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Urban Planning Housing

Pattern Zoning: What Is It? Is It Good?

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments cookie-cutter housing, development policy, housing, land use policy, michigan, michigan municipal league, missing middle, missing middle housing, pattern housing, pattern zoning, real estate development, residential development, Sprawl, suburb, suburban, suburban development, suburbs, tract housing, Zoning

The Michigan Municipal League thinks that a modern take on pattern zoning might actually help encourage better infill and planned development.

Real Estate Urban Planning Mobility Housing

Greenways, The Ultimate High-Density Corridor Development Tool?

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments active living, adaptive reuse, affordable housing, AMI, bde maka ska, corridor, corridor development, cycling infrastructure, Density, density bonus, Detroit, displacement, Gentrification, high-density development, housing, housing development, inclusionary zoning, industrial corridors, industrial redevelopment, joe louis greenway, lake calhoun, lake harriet, low-density, luxury rentals, market rate rentals, mid-density, midtown greenway, minneapolis, minneapolis midtown greenway, mixed-income, mixed-use, new construction, nonmotorized infrastructure, nonmotorized transportation, pedestrian infrastructure, real estate, real estate development, recreation, rental housing, safe streets, the out-of-doors, transit corridors, YIMBY

Nat compares the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis to the Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit, which broke ground this past week.

Detroit Urban Planning

Awake, East Warren! Dreaming Mixed-Use in Detroit’s Farthest-Flung Corridor

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments affordable, affordable housing, apartments, bank, banking, banks, densification, Density, Detroit, east english village, eddie carrington, euclidean zoning, flux, flux city, form-based zoning code, grosse pointe, invest detroit, joe rashid, multifamily housing, parking minimums, real estate, real estate development, rental, street parking, surface parking, traditional main street overlay, upzoning, use-based zoning code, warren, Zoning

A new, mid-density development project on Detroit’s far east side is materializing, heralding a new dawn for a corridor that has struggled with autocentric, low density and disinvestment for decades.

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 Urban Planning

Detroit Park City #3: Dog Walks In Morounville

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments delray, detroit international bridge company, detroit park city, detroit river, Detroit riverfront, fort street, gordie howe bridge, jefferson avenue, matty moroun, mexicantown, parking lots, real estate development, southwest detroit, surface parking, underground parking

The other day (awhile ago, sorry about the delay), I deviated from my morning routine and took the hound down