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We offer our predictions on communities that will rank among the city's most desirable in 2026. Plus a look at developers who are working to make those visions a reality. February 18, 2016 (page 7 of 7) 8 developers with insight who are rethinking our urban neighborhoods   BY DEBRA SMIT G reat neighborhoods — with ample green space , commerce and good housing stock — empower their residents to grow and prosper. Developers are key when it comes to weaving together the physical threads of a community, particularly in urban neighborhoods frayed by years of blight and decay. These are among the developers who are working to revitalize some of the city’s most challenged neighborhoods, striving to be restorers of streets in which to dwell. All have one eye, certainly, on the bottom line. Still, they are well aware of expectations that they give measured consideration to quality of life in the neighborhoods in which they build.   Wi...

"It's the same old story. First the builder picks the property, then he gets the Planning Commission to designate it, then the people get bulldozed out of their homes." - Jane Jacobs Under Title I of the Federal Housing Act of 1949, federal funds became available to cities for demolition or rehabilitation of blighted areas, and throughout the 1950s, Robert Moses' Slum Clearance Committee lived up to its name, razing entire New York neighborhoods in the name of urban renewal. In 1960, the city's Housing and Redevelopment Board took over those duties, promising to displace residents less brusquely than had been Moses' way. But the city Planning Commission continued to support the basic tenets of urban renewal, believing that New Yorkers would ultimately be much happier in modern, less crowded housing with lots of open spaces. Jane Jacobs, a 45-year-old editor at Architectural Forum, had another opinion: Urban planners , she believed, were des...

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ARLINGTON, VA - Waterton, a U.S. real estate investor and operator, announced the acquisition of a 404- unit rental community in Arlington, Va., approximately 3 miles southwest of the Pentagon.Built in 1992 and formerly known as Windsor at Shirlington Village, the property at 3000 S. Randolph St. is being rebranded as The Citizen at Shirlington Village following Waterton’s acquisition. Offering a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom floor plans – 132 units in an eight-story tower and 272 in a low-rise component – the community is located within The Village at Shirlington, a small transit-oriented neighborhood with a host of shopping, dining and entertainment options. “The Citizen offers the walkable, urban-inspired lifestyle many renters seek in an accessible location close to the Pentagon and jobs throughout the D.C. metro,” said Matthew Masinter, senior vice president of acquisitions at Waterton. “Because the property was developed 25 years ago , it also presented us wit...

Creative placemaking — a concept that employs a specific strategy to infuse the arts and culture into a space — can be seen in different forms all around the world. There’s Alphabet City cultural center (run by the City of Asylum nonprofit) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where you can soak in a cultural performance , browse through a bookstore, drink a glass of wine, and go back home to your apartment — all without leaving the premises. There’s also the Livable Laneways Project in Vancouver, British Columbia, that “ transform overlooked alleys or ‘laneways’ into vibrant outdoor gathering spaces with a stimulating mix of interventions,” according to the Project for Public Spaces, a nonprofit based in New York City, New York, that helps people create vibrant public areas . Now, one creative placemaking project along the waterfront in Berlin, Germany — near where the Berlin Wall once stood — has transformed into a robust urban village . The Holzmarkt urban village has a theater, dance ...

DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - Aug 12, 2015) - Griffis Residential , a Denver- based multifamily investment and management firm, announced today that it has acquired Falcon Ridge Apartments , a 296-unit Class-A multifamily community located in the vibrant South Congress area of Austin, Texas. With the Falcon Ridge acquisition , Griffis Residential currently owns and manages approximately 6,700 apartment units in Colorado, Texas, Nevada and Washington. " Falcon Ridge Apartments is an institutional quality asset in a superior location near Austin's employment- rich Central Business District ," said Griffis Residential Executive Chairman , Ian Griffis. "Falcon Ridge is a perfect choice for renters who are looking for close proximity to Austin's urban employers and high- quality amenities at a more attractive price point than new midrise properties in the area." Effective immediately, Falcon Ridge Apartments has been renamed Griffis SoCo Austin . For commun...

CHICAGO--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Waterton, a U.S. real estate investor and operator, today announced the acquisition of a 404- unit rental community in Arlington, Va., approximately 3 miles southwest of the Pentagon. Built in 1992 and formerly known as Windsor at Shirlington Village, the property at 3000 S. Randolph St. is being rebranded as The Citizen at Shirlington Village following Waterton’s acquisition. Offering a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans – 132 units in an eight-story tower and 272 in a low-rise component – the community is located within The Village at Shirlington, a small transit-oriented neighborhood with a host of shopping, dining and entertainment options. “The Citizen offers the walkable, urban-inspired lifestyle many renters seek in an accessible location close to the Pentagon and jobs throughout the D.C. metro,” said Matthew Masinter, senior vice president of acquisitions at Waterton. “Because the property was developed 25 years ago, it also prese...

OVERVIEW “Wherever there is conflict in the world, a few years later you start to see that population showing up here,” says Andriana Abariotes, executive director of Twin Cities LISC ( Local Initiatives Support Corporation ). Minneapolis-St. Paul has a long history of welcoming immigrants and refugees from around the world and is home to many organizations serving these populations. St. Paul’s East Side, where LISC has worked for years, is home to a rich cultural mix of immigrants including Hmong , Somali, Karin, Bhutanese, Sudanese, Latinos and others, alongside Native and African Americans. “Wherever there is conflict in the world, a few years later you start to see that population showing up here.” “It is a hard to reach population,” says Amy Gillman at the LISC national office . These are “highly impoverished and culturally diverse residents , who face significant barriers to physical and social activities related to health.” To make matters worse , the city is experiencing a ...

A human sculpture photography project created by an internationally-renowned choreographer is coming to east London this weekend. Stratford Living , by Willi Dorner (bodies in urban spaces) and presented by East London Dance , has been created especially for Stratford. This is the first time Will’s eye- opening living room project has been mounted in the UK. Working with east London- based professional dancers , Willi has choreographed a series of human sculptures in a range of private homes and public spaces in both the historic and more recently developed quarters of Stratford. He hopes to offer a creative exploration of urbanisation and living environments in east London today . Willi says: “ Stratford Living subverts conventional views of the everyday lived environment by making public the arranged systems that define our private spaces . “We move within a strict framework of arranged systems and regulations. They are so every day that, over time, they become invisible t...

Fort Lauderdale , Fla.—Greystar has begun construction on Elan 16Forty, a new 261-unit, mid- rise apartment community in Fort Lauderdale ’s growing downtown district , which will also offer 2,300 square feet of retail space. “Elan 16Forty will be minutes from the beach, Galleria shopping, Hollywood Park, the Las Olas district and downtown,” Gary Wallace, Greystar’s managing director of development, tells MHN . “It is the latest community we have developed under the Elan brand.  Elan communities embody Greystar ’s philosophy of developing stylish, high- quality apartment homes in distinctive locations.” Elan 16Forty will offer a variety of one-, two- and three- bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 686 to 1,599 square feet of living space. Units will include stainless steel appliances , custom kitchen islands with European cabinetry, granite countertops with under mount sinks, pendant lighting, bamboo flooring in living areas, contemporary carpeting in bedrooms and ceramic tile ...