Notwithstanding Roger K. Lewis’ qualms about density bonuses, they are not as ineffectual or inequitable as he or developers portray them.
Density bonuses are essentially low-cost devices used by local governments to encourage developers to build more affordable housing units in a market-rate development project than they otherwise would. In exchange for allowing developers to build more [...]
A major downside to being a developer is the disreputable-by-association factor. Practically every community can point to at least one developer-led project that failed to live up to promises preceding construction and as a result, developers tend to be the lowest hanging fruit among local figures susceptible to criticism.
Reputable developers, feel free to blame the [...]
With the recession putting a number of development projects on hold indefinitely, the San Francisco Chronicle’s John King has endorsed a creative use of the vacant lots that would otherwise continue “uglifying” the neighborhood. By turning the expanses of crumbling concrete and garbage into temporary parks, complete with quick-maturing vegetation and benches, the neighborhood would get [...]
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