A lofty vision for downtown Daytona

His inspiration began with a book. The tome, "Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream," led local real estate "redeveloper" Jack White to rethink urban living and the movement back to core areas.

School construction shifts gears

Building boom of the past decade gives way to a new direction: enhancing existing campuses.

Special Report: Smart money in real estate is on smart growth

This suburb of Washington, D.C. inspired R.E.M.'s 1984 song about the soul-sucking blandness of a suburban adolescence that has been a staple of rock and roll. "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville" described a town of empty houses, "where nobody says hello."

Long hard road: The evolution of Tampa's Franklin Street

By Manny Leto Josh Dohring remembers when the residential population in downtown Tampa was mostly made up of people who were forced to live there: the inmates of the Morgan Street Jail. Much has changed since his family began brokering real estate in downtown more than 25 years ago. “We were here before downtown was hip,” said Dohring, who owns an office and retail building at 514 Franklin and ...

Smart money in real estate is on urban experience

Aging boomers are growing out of the suburbs and their children have not yet grown into them. This demographic shift, more than anything else, is driving consumer demand for compact, walkable neighborhoods