The city and homebuilders have come to a compromise on density targets in Calgary's 60-year long-range development blueprint.
Council members passed the amended development strategy and approved the transportation management plan, which still has to be reviewed by the province.....
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City Hall's vision of dense developments around suburban LRT stations is moving ahead, but at a slower and often more scaled-back pace than what last year had some residents and aldermen fearing concrete canyons that would overwhelm existing neighbourhoods.....

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For today, the Top ten suburban Transit Oriented Developments. The Washington region is famous for turning otherwise suburban areas around Metro stations into bustling urban downtowns. The following are the best of the lot. To qualify a neighborhood must be located outside the District of Columbia and must be within walking distance of a Metro station (preferably centered around one)......

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It's not considered the height of political savvy here in the United States to point out that European lifestyles are greener than our own. Don't expect that line in an Obama speech anytime soon. Too many facets of European life-the cramped apartments, the clotheslines for drying laundry-would likely strike suburbanites as inconvenient, burdensome, or even downright primitive....

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The city of Charlotte attempted to sketch scenarios Monday for how it could pay for a $457 million streetcar, with a citywide property-tax increase a key part of most plans.....

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As one of the last retail commercial jewels in the city, the 250-acre Meredith property just north of the 10 Freeway could garner a project comparable to Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga or the Ontario Mills Mall. The undeveloped property, with its location and access to the freeway, exudes what developers are in search of, said Ruben Escobosa, senior vice president, managing director of Colliers International in Ontario......

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While the District Attorney continues investigating fraud allegations surrounding the developers of the El Monte Transit Village, city officials are taking steps to move the project forward. The City Council agreed Tuesday to lease 3.5 acres adjacent to the project site, off Santa Anita Avenue and the Interstate 10, where a Chevrolet dealership used to stand.....

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