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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.

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.

Business & Economics Real Estate Lifestyle

Save The Office: Costs And Spatial Well-Being in the Work-From-Home Economy

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments capital markets, Capitol Insurrection, commercial real estate, covid, effects of covid on real estate, effects of covid19 on capital markets, effects of covid19 on real estate, employment, labor force, lifestyle, midatlantic, office, office park, office space, real estate, unemployment, vaccine, vaccines, WFH, work-from-home, work-life balance, workforce, zoom

Working from home has its benefits, but not everyone wants to work from home. What degree of input should employers be soliciting from staff before deciding to permanently make the monumental work-from-home leap? What should we be thinking about as the economy retools to support work-from-home economy?

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.

Cities & Urban Planning Parking

Detroit Park City, No. 1: Mexican Village (1/52)

July 11, 2017July 11, 2017 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments Density, detroit park city, Development, housing, mexican village detroit, mixed-use, parking, parking lots, real estate, surface parking

In my last post I introduced Detroit Park City, a planning research project focusing on the positive potential of converting