When a developer decides to do a project that involves many parcels and many buildings, they have to develop a “master plan” for the project. In this episode, I chat with Tim Magill of 5+ Design, who specializes in master planning some of the largest sites in the world. Cities often have comprehensive plans which…
Several friends are headed to Berlin this week to study a few real estate development projects there. That seemed like a good excuse to make a short video about the past century of commercial real estate in Berlin. This is a departure from my “interview” style, and won’t be the norm, but I think it’s…
In Episode 4, I chat with Andrés Duany, father of the New Urbanist movement and architect-planner for many huge developments. Duany has helped design and develop entire towns like Seaside, FL, and most recently Alyce Beach, FL (see video), as well as many other great “smaller” projects. But because his work and general views have been so…
In Episode 2, I caught up with Memphis-based Urban Planner Nick Oyler to talk about the relationship between transit planning (i.e. where highways, bus lines, rail, bike lanes go) and development (i.e. what gets built). Which comes first? Do developers go where the transit is developing, do transit people look to the developers for clues,…
In Episode 2, we catch up with architect Philip Engelbrecht, a friend from Berlin who played a pivotal role in helping me sort out my thoughts about a career shift. In one of our last chats before my move back, Philip mentioned an article in which the architects of Marzahn, a gigantic post-war public housing…
For our first episode, I caught up with Norman Wright, urban planner for Adams County near Denver and instructor of a great course on “Form-Based Code” which I took from Planetizen.com. In this inaugural interview, I asked Norman to help us wrap our mind around who planners are and how to work with them as developers…
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