What Housing-Starved Cities Can Learn From This Major City's Single-Family Zoning Ban
The term “Manhattanization” is often wielded in city planning meetings around the U.S. to stoke fear of high prices and displacement that could come from density luxury developments. But Minnesota's largest city now has urban planners desperately seeking “Minneapolisization.”
In December, the city passed Minneapolis 2040, a comprehensive development plan that promotes density around transit hubs and eliminates single-family-only zoning, enabling triplex developments on lots once reserved for single-family homes.
The move has garnered envious headlines from newspapers in the country's largest…
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Santa Clara Approves Agrihood, City's Largest Affordable Housing Project In Pipeline
Santa Clara has approved its largest affordable housing project in the pipeline — an "agrihood" that will combine urban living with farm life.
The city approved the project, a public-private partnership between the city and developer The Core Cos., last…
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The Hotel Industry Has Mixed Feelings About Opportunity Zones
When it comes to the new opportunity zone program that gives investors a hefty tax incentive in return for investing in designated opportunity zones that are in mostly low-income areas, many hotel executives are still leery of the federal program and how to take advantage of it.
You can't place a hotel in an area with little infrastructure, no job growth or main commercial drivers, Lifeafar Investments Chief Financial Officer Cole Shepard said.
“These [designated] opportunity zones are usually in the third-tier areas,” Shepard said. “If someone wanted to build a hotel there, they would have already done it.”
One year since it was passed under President Donald Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs…
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This New Solar Technology Means In Future All Buildings Could Be Energy Self-Sufficient
A new technology is being trialled which could soon mean that buildings are easily and cheaply clad in enough solar panels to supply all of their energy, even in places where the sun doesn't shine much. Polish physicist and entrepreneur…
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Inside WeWork's First Location On A College Campus
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The Old Line State's flagship university is now home to its first WeWork location, as the coworking giant tests out a campus concept it hopes to bring to more colleges around the country.
WeWork differentiated the space in several ways from its typical offering, and it is already filling up quickly.
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'Muy Bueno': Economists React To January Jobs Report On Twitter
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 304,000 jobs in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, marking the country's 100th straight month of employment gains. The unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 4% from 3.9% in December.
Employment was up in several industries, including industries closely related to real estate.
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