A PlaceMaking Journal

When a developer sets out to do something special in a place hit hard by the housing bust, skepticism is to be expected. And when that place is also grappling with the challenges of shifting demographics, misinformation can quickly spiral out of control. Clarity -- of intentions, of vision, and of plan -- is key. ... Continue Reading

Planned as a billion dollar, 2,400 unit endeavor, The Waters is a traditional neighborhood development (TND) just outside Montgomery, Alabama, and the second PlaceMakers client from that state to benefit from a full palette of PlaceMakers service offerings: Planning and Urban Design; Coding; Implementation Advisory; and... Continue Reading

Whitehall is a traditional neighborhood development on 1,555 acres of undulating landscape overlooking the C&D Canal, with fingers of wetlands providing a unique environment set in traditionally agricultural land. The villages and towns of Whitehall are enabled by right under the New Castle County Hamlet and Village... Continue Reading

When Leander, Texas, became the Austin region’s fastest growing municipality, they did what any city would do: They looked to similar and surrounding places for guidance. Unfortunately, what they found was disheartening. Sprawl, it seemed, was the adverse consequence of rapid growth. And they didn’t want it. So they... Continue Reading

Lost Rabbit, a Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. (DPZ) master planned community, is situated on the Ross Barnett Reservoir, approximately 12 miles northeast of downtown Jackson and just outside the town limits of Madison, Mississippi. The final master plan includes three neighborhoods, each of which follows a distinct planning... Continue Reading

Mike Holmes is a Canadian celebrity with growing international acclaim. Famous as Canada’s Most Trusted Contractor, Mike is best known for his renovation rescues on the international hit television series Holmes on Homes. Wind Walk is Mike’s first venture into homebuilding at the community scale and Holmes Communities... Continue Reading

PlaceMakers (operating originally as T-Six Urbanists) prepared a concept plan and conceptual scheme on a 85 acre site on behalf of Peters Dewald Land Company Inc. The Buckley Lands provide an opportunity for the M.D. of Rocky View to implement a more sustainable way of accommodating increasing growth pressure. (more…) Continue Reading

PlaceMakers (operating originally as T-Six Urbanists) were engaged in early 2008 to develop a Hamlet Plan for Cochrane Lake through an interactive on-site week-long public design charrette. Cochrane Lake is a small rural settlement just north of the City of Cochrane, and within the one-million acre rural Municipal District... Continue Reading

In the summer of 2008, PlaceMakers (operating originally as T-Six Urbanists) were engaged by Greenview Developments to conduct a week-long on-site public charrette to design a new neighborhood for the Town of Bruderheim's northwest quadrant. Bruderheim is a small prairie town located approximately 30kms northeast of Edmonton,... Continue Reading