Archive | Real Estate

18 January 2012 ~ 5 Comments

Under Construction: Diversity in Commercial Real Estate

by Yahya E. B. Henry “Commercial real estate is perhaps the most compelling investment opportunity in the United States right now, it is a $5 trillion business where one percent is minority.” Quinton Primo III of Capri Capital Partners L.L.C. “  ~ from Black Enterprise Under Construction The real estate industry, from a development perspective, [...]

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20 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Rebuilding Haiti: Innovation & Sustainability

Andres Duany, famed architect for the firm DPZ and co-founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), is becoming part of the solution to the crisis in Haiti.  He has designed a basic cabin concept that can be pre-fabricated and built within days to house Haitians that remain homeless from January’s earthquake.  The cabin can house [...]

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16 December 2009 ~ 8 Comments

Crisis, Sustainability, Values and “American Exceptionalism”

by Timothy Hughes The current economic crisis offers a chance for a paradigm shift. We should not waste this opportunity by returning to the status quo that existed before the downturn or even pining for that unsustainable state. Instead, we should embrace rethinking our economy, and in particular our land use, development and construction policies. [...]

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11 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Land Use Change an Overlooked Cause of Global Warming

Copenhagen is fast approaching and little conversation has been given to the role land use has in reducing greenhouse emissions. A Georgia Tech Professor makes a strong argument that land use policy needs to be a top priority. From Science Daily | Reducing Greenhouse Gases May Not Be Enough To Slow Climate Change Georgia Tech [...]

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