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Real Estate Policy

Study: Detroit CBO Is Not Quite There Yet

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments CAYMC, CBA, CBO, commercial development, commercial real estate, community benefits, community benefits agreement, community benefits ordinance, community development, community economic development, community engagement, community engagement strategies, community engagement strategy, corktown, corktown detroit development, detroit community benefits, detroit housing, detroit housing market, detroit local economy, detroit mayor mike duggan, duggan administration, economic development, housing, lending, mayor mike duggan, metro detroit, mike duggan, northside regeneration, paul mckee, rashida tlaib, real estate, real estate developers, St. Louis, sugar law center, sugar law center detroit, sugar law detroit

An academic paper looks at the Detroit Community Benefits Ordinance, or CBO. Conclusions? It’s had mixed success. We can get beyond this if we stop thinking about public policy in the simplistic terms of “pro” or “anti” development.

Detroit: Vote No On Proposition N

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments community development, demolition, Detroit, distressed property, duggan, economic development, mike duggan, proposition N

Detroit’s Proposition N, on the ballot next week, is a terrible idea for a few reasons, and Handbuilt recommends you vote no.

Entrepreneurship Urban Planning

Detroit’s Far East: The Warren Corridor is Headed For A Makeover

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments cadieux, community development, crosstown bus, DDOT, Detroit, east english village, east side, east warren, eastside, grosse pointe, strategic neighborhood fund, streetscaping, warren

Detroit’s East Warren corridor is getting some love– from the city’s Strategic Neighborhood Fund, and from entrepreneur’s attracted by a broad range of opportunity and affordable real estate.

Real Estate Urban Planning

Stuck In A Fiscal Hole? Just Borrow Against The Future, Says Detroit’s Mayor

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments austerity, blight, bond, bond issue, community development, economic development, green new deal, housing, municipal finance, real estate, real estate development

Mike Duggan wants to revisit his failed bond issue proposal to demolish derelict buildings. It’s a bad idea.

Real Estate Cities & Urban Planning Affordable housing Housing

The ADU as Community Development Tool?

June 26, 2016May 24, 2017 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments Accessory dwelling unit, ADU, affordable housing, community development, densification, Density, neighborhood stability, Renovation, rental, rental income, rental units, single-family housing, upzoning, Zoning

While managing the Detroit Land Bank housing development programs at Southwest, I’ve come across a number of scenarios in which a

That Dude Who Voted No On My Zoning Proposal Is Now In Jail And Schadenfreude Is Real

January 27, 2016April 25, 2017 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments Calumet Region, community development, East Chicago, Indiana, Indiana Harbor, Inland Steel, Renovation, Rust Belt, Steel mills, Urban planning, US Steel, Zoning

In a scenario worthy of the Duma or a small, post-colonial African republic, newly reëlected East Chicago city councilman Robert