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State program limits liability in brown field cleanups FORT WORTH -- The Texas Voluntary Cleanup Program provides incentives for brownfields to be investigated, cleaned and redeveloped. Since all non-responsible parties, [...]

If Gov. Jeb Bush can stiff-arm his brother in the White House to nearly kill off-shore oil drilling plans, can the former developer do the same to an old partner [...]

Mequon conservation subdivision takes shape The developers of a new subdivision in Mequon hope to leave both an environmental legacy and further a trend toward conserving natural habitats. Legacy Hills, [...]

Austin's The Sutton Co. is incorporating environmentally friendly features into its new upscale urban lofts downtown. The Sutton Co., builder of Plaza Lofts on Republic Square, is working with the [...]

Tampa-based Watermark Communities Inc. has added anew twist to land development and traditional environmental education. On Jan. 23, WCI launched Waterlefe Nature Camp, a pilot program to teach students the [...]

Reminiscent of battles in Austin, letter from SOS touches off war of words in growing Hays County The acrimonious battles between environmentalists and real estate developers that dominated Travis County [...]

The developers or the proposed Bickford Ranch upscale-home development east of Lincoln branded by the Sierra Club as one of the two worst developments in California this year -- have [...]

Tracy Wilkes, President Brookfield Properties President, NAIOP Colorado Chapter At this writing we've been blessed with five years of strong economic conditions in the commercial real estate sector -- rents [...]

Gerald L. Pouncey Jr., an environmental lawyer with Morris, Manning, and Martin L.L.P., works to convince real estate developers to build on land that has been previously used for industrial purposes instead of digging up new land. Currently, he is working on the redevelopment project of the Atlantic Station, the former Atlantic Steel industrial site on its way to becoming a busy suburb.

The developer of the planned 3,300-home Sun Ridge project south of Rancho Cordova has agreed to set aside 40 percent of the 1,200-acre site for a wetlands preserve. In turn, [...]

It's a long way to go for a fresh fish. But 20 years after George Barley's favorite fishing spot began strangling on algae, the Orlando Realtor/developer has sunk $10,000 of [...]

Vernal pools aren't much more than small depressions in the ground during the dry months, particularly during a drought. But in the spring, they become the wellspring of life for [...]

As Kristy Bradfield Petlin winged her way west with her family for a vacation at Disneyland last summer, she passed the time flipping through her paperback copy of 50 Simple [...]

Developers consider paying to move bus stops When NCNB Corporate Center is completed in 1992, will there be a bus shelter out front? NCNB Corp. wouldn't be alone in not [...]

Air quality district mulls development permits The Bay Area Air Quality Management District might soon have the final say over all new residential and commercial construction in Silicon Valley. The [...]

Developer's revolutionary idea saves historic grave John Hoover was a simple man. A Pennsylvania Dutchman, he spoke no English when he volunteered for military service in 1776 at the age [...]

Tree preservation gains respect, but few followers Seventeen years ago, many in the building industry laughed at Steven Clark's new firm dedicated to advising them on ways to preserve trees [...]

Pressures mount to develop logged sites in Puget Sound SEATTLE - Craig Beals drives his yellow, company-issue four-wheel-drive truck along the bumpy mountain road leading to the top of Mount [...]

New housing developments in Roswell have built in land as green space to give homeowners land for backyards and privacy, with nearly one-third of the village of Ellard remaining undeveloped. Alpharetta requests that developers build in green space to add to Big Creek Greenway, and because of environmental policies placed on land use.

A Topeka-based developer of Walgreen's drugstores is seeking tax increment financing to build an outlet in Kansas City, North, near the Antioch Center shopping mall at the corner of Antioch [...]

Western Waste Management gains city OK for recycling site, but meeting with developer may bring on a switch In what is being termed a cooperative effort, Western Waste Management of [...]

If you look at the waters of many Orlando area business parks, you probably see natural-looking lakes, complete with trees, fish and an elongated, natural shape. But many are not [...]

When EPCOT Center was under construction, Disney Development Co. discovered that a rare species of woodpecker lived on the planned site for an EPCOT parking lot. Disney could have built [...]

A natural danger Asbestos found in rock poses health threat Cancer-causing asbestos is the focus of one of the most intense and extensive cleanup efforts in U.S. history. Since California [...]

Landscaping, 'patient money' aid Mcdonald Typically, landscaping isn't the first thing that springs to mind when you think about an industrial real estate project. Adequate storage space and convenience to [...]

Winkler Co. maintains preserve to keep balance with development Firm uses 43 acres of prime property for botanical studies One would think that a nature preserve would be the responsibility [...]