The Easy Sites Are All Gone!
Let’s face it, the easy sites are all gone. We are left with the remnants – irregular shaped, topographically challenged, limited access, penned…
Category: Planning
Creative Play in Master Planned Communities
Do you remember running around your neighborhood as a kid exploring and discovering your surroundings? I do. I remember building forts, riding bikes…
Great Neighborhoods – A Recipe
As planners and architects working on macro- and micro-scale communities, we are often asked, “What makes a Great Neighborhood?” It’s not an easy…
The Downtown Collection
In this week’s blog, we take a deeper look at one of our Gold Nugget award of merit winners, The Downtown Collection in…
WHA at the ULI Emergent Leadership Awards
Every year, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) celebrates up and coming stars with the Emergent Leadership Awards to recognize individuals who have shown…
Re-Tooling Entertainment Retail in China
Over the last few years there has been a lot of news about a slumping Chinese economy. Home sales and retail revenues are…
Beyond Organic: A Futuristic Farm for Crestavilla
Construction has begun on Crestavilla, a 201-unit senior living complex in Laguna Niguel. Designed with the notion of “Cruise Ship Living,” the luxurious…