Seattle Project Shades of Affordable Housing to Come
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor In the aftermath of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda, a new Seattle multifamily development project serves as a live representation of the act’s...
View ArticleSidewalks, Air Rights and Land: Parting Gifts from the Defunct Redevelopment...
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor Following the demise of the Community Redevelopment Agencies across California, a large amount of leftover real estate, the result of a variety of projects or zoning...
View ArticleAffordable Housing Project Fights NYC Homelessness
By Ioana Neamt, Associate Editor 2065 Walton Ave The City of New York is hell-bent on ending homelessness in the five boroughs by the end of 2015, and 2065 Walton Ave. brings it closer to reaching its...
View ArticleBellevue Gives Multifamily Developers a Tax Boost
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor The city of Bellevue recently adopted an important piece of legislation that should prove vital to the area’s housing market. Bellevue follows a number of other...
View ArticleEquity One’s Mall Makeover is Ready to Launch
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor Equity One Inc. will launch a $109 million expansion of its regional mall in Daly City in the next several weeks following the project’s approval by the city council,...
View ArticleMuseum Project Plans Hang in the Balance
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor Since the closing of the arts museum on West Sahara, the Las Vegas arts community has lacked a new institution to fill the gap. Luminous Park is a local non-profit that...
View ArticleCouncil Eyes Funding for Garage on Proposed Stadium Site
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor Since the proposed soccer stadium project went up in smoke along with the city’s bid for a Major League Soccer expansion team, local officials are looking to channel...
View ArticleMoratorium Plan Galvanizes Debate Over Affordable Housing
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor The Mission District faces a pivotal moment as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors prepares to consider a controversial plan to halt the development of market-rate...
View ArticleHousing Authority of New Orleans Anniversary Highlights
By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor As the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) celebrates its one-year anniversary of returning to local control, we take a look at some of its highlight achievements...
View ArticleCity Issues RFP for Piazza d’Italia Adjacent Sites
By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor 42 Tchoupitoulas St. and 545 South Peters St The city of New Orleans and the city’s public benefit corporation, Canal Street Development Corp. (CSDC), have issued a...
View ArticleSakthi to Invest $31 M in Former Detroit High School, Create Hundreds of New...
By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor Sakthi Automotive Group’s new manufacturing campus in Southwest Detroit An abandoned high school in Southwest Detroit was selected by the U.S. subsidiary of Indian...
View ArticleAkron City Council Approves Land Purchase for New Dollar Tree Store
By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor At last week’s meeting, the Akron City Council passed legislation that will allow two commercial projects on the city’s west side to move forward. The projects will...
View ArticleNew Legislation Allows Uptick in Affordable Housing, Though City Far Behind...
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor King County recently passed new legislation regarding affordable housing, paving the way for the addition of nearly 900 units over the next five years. Due to measures...
View Article$3.6M Renovation Returns Historic St. Roch Market to Neighborhood
By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor Mayor Mitch Landrieu at St. Roch Market grand opening While New Orleans still has a shortage of retail options, more and more shopping centers and grocery stores are...
View ArticleUrban Water Plan Wins National Environmental Planning Award
By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor Filmore Raingarden The New Orleans Urban Water Plan has been named winner of the American Planning Association’s 2015 National Planning Excellence Award for...
View Article670 KSF Former World Trade Center Set for $364M Redevelopment
By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor 2 Canal St. The city selection committee for the redevelopment of 2 Canal St. has named the Carpenter/Woodward partnership as preferred developer for the iconic...
View ArticleDespite Legal Hurdles, Millennium Plans Summer Kickoff for SoMa Tower
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor Millennium Partners is closing in on breaking ground on its controversial $500 million condominium tower in the SoMa district, but at least one major legal hurdle...
View ArticleCampaign to Land NHL Team Heats Up
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor With the Las Vegas Arena project recently hitting major milestones, talk of bringing the region its first major league sports franchise is heating up. After efforts to...
View ArticleNOLA City Council, NORA Put Thousands of Properties on Auction Block
By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor NOLA City Council President Stacy Head The city of New Orleans has started putting 3,000 tax-adjudicated properties up for sale. The New Orleans City Council is...
View ArticleSouth Park Business Improvement Lands Major Victory with Sidewalk Initiative
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor The South Park Business Improvement has been very effective in its efforts to address the issues city sidewalks present in the booming area of downtown. BID received a...
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