What makes a 20-something want to move to suburbia? What are they looking for? Hint: It’s not cookie-cutter homes in subdivisions. With millennials leaving the nest, boomers approaching retirement, and a continued influx of immigrants, it’s time to embrace a wider variety of housing choices in the suburbs. Communities that offer apartments, townhouses, and multigenerational homes – with shops, nightlife, and transit steps away – are winning over the next generation of workers, and the future.
Twenty-one subsidized units has created controversy in Norton Commons, a walkable new town near Louisville.
When done thoughtfully, walkable urbanism can be a major opportunity to build a more socially equitable region
Suburban governments making it difficult for families to find something different
The nation’s settlement patterns are in transition
Daybreak is a true success story of an ambitious, multi-faceted regional plan turned into action on the ground.
3,000-person waitlist for 300-square-foot apartments?! The wildly successful renovation of the nation’s oldest shopping mall
Walkable apartments with a neighborhood vibe: meet the fresh new flavor of the “Texas Donut”
At Hwy 100 and I-494 in Edina, developers aim to transform an outdated office park into a hip, sprawling one that attracts millennials
Glistening office buildings, hotel and homes that are planned for the Springfield Town Center, part of the rebirth of a once-popular shopping mall that was darkened by crime and economic decline.
There are hundreds of stories of failed subdivisions left empty by the housing bust, where homeowners are stuck staring into vacant lots of PVC pipes and weeds.
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