http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/09/24/built-in-ohio-innovative-approaches-to-smart-growth/ Sustainable Communities. Attainable Results. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:33:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/09/24/built-in-ohio-innovative-approaches-to-smart-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-67147 Mitch Brown Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:58:37 +0000 http://www.cnt.org/news/?p=3562#comment-67147 Interesting and informative indeed! Our dense, multi-use and multi-modal urban centers are just waiting for innovative and creative citizens to re-purpose them for a competitive 21st century. An issue to consider is the finance industry's influence on the built environment. Ever since the 1987 S&L scandal and Wall Street's subsequent foray into the development arena (in the guise of REITs) the commoditization necessary for Wall Street to trade the built environment as a commodity has lead to a stifling restriction of finance opportunities. This effects especially hard our multi-use, multi-modal, multi-ethnic urban cores. Its something that will have to be dealt with if we're to attract capital to these locations. Great information, thanks. Interesting and informative indeed! Our dense, multi-use and multi-modal urban centers are just waiting for innovative and creative citizens to re-purpose them for a competitive 21st century. An issue to consider is the finance industry’s influence on the built environment. Ever since the 1987 S&L scandal and Wall Street’s subsequent foray into the development arena (in the guise of REITs) the commoditization necessary for Wall Street to trade the built environment as a commodity has lead to a stifling restriction of finance opportunities. This effects especially hard our multi-use, multi-modal, multi-ethnic urban cores. Its something that will have to be dealt with if we’re to attract capital to these locations. Great information, thanks.

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