail development proposed for a site next to Miami's new performing arts center. Critics deem the project's Times Square like billboards to be inappropriate for the context.

July 29, 2006 - The Miami Herald

A major new greenfield project 20 miles from Toronto intends to create a European-style town centre that mixes uses and de-emphasizes cars.

July 29, 2006 - The Globe and Mail

The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with homeowners in the latest case over property rights.

July 28, 2006 - MSN Money

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, several leading Climatologists come out against continued development along the nation's coastlines.

July 28, 2006 - The New York Times

Measure 37, Oregon's landmark property rights law, is set to transform a state renowned for its rigid land use policies designed to preserve forests and farms while containing cities, much to the disappointment of the state's planners.

July 28, 2006 - The New York Times

The Greater New Orleans Foundation has approved the use of 16 "technical help teams" -- including one led by Duany Plater-Zyberk -- to help with recovery planning.

July 28, 2006 - The Times-Picayune

How do we redesign cities to meet the needs of a changing world? Anupam Saraph poses questions for Mumbai's planners.

July 27, 2006 - The Indian Express

Wal-Mart has recently opened new multi-story stores in the New York City area, a market which the company has been working hard to penetrate.

July 27, 2006 - The New York Times

HUD's Los Angeles Housing Authority is replacing its older, "oppressive", public housing stock with friendlier, mixed-income complexes to ease the city's housing crisis.

July 27, 2006 - The Planning Report

A suburban town just west of Minneapolis is debating a plan to bring a bit of New Urbanism into a proposed housing development that would otherwise just be houses. The planned mixed use development has enticed some residents and worried others.

July 27, 2006 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Nation's fastest growing master-planned community is also one of its most insulted writes Stephanie Simon.

July 26, 2006 - Abhijeet Chavan

Climatologists blame the urban 'heat island' effect for a rise in Southern California's average evening temperatures, which have hit record highs in recent days.

July 26, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Large home builders are increasingly able and willing to bribe local governments to approve new greenfield developments.

July 26, 2006 - Gristmill