Real Estate Development
6 articles
Chicago's Neighborhood Capital Fund: Six Eligibility Tests for Your Project and What Comes Next
The Chicago Community Trust's Neighborhood Capital Fund offers late-stage capital for community-led real estate projects in underinvested Cook County neighborhoods. This article outlines the fund's six eligibility tests and guides aspiring applicants through the process and timeline for future funding cycles.
What Are Types of Local Zoning Laws and Their Effects?
New York City's zoning regulations span over 4,300 pages, detailing 21 basic districts and countless sub-categories, making land use an impenetrable labyrinth for developers and citizens alike.
What is Missing Middle Housing and Why Do Zoning Reforms Matter?
In 2024, between 90 and 140 million Americans lived in counties where multi-unit housing could have been feasibly built and offered at an affordable price point to middle-income households, yet restri
Mixed-use developments boost urban cores, countering sprawl's costs
Office spaces within mixed-use environments can command rental prices that are 22-33% higher than equivalent stand-alone office buildings, according to Ube Ac Uk .
MSI to Reopen South Entrance with $22M Project
For the first time in over a century, the grand south entrance of Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, once the main gateway to the 1893 World's Fair, will reopen to the public, according
Neighborhoods Can't Balance History and Modernity Without Comprehensive Plans
In Excelsior, Minnesota, a proposal to redevelop the historic Dock Cinema property has sparked a heated debate, not over whether to preserve history, but over how much of it can be sacrificed for futu