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Code enforcement, tax delinquency, and strategic management of problematic properties
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis considers two interrelated sources of blight in cities: so-called "problem properties" (PP), or properties in poor physical condition where owners have stopped performing basic maintenance, and tax-delinquent ...
The economic and financial feasibility of food innovation centers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
A Food Innovation Center (FIC) is an enclosed commercial space comprising a mix of complementary uses pertaining to locally-operated food growing, production, processing, testing, distribution, and sale. These uses include ...
Advancing TOD in Boston's suburbs : advantages and obstacles in the entitlement process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
This thesis is an inquiry into the feasibility of creating new compact, mixed-use transit-oriented development (TOD) within existing suburbs. I have focused on the entitlement phase of projects, during which land is rezoned, ...
After the gas station : redevelopment opportunities from rethinking America's vehicle refueling infrastructure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Gas stations are found throughout the US, but their ubiquity causes them to go largely unnoticed. Because their purpose - refueling vehicles - is so uniform and so integral to the existing automotive transportation system, ...
New development : friend or foe to Chinatown small businesses?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Chinatowns in cities like Boston, New York, or Philadelphia have well established reputations as vibrant ethnic neighborhoods that draw tourists as well as working-Chinese immigrants. The individual businesses that line ...
Shaping an inclusive waterfront : community engagement in the redevelopment of San Francisco's Pier 70
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Community engagement in large-scale development projects is a critical step in the real estate development process, needed both to obtain official project approval and to gain feedback to create projects that better provide ...
Fringe town : revitalization on the margin, assessing small downtown revival and catalytic real estate development feasibility on the urban fringe
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This thesis has sought to construct a diagnostic study of small downtown revitalization in Somersworth, New Hampshire, and Berwick, Maine. To develop a holistic understanding of downtown revitalization in Somersworth-Berwick, ...
Innovation districts : economic development, community benefits, and the public realm
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Innovation Districts are emerging across the country as vehicles for economic development, job creation, urban revitalization, and sustainable growth. As they continue to be developed, there is a need to rethink the role ...
Transforming industrial heritage sites in major Chinese cities : reintegrating Minsheng Wharf into the life of the city
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
China is a nation evolving through post-industrialization towards a cultural and innovation based society. In turn, its urban form is grappling with a number of preserved industrial heritage sites in major urban centers ...
Double-dipping or lagniappe? : a study on the use of tenant-based vouchers in low-income housing tax credit developments in New Orleans, Louisiana
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans demolished nearly all of its public housing. Mirroring a national trend, not all of it was replaced. What was replaced largely took different forms: tenants received portable Housing ...