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Brett Widness

Brett Widness is the managing editor of Urban Land. Previously, he worked in online editorial at the Washington Post, AARP, and AOL, now part of Yahoo!

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Economy, Market & Trends
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News
January/February Issue of Urban Land Is Available for Download
For those of you who have already downloaded the Urban Land app, the latest issue is now available for download.
February 3, 2014
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Design and Planning
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Resilience and Sustainability
Building Happier, Healthier, and More Sustainable Cities
While many books have recently focused on making cities denser, more walkable, or more functional, asking how to make urban populations happier is a slightly different question. Charles Montgomery makes his case in his new book The Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design.
January 27, 2014
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Economy, Market & Trends
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News
Most Popular Articles for 2013
Now in its third year, Urban Land Online saw a record traffic month in July. While we hate to play favorites -- Apgar Award notwithstanding -- we did want to recognize the articles from last year that helped make our traffic numbers possible.
January 6, 2014
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Economy, Market & Trends
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News
Report Identifies Ten Critical Imperatives Facing U.S. Cities
The National League of Cities (NLC) today released a new report that identifies “The 10 Critical Imperatives Facing America’s Cities” and proposes innovative strategies to address these challenges and improve the nation’s communities.
December 20, 2013
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Economy, Market & Trends
November/December Issue of Urban Land Is Available for Download
For those of you who have already downloaded the Urban Land app, the latest issue is now available for download.
December 16, 2013
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Retail/Entertainment
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Fall Meeting
Darwin’s Retail: Survival of the Fittest
Shopping centers, having survived the worst contraction in 50 years, are often turning to restaurants and specialty retailers to replace department stores as anchor tenants.
November 18, 2013
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Residential
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News
Next Evolution in Micro-Housing: Smarter, Shared, and Modular
During a panel at the ULI Fall Meeting in Chicago, Chris Bledsoe, chief executive officer of Stage 3 Properties, illustrated the ongoing crisis in affordable housing in places like New York City by showing a craigslist post for a “room” with three-foot (1 m) ceilings.
November 18, 2013
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Residential
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News
Building Gigabit Internet into More Developments
As Americans spend more and more time online using multiple devices, higher-speed internet connections are shifting from a luxury to a necessity, panelists said at the ULI Fall Meeting in Chicago.
November 18, 2013
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Economy, Market & Trends
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Fall Meeting
Education, Immigration Reform Are Keys to a Brighter Future
Prior to beginning his career in politics, Jeb Bush worked in commercial real estate in south Florida. Immigration and education are two areas he sees needing reform.
November 13, 2013
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Development and Construction
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Space, Place, and the Future of Higher Education
Higher education is in many ways as vulnerable to disruption by new technologies as retail was a decade ago, said panelists at the ULI Fall Meeting.
November 6, 2013
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