AltWeeklies Wire
Erik Osborn Wanted to Be a Big-Time Developer, But He Could Land in the Big Housenew
Denver developer Erik Osborn thought One Lincoln Park would be his towering achievement. But a grand jury slapped him with an indictment on charges that he'd stolen money from his multimillion-dollar construction projects.
Westword |
Jared Jacang Maher |
03-23-2009 |
Housing & Development
Philosophy Salon Sets Up in Calgary Homeless Shelternew
A philosophy salon in a Calgary homeless shelter is battling the stereotype that the homeless are uneducated.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jocelyn Edwards |
03-19-2009 |
Housing & Development
San Antonio Returns to Its Ailing Yanaguananew
In the coming years, local regulators, educators, and volunteers hope to revive Yanaguana from the crippled body of our cruelly neglected and abused San Antonio River.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-25-2009 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Development, San Antonio River
Olney the Lonelynew
Peering through the kaleidoscope of one of Philly's most diverse and overlooked neighborhoods.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Howard |
02-24-2009 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Philadelphia, neighborhoods
One Man's Unlikely Quest to Transform the Vegas Stripnew
Architect Nir Buras' vision for remaking Vegas' most famous street is both breathtakingly audacious and yet at the same time rudimentary.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
02-19-2009 |
Housing & Development
The Demise of a Big-Box Retailer Reminds Us of How the Dr. Spock Generation Blew Itnew
Some blame Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae; others, the banks or the global market. That’s because the analysts are looking at the hands on the clock of fate. I say, look at the face of the clock. If you look closely, you’ll see the face of the Baby Boomer.
Las Vegas Weekly |
H. Lee Barnes |
02-12-2009 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Development, Baby Boomers
Tomorrow's Charleston Today: Large Developments Press Onnew
You may be second-guessing that new patio in these tough economic times, but several major Charleston developments announced in the run-up to the financial wipeout are putting the nail to hammer and pressing forward through the crisis, hoping to be on the board the moment the economic wave regains its strength.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
02-11-2009 |
Housing & Development
Orange County's Most Controversial Native American Leader Draws a Line in the Cemeterynew
Juaneno Indian Chief David Belardes is suing the Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano and Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown because a Rectory Garden was built over land that is part of a cemetery where thousands of Juanenos are buried, three bodies deep.
OC Weekly |
Matt Coker |
02-10-2009 |
Housing & Development
Will Ron Sims Be Able to Deliver What Seattle Housing Advocates Want?new
Local housing and community-development groups are attaching a boatload of hopes to Ron Sims' appointment as Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, at a time when the federal government is already operating deep in the red.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
02-10-2009 |
Housing & Development
Glendale Officials Try to Control Placement of Controversial Cell-Phone Towersnew
In the past three months, a grassroots movement has grown to encompass hundreds of Glendale area residents building on the groundwork of anti-tower activists in Pasadena and other cities.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
02-09-2009 |
Housing & Development
Nurses' Union Joins Antidevelopment Forces to Prevent a New Hospital from Being Builtnew
There's something to be said for exploiting the process of issuing building permits for squeezing public amenities like parks from companies. But in San Francisco, participants in these sorts of tactics sometimes lose sight of all that's at stake.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
02-04-2009 |
Housing & Development
Developer Tibor Hollo Helped Build Miaminew
Tibor Hollo knows Miami real estate as well as anyone — he has been through its booms and busts — and he is convinced the city will bounce back. Indeed, he's betting everything he's right and plunging millions of dollars into his next project: a thousand-foot tower downtown on Biscayne Boulevard.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
02-02-2009 |
Housing & Development
Dallas' Victory Park Struggles to Deliver a Winnew
Nearly three years after its first shops opened, Dallas' Victory Park still hasn't found itself. Even before the economy went south, the district often turned into a ghost town when the arena was dark.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
02-02-2009 |
Housing & Development
Persistence Could Pay $1 Million Dividendnew
A curious Seattle hotelier is still without the Qwest Field details he asked for in 1997.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
02-02-2009 |
Housing & Development
Goleta Residents, Planners Fret Over Condo Architecture, Beach Accessnew
The appearance of Goleta’s popular Haskell’s Beach has changed in recent years, and if higher-ups at Bacara Resort have their way, it will change yet even more.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Lara Cooper |
02-02-2009 |
Housing & Development
