• Suburban office park must adapt or die

    High vacancy rates and little reason to visit outside of 9 to 5 contrasts with the current success of central business districts. How can office parks be transformed?
    Montgomery County, Maryland, illustrates why suburban office parks are in trouble—and why suburbs need a mixed-use and walkability makeover. Montgomery County was a bedroom community with half a million people in 1970 that included several small cities and town centers. The county has since doubled...Read more

  • A code transforms a commercial strip corridor

    First built over 200 years ago as a toll road connecting Washington, D.C. to greater Virginia, the Columbia Pike now serves as a direct route to the Pentagon and other capital landmarks. Until recently, this Arlington, Virginia thoroughfare was an aging commercial strip stifled by outdated single-...Read more

  • Council to study building a 'better burb'

    CNU is reviving a tradition of intimate discussions with top experts next month in Miami with the Build a Better Burb Sprawl Retrofit Council.
    For a decade, top new urbanist thinkers met in intimate Councils to work on problems, conduct high-level discussions, and immerse themselves in the art and craft of building communities. Five years after the last Council, CNU is reviving the tradition next month in Miami with the Build a Better...Read more