Posts by Brandon Palanker
Reinventing Suburbia
COVID may have made the suburbs more appealing – but these aren’t your parents’ ‘burbs. Are you capitalizing on Place-Branding and Place-Based Economic Development strategies to attract the growing market for walkable urbanism? Much has been stated about the flight of people moving from the city to the suburbs due to Covid. While the full…
Read MoreToo Much Room at the Inn
Converting Hotels to Residential Use In the face of COVID and the uncertain conomic recovery, one of the hardest hit industries has been hospitality, especially the hotel business. While we have seen recent upticks in vacancy for vacation oriented “get away” properties, those hotels geared toward business travelers are facing a long uphill climb. So, too, are…
Read MoreOur Economic Development Strategy Was Based On Attracting Class A Office – What Now?
The answer is right at home. Life as we know it will forever be changed. We are hearing a lot of that refrain in the wake of COVID-19 and the shift to work from home environments. There is no question that how – and where – we work will certainly be impacted going forward. The…
Read MoreThe Continued Rise – and Evolution – of Walkable Urban Development
The past 20 years has witnessed the expansive growth of walkable urban and mixed-use development, which has steadily pulled market share from traditional drivable suburban product. This evolution began in the 1990’s with what this writer calls “the Friends phenomenon,” building off the popularity of TV shows such as Friends or Seinfeld, both located in…
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