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In Washington, D.C., a Back Alley Becomes a Sustainable Haven

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Photo by Ty Cole Hannah’s parents were keeping tabs from New York on real estate listings in D.C., too, and her mom eyed a pending change to local zoning that would allow new development on lots in the city’s 3,200 or so alleys.

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Commercial Setbacks Code Amendment

SW Oregon Architect

Presently, Section 9.2170 of the Eugene Code (Commercial Zone Development Standards) prescribes no minimum front yard setback in the C-2 (Community Commercial) and C-3 (Major Commercial) zones, whereas as amended they would be 5 feet and 3 feet, respectively. The maximum front yard setback would remain unchanged at 15 feet.

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"Vacants to Value" becomes "Buy Into Bmore": More than just a name change?

Community Architect Daily

In her signature suite and bow-tie outfit Housing Commissioner Alice Kennedy laid out her many responsibilities in front of a room full of developers, investors, former and current administrators including her former boss, Paul Graziano who had placed himself modestly into the last row.

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Silvertown Pedestrian Bridge, Royal Docks, London

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The plans, submitted by The Silvertown Partnership, are part of a longstanding ambition associated with the wider £5bn development of the Silvertown site, which when complete will feature around 6,500 new homes with 50 per cent affordable housing, alongside a vibrant new centre for the Royal Docks.

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Dhaka Tower, Bangladesh building by OMA

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The design has been led by OMA Partner Iyad Alsaka and developed by Dhaka-based real estate developer Shanta Holdings. Rather than conforming to a standard zoning envelope of a tower on a podium, the base is pyramidal, providing soaring atriums with direct connection to landscaped exterior spaces.

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Reinvestment without displacement: North Avenue Market

Community Architect Daily

But not all has been going smoothly in Station North which makes an investment model developed by the Central Baltimore Partnership (CBP) especially interesting. Obviously, the intersection of these two zones has a pull in both directions. Charles Street as the spine of the "white L" is essentially thriving end to end. as partners.

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Youtha International APT Community, Shanghai

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.” In the past decade, from “both housing purchase and renting” to encouraging the development of affordable rental housing, the government has given multi-dimensional support to the development of the housing rental industry. Community (Eastern Economic Development Zone), China Resources Land Limited.