Category: Sales and Marketing
Now What? CNU 17 Addresses the New Era Economy
The irony is unavoidable. Interest in Smart Growth and New Urbanist topics has never been higher. Check out this May 2 column in the Washington Post; or David Brooks’ opinion piece in the New York Times from May 4. Yet the economic downturn has sucked the energy out of innovative projects in both private and... Continue Reading
“Best Practices Guide” Debuts to Glowing Reviews
4th Edition of New Urban News Book Just Issued
Here’s what got our attention: Miami architect/author/New Urbanist provocateur Steve Mouzon says the 2009 "Best Practices Guide" from the New Urban News “just might be the most useful single book on the New Urbanism I have ever seen.” (Read Steve’s complete... Continue Reading
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Gluttony and Glut: Finding the New Normal
How serious is the implosion of the once-booming urban condo market? And what does the downturn say about the prospects for housing in urban centers?
A piece in the business section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution seems to say it all. Desperate to unload some units in "a stagnant market," says the sub-headline,... Continue Reading
Category Planning and Design, Sales and Marketing
Report from the Real Estate Front Lines
Vince Graham, the New Urbanist developer of the award-winning I'On TND in the Charleston metro area, has a "get real" message for home owners and realtors. Like other established New Urbanist properties, I'On has weathered the current housing slowdown better than conventional suburban projects nearby. Yet owners determined... Continue Reading
Category Sales and Marketing
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