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Chicago is experiencing a surge of hotel development—and seeing the repurposing of classic historic structures in the process.

A new land bank in Cook County, Illinois, plans to get vacant foreclosed homes back to productive life.

A visual guide to some of the Chicago locations mentioned in Urban Land Fall magazine.

Some retailers and local governments are sparring over proposals to raise minimum wages. What do impartial studies say about the relative effects of higher labor costs versus higher incomes?

Although social media are one way to support branding and awareness, developers who rely solely on them to attract buyers might—in light of today’s economy—also reconsider old-fashioned marketing.

An isolated, crime-ridden, half-empty public housing enclave is being transformed into a mixed-income, higher-density neighborhood newly connected to San Francisco’s urban grid.

There is no lack of outdoor community festivals in the United States. Spring, summer, fall—and occasionally in winter—there is a cornucopia of arts fests, fringe festivals, beer festivals, county fairs, church picnics, and fire department bazaars, all of which help set the identity of that community.

The National Bus Rapid Transit Institute identified seven elements as those undergoing innovation in bus rapid transit.

Successful transit-oriented developments (TODs) meet demand for compact, walkable, mixed-use development-the same markets that are also likely to see an important amenity value in easy access to high-quality transit service. At the same time, the more people, jobs, and services that exist within walking distance of transit service, the higher the potential transit ridership and fare generation, and the more cars that can be pulled off congested roads. TOD is a win-win for land use and transportation.

The Obama administration will back Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 30/10 Plan, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced at the ULI Los Angeles TOD Summit 2010, held in Hollywood in June. The support is a major boost for 30/10, which calls for speeding up 12 major urban rail projects throughout the region, completing them in the next decade rather than the originally scheduled 30 years.