Ex-City Planning officials criticize “hollow” hotel permits proposal
Some former city planning officials aren’t keen on a plan to restrict hotel construction throughout the city. During a...
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City Planning Commission approves Industry City rezoning
The City Planning Commission on Wednesday approved the proposed rezoning of Industry City, setting the stage for a dramatic...
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Inside LA’s biggest real estate corruption scandal in recent history
The clock was ticking for a developer’s big downtown Los Angeles debut. Carmel Partners was looking to get its...
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From the archives: The king of suburbia
William Levitt’s legacy goes beyond any one office or apartment building. The developer’s single-handed creation of Levittown, Long Island, right after World War II laid the groundwork for modern-day suburbia and spawned thousands of...
City dodges rumors of Weisbrod’s departure
The City Planning Commission is refusing to clarify whether or not 72-year-old chair Carl Weisbrod is considering stepping down...
City Planning OKs Moskovits’ 25 Kent special permit but cans Williamsburg rezoning proposal
The City Planning Commission blessed developers Toby Moskovits and Rubenstein Partners’ bid for a special permit enabling their planned 400,000-square-foot Williamsburg Generator office complex...
Forget stand-alone renderings, city-scale 3-D simulations are the future
Today, city planning is not that much different than playing SimCity. Increasingly, high-tech simulators are helping to build the...
Federal ruling tightens the city’s fair housing policy
The city’s Department of City Planning will have to reach out to communities to talk about issues that have...
Bill would require a city planner to attend every community board meeting
City Council member Ben Kallos plans to introduce a bill today requiring that a city planner attend every meeting held...
Carl Weisbrod promises “thoughtful” capital spending in developing nabes
City Planning Commissioner Carl Weisbrod is promising that the city’s capital spending will be more thoughtful and coordinated than...