Cities Telephone Seminars

Strategies for Successful Mixed Use Development ...development form reference the urban fabric of our oldest cities. The driving factors behind the attraction to the mixed use model include current trends and attitudes toward a more urban lifestyle, changing demographics and psychographics, sustainable design trends and codification of the mixed use form in our development ordinances. Yet the current economic environment may provide even more  more...

Bikeway Design Principles, Planning, and Best Practices ...e of transportation. By expanding their bikeway networks, cities throughout the US have increased bicycle ridership and broadened the transportation options available in their community. However, significant barriers to bicycling keep many could-be riders off of their bikes. Additionally, limited transportation funding hinders the implementation of new bikeways. You will learn the purpose and  more...

Pervious Pavement Alternatives ...oals, building low-impact developments and rehabilitating cities in a sustainable manner. However designers, developers and municipal officials are reluctant to use porous pavements until numerous questions about their practicality and feasibility are answered. This audio conference conveys the scientific results and on-the-ground experiences that answer those questions. We will review  more...

Current Hot Topics in Lease Escalations: Avoid Theft by Additional Rentals ... The killer lease forms in aggressive money market center cities can take the traditional incremental increases in operating expenses, real estate taxes and utility charges, and cause them to double the fixed rent in four to six years rather than in the traditional 12 to 15 years, even in or especially in a down market. Attend our audio conference to understand why and save on the multiplier  more...

Air Rights in Development: Current Trends and Legal Concerns ...daries, exist in the central cores of most major American cities. The condominium form of ownership provides a statutory framework for creation of parcels that have upper and lower boundaries. In recent years, Smart Growth, Green building and Responsible Property Investment principles have further driven the need to parcelize tracts of land by using air rights to house separate ownership and  more...

Current Issues in Development Impact Fees ...n the development approval process. Public agencies, from cities to regional air quality regulators to local sanitation districts, increasingly depend upon fee-type revenues not only to address needs for public facilities directly attributable to new development but also to sustain infrastructure commitments and to mitigate indirect impacts of development on parts of the environment. The recent  more...

Current Trends in Transit-Oriented Development ...pportunity for both the public and private sectors as our cities are faced with the challenges of rapid price fluctuations in oil, traffic congestion and stagnating real estate markets. TODs are attractive, vibrant communities that include a mix of uses including residential, retail and office within a 5- to 10-minute walk of commuter train stations. Emerging Trends in Real Estate, published by  more...

Reclamation and Rehabilitation of Vacant Properties ...be applied across the transect from villages, suburbs and cities. Building community will be closely tied to building real estate value. This teleconference will help you prepare for making money as the real estate market begins to recover. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able to discuss value in damaged and stigmatized sites. n- You will be able to derive how we got to this point. n- You  more...