The South Pasadena City Council on Sept. 27 approved major changes to its 25-year-old General Plan, along with a bevy of related zoning ordinances and an environmental document. The changes… Read More

More than a decade in the making, a sprawling mixed-use development in Toronto’s fashion district is finally nearing completion, but some are concerned the city missed a chance… Read More

Some developers have made construction of “supertalls,” like these just south of Central Park in 2021, their response to the FAR cap. | Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITYMore… Read More

Introduction Welcome to Oakland, California, a city rich in cultural diversity, vibrant energy, and a thriving housing market. Nestled in the heart of the Bay Area, Oakland offers a tapestry… Read More

Jason M. Barr                   April 3, 2023 “More Rundown Buildings Now!” That should be the new motto for expensive citi… Read More

“This application is submitted to the Planning Board of the City of Framingham (the“Board”) by 63 and 75 Fountain Framingham Manager LLC, as the Manager of 63 FountainF… Read More

The Builders Association of Greater Pittsburgh (BAMP) filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court to prevent implementation of the city of Pittsburgh’s inclusive zoning ordinance. perce… Read More

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Sunrise at Reston National Golf Course (photo by Terry Baranski) Developers are seeking permission to redevelop Reston’s two golf courses through a process where Fairfax County consi… Read More

The City of South Pasadena on Tuesday announced it will dump Placeworks, the planning contractor it’s relied on over the past two and a half years to develop its mandatory Housing Elem… Read More

TorontoRealtyBlog Perhaps this could have been included in Monday’s blog as a third tenet, except that this isn’t “new legislation,” nor is it going to kill… Read More

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging the way local government across the U.S. deal with home developers. Cherk v Marin County. is a lawsuit brought by Dart and Est… Read More

Land cover is growing more quickly than urban populations, at estimates of twice the rate. But due to urban sprawl, the spreading of urban cities to surrounding agriculture or forest land is… Read More

Noisy protesters temporarily disrupted proceedings at City Hall late Tuesday after Salt Lake City leaders approved a controversial rezone, clearing the way for demolition of older afforda… Read More

TorontoRealtyBlog Did I ever tell you that I was really into magic as a child? Name a child that wasn’t, right? My friend Jeff and I signed up for magic class in the “after… Read More

King County Local Services is seeking community members in North Highline and Skyway-West Hill to weigh in on its draft subarea plans for these areas. Each 20-year subarea plan expresses the… Read More

Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across NYCBorough President Eric Adams gave the thumbs down… Read More

At its May 5, 2021, meeting, the South Pasadena City Council adopted two important amendments to the Zoning Code, both seen as critical housing policy initiatives in the City’s strateg… Read More

In a small city such as South Pasadena, “the position of mayor is overrated,” says 5th District Council Member Diana Mahmud, who was selected by her Council colleagues last month… Read More

South Pasadena voters will be asked to make permanent the city’s 7.5 percent utility users tax Nov. 3, but will not — at least for now — be asked to consider a new ‘h… Read More

An increasingly popular idea for making housing more affordable might actually be raising rents. So says a new study from George Mason University's Mercatus Center, which looked at the effec… Read More

“This book is an attack on current city planning and rebuilding.” This is how Jane Jacobs opened her 1961 classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities. It wouldn’t b… Read More