This is the message that came out of the National Homebuilders Association annual meeting in Orlando, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. According to the article, young people (born between 1980 and 2000, roughly) are eschewing the suburban cul-de-sacs where they were […]
Posts Tagged ‘Redevelopment’
BREAKING NEWS: Young People Don’t Want to Live Where Their Parents Did
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011Historic Preservation Tax Credit Awaits Governor’s Signature
Friday, January 14th, 2011The New Jersey Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the Historic Property Tax Credit Act (S-659), which now awaits the governor’s signature. (The Assembly has already passed an identical version of the bill.) The measure is the result of years of work […]
Developers Worry Parking Privatization Will Impede TOD…In Boston
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011It seems NJ Transit isn’t the only transit agency seeking to wring more revenue from the acres of parking it controls near its stations. At the same time NJ Transit is vetting bidders for the right to lease and operate […]
2011 Redevelopment Forum
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010Hopefully you have already saved the date for our upcoming Redevelopment Forum, which will be held at the Hyatt Hotel and Conference Center in New Brunswick, on Friday, March 4, 2011. This one-day conference is a great education and networking […]
Sustainable Communities: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010In New Jersey, a group of cities, counties and state government, regional agencies, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations (including New Jersey Future)from throughout the 13-county North Jersey region have formed the “North Jersey Sustainable Communities Consortium.”
NJ Future on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010New Jersey Future’s Research Director Tim Evans was a guest today on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show discussing Union County. The show was part of a series called “Your Anecdotal Census“, which is looking at demographic changes in the New […]
RPA Report Finds ARC To Raise Home Values By $18 Billion
Friday, July 30th, 2010Though it’s been billed as the most expensive infrastructure project in the nation, the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) tunnel currently under construction between New Jersey and New York will provide a substantial return on investment, according to a […]
Sprawl Not Yet a Thing of the Past
Thursday, July 29th, 2010New Jersey has long been the nation’s most developed state, but new data show it is now more developed than anything else.
Parking at NJ Transit Stations Can Generate More than Revenue
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010NJ Transit’s rail system has a network of 66,000 public, private and municipally owned parking spaces at its stations, of which approximately 79 percent are occupied on the average weekday. The three stations with the largest amount of parking are […]
Menendez Introduces Bill to Provide Tax Credit for Transit Oriented Development, But Will the Zoning Be There?
Monday, April 26th, 2010In New Jersey, oftentimes it is municipal opposition, not developer disinterest, that can stymie transit-oriented development and other types of smart growth.