Only a third of all New Jersey households are families with children under 18, making only one in three households a primary market for new single-family homes (per 1990 census). Yet from 1990 to 1999, 83 percent of all building […]
Development and Redevelopment
New Housing
Monday, November 27th, 2000The Maryland Approach
Wednesday, November 8th, 2000Since 1975, Montgomery County Maryland has required that at least 15 percent of all new homes in any new development of 50 or more homes be affordable to moderate- and low-income families. Creating mixed-income neighborhoods in such modest proportions has […]
The Minnesota Approach
Monday, October 23rd, 2000The drawbacks of new business development — from heavier traffic to lost open space — are often shared by surrounding communities. Minnesota requires its communities to also share the tax benefits. When a business moves to a new community in […]
Suburbs Slipping into Hole of Urban Decline
Friday, September 22nd, 2000Suburban Distress Urban distress is beginning to seep into the suburbs and small towns that border New Jersey’s major cities. Many of these communities have fallen behind the state pace in three important measures: change in per capita income, change […]
Lessons from a Poster Child
Friday, September 1st, 2000Merrill Lynch and Hopewell Township The first phase of a new Merrill Lynch office complex is scheduled to open in October in rural Hopewell Township. The 1-million square feet of new buildings is equivalent in size to 10 Home Depot […]
Population Swells Demand for Redevelopment
Friday, August 18th, 2000NJ Population Growth New Jersey’s population growth in the past decade would have been negligible without immigration from other countries. The number of residents leaving New Jersey for other states between 1990 and 1999 exceeded the number moving in from […]
Zoned for Development
Monday, July 10th, 2000Zoning and Communities New Jersey’s most densely populated community is Union City, with 45,000 people per square mile — a higher density than Brooklyn or Queens. Our least densely populated community is Walpack Township, near the Delaware Water Gap, with […]
Wastewater Rules to Change Development
Monday, June 19th, 2000New Jersey Development 79 percent of New Jersey voters say we should stop building so many shopping centers. Some 56 percent feel there’s too much development of all kinds. 84 percent agree that “We are fast running out of land […]
Tougher Shore Development Rules Face Setback
Monday, May 15th, 2000Seven in 10 New Jerseyans feel the Jersey Shore is at risk from development. Nearly two-thirds would prefer to have shore development managed by a state plan.