This is not a new phenomenon. My thesis was on Cape Coral, a development of 20 square miles in SW Florida which to this day remains incompletely built out. In 1995, when I did my thesis, it was roughly 30 percent built out.
My thesis presented a "proposal to curb atavistic development tendencies in pre-platted cities trapped by their own configuration."
A quote form the article,
Michael Mehaffy, an urban developer and consultant, said that recently, clients who bought distressed properties have started to contact him, hoping to start building on them again. But they want to build something different than was planned before.
“The market is shifting–people are recognizing that they don’t want to live in these monocultural places,” he said. “They want to be able to walk, enjoy amenities and a nice neighborhood with lots of services nearby.”
But there are zoning codes and headaches that make it difficult to build something different than was originally planned, Mehaffy said. Some of these developments don’t have any available public transit. Others may have residents who bought houses thinking they were moving into a suburb, and might oppose apartment buildings or retail. Some planned communities already have certain entitlements to water and other resources they don't want to give up if they build smaller projects than originally planned.
A quote form the article,
Michael Mehaffy, an urban developer and consultant, said that recently, clients who bought distressed properties have started to contact him, hoping to start building on them again. But they want to build something different than was planned before.
“The market is shifting–people are recognizing that they don’t want to live in these monocultural places,” he said. “They want to be able to walk, enjoy amenities and a nice neighborhood with lots of services nearby.”
But there are zoning codes and headaches that make it difficult to build something different than was originally planned, Mehaffy said. Some of these developments don’t have any available public transit. Others may have residents who bought houses thinking they were moving into a suburb, and might oppose apartment buildings or retail. Some planned communities already have certain entitlements to water and other resources they don't want to give up if they build smaller projects than originally planned.
A proposal to eliminate barriers to innovative reuse of property that must be made. This is part of Project 3.
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