• Transit Oriented Development Revitalization Wyandanch apartments

    Wyandanch Rising

    Transforming a Distressed Long Island Community
    The center of Wyandanch, New York is a sea of parking fronting a fading commercial strip in the middle of an economically distressed community. That scene is about to change. This area will soon be Long Island’s first major transit-oriented neighborhood— opening in 2015. Already, 177 housing units...Read more
  • Pearl Brewery Redevelopment San Antonio street party

    Pearl Brewery redevelopment

    An Industrial Shell Becomes a Powerhouse
    At the turn of the millennium, the 26- acre Pearl Brewery in San Antonio was abandoned and desolate—a collection of empty buildings and pavement with only five trees. Now, thanks to an ambitious Redevelopment Master Plan, the site is an economic and social powerhouse, drawing an average of more...Read more
  • Sulphur Dell Nashville fireworks

    Sulphur Dell

    Revitalizing a Blighted Void Near Downtown
    Just north of downtown Nashville, a 90- acre void of parking and low-rise industrial buildings separates the city’s central business district from the revitalizing Germantown neighborhood. The area is both a barrier to economic development and an opportunity. The Nashville Sounds baseball stadium...Read more
  • Luhe City Center Luhe proposed park

    Luhe City Center

    A Model for More Sustainable Growth in China
    No place on Earth is urbanizing more rapidly than China. In Luhe, one of the country’s new urban expansion areas, Nanjing Urban Planning Bureau proposed to expand the city by developing a 60-mile corridor for 4.5 million people. The plan would have consumed vital land along Luhe’s stretch of the...Read more