Developing Condominiums – $40
In today’s volatile condominium market, it is more important than ever to have proven strategies for development. This practical book explains how industry professionals developed a wide variety of successful condominium projects throughout the nation—including rehab, historic properties, and new construction, located in urban and suburban areas. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and plans, each of the ten projects profiled includes a complete description of how each project was developed, including the challenges faced and how they were overcome, and data on costs, selling prices, and more.
Remaking the Urban Waterfront – $60
Waterfronts provide a natural opportunity to make a memorable urban place, yet many of them remain obsolete or underused. Remaking the Urban Waterfront, written by expert architects and planners, explains the importance of and challenges inherent in transforming waterfronts, the key design issues, zoning and land use regulations, environmental obstacles, development incentives, and how the public and private sectors must work together to create spectacular new waterfronts. Case studies of both small- and large-scale projects describe how mixed-use, residential, retail/entertainment, commercial/ industrial, civic buildings, and parks were developed in the United States and abroad.
Creating a Vibrant City Center – $40
What makes a city great? This book will give you the key planning and design guidelines you need to create a lively, appealing city center in any metropolitan area. The author, a leading expert in urban design, explains techniques for designing a complementary mix of uses and inviting public spaces that will be a magnet for continued economic development, attracting people to live, work, and visit. Full of examples and color photographs, the book is ideal for public officials, planners, developers, and business leaders.
Developing Around Transit – $60
For communities wrestling with growth and sprawl, traffic headaches, and low transit ridership, one of the solutions is well-planned, high-quality development around transit stations. Written by a team of experts in development, planning, and transit, this book breaks new ground by going beyond the typical formula of a master-planned mix of retail, offices, and housing to show a variety of ways to tap the vast prospects of undeveloped and underdeveloped areas around transit stations, whether large scale or small scale, downtown or suburban. Addressing the many challenges, as well as the opportunities, such sites present, Developing Around Transit offers proven strategies for dealing with the special considerations involved in developing vibrant, attractive transit districts that can revitalize deteriorating neighborhoods, provide more customers for transit, and justify the transit investment.
To Order
To order publications or obtain a full catalog of all ULI publications please send a note to Alexandra Rybak, or call (647) 258-0017.
