Panel to Outline a Redone Blaisdell

Mayor Kirk Caldwell is advancing an idea to redevelop Honolulu's aging Neal S. Blaisdell Center through a panel of consultants who will share their preliminary findings and recommendations at a [...]

No place for green space

The Blaisdell plan is in the very early stages, boosted by a panel from the nonprofit Urban Land Institute's Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership. The panel is advising the city, free of [...]

Urban Land Institute fellows fawn over Portland’s Central Eastside and its future

A group of out-of town developers, city planners and chamber of commerce types thinks Portland's Central Eastside district is something special. The group lauded Portland for its land-use track [...]

Developing a sense of place in the core city is important in shoring up Memphis’ tax base

Thanks to Mayor A C Wharton’s fellowship in the Urban Land Institute’s Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use, Memphis last week was able to host a group of urban planners from [...]

Land use experts mull possible redevelopment around the medical center

Memphis’ medical district is a bustling expanse of hospitals, research centers and colleges employing 17,000 workers. Located around and even inside the 14,000-acre district, however, are blocks [...]