Economy

Dealing with the current economy

Multifamily market rebounds

Emerging generational forces are contributing to strong rental markets — and the outlook for apartment housing is good for years to come, according to a report.

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 14 Dec 2010

Los Angeles leads national rise in homelessness

A program called Home for Good intends to build housing for 12,000 of Los Angeles's chronically unemployed population.

Retirement communities are selling poorly

Developments that are restricted to people 55 and over are having a hard time finding buyers.

Saudi cities of the future hark back to Brasilia and the Soviets

Four massive urban centers being developed in Saudi Arabia may end up pleasing no one.

Placemaking as an antidote for shrinking city budgets

Visionary cities are looking for ways to decrease infrastructure spending and jumpstart economic development via a myriad of placemaking approaches.

Swallowing hard, New Haven agrees to remove an expressway

Despite budget concerns, aldermen accept a $16 million TIGER II grant — and consider how to raise the rest of the needed money.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 09 Dec 2010

Passion for community related to economic growth

A three-year Gallup study of 26 US cities has found that peoples’ love and passion for their community may be a leading indicator for local economic growth.

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 29 Nov 2010

Keeping cities mixed-income when the wealthy want to live there

British architecture critic Edwin Heathcote warns of a trend toward monopolization of city centers by the well-off.

Apartment boomlet along New York's High Line

The New York Times reports that with the first section of the park now open and established, 27 residential projects have come onto the market in West Chelsea in the past four years.

The shrinking house: Downsizing the American dream

CNBC covers the trend toward smaller houses, front porches, and community living in America.