Category: Real Estate
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Marc Norman and Kate Asher in Dialog on Housing and Equitable Development
In conversation with the amazing Kate Asher, we have a wide ranging discussion on land use and cost as it relates to housing and street real estate, multifaceted strategies for development, finance, and community engagement. Talking about experimentation on a city and state level listen to how we can scale…
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Ann Arbor Tackles Affordability and Leverages City Owned Sites
The city of Ann Arbor and the Ann Arbor Housing Commission enlisted Ideas and Action to Analyze city owned sites suitable for added density, affordable housing and mixed income/mixed use development. Findings were incorporated into a series of city council resolutions to move the process of development and/or engagement forward.…
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RE: Housing Conference Surfaces Best Practices in Detroit and Beyond
Re: Housing: Detroit, a symposium held in Detroit and Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan, convened innovators and researchers across the academy, real estate, architecture, planning, housing advocacy, and the city of Detroit in pursuit of real solutions to Detroit’s “Missing Middle” density housing. Full conference can be viewed…
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Reframing Housing Development and Reducing the Cost of Development
REFRAMING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: HOW CHANGES IN DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND REGULATION COULD REDUCE THE COST OF HOUSING What can be done to reduce the cost of housing, particularly in the United States? A half-day event for practitioners, scholars, policymakers, and others delved into this question. Convened by the Harvard GSD and…
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Brooklyn Townhome Redo Featured in New York Magazine
The Williamsburg Townhouse owned and renovated by Marc Norman and Jonathan Massey demonstrates techniques for compact living and the use of a varied pallet of materials within an historic context. See the full article written by Fred Bernstein and photographed by Cameron Blaylock featured in New York Magazine’s Winter 2018…
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A Plan for Supporting and Revitalizing Commercial Corridors
Under the Environmental Protection Agency‘s Commercial Redevelopment Zone Program, the firms of Spackman, Mossop Michaels, Ideas and Action and The Gulf Coast Community Design Studio completed a plan for the city of Gulfport, MS. Read and download the full report here.
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Friendship Court Master Plan Draft Released
Friendship Court, a 150 unit development in Charlottesville, VA is undergoing a master planning process to create mixed income development on the site while not displacing existing residents, better connecting the site to its surrounding context and creating opportunity for the families currently on-site. A design team consisting of nationally known…
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Immanent Urbanisms Lecture Series Winter 2016
A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS AND TALKS ABOUT HOW BOTTOM-UP URBANISM IS REMAKING THE LANDSCAPES OF DESIGN, POWER AND ECONOMY IN THE 21ST CENTURY (see the full schedule of lectures here) Kick off is Tuesday, Jan 26th, 2016 7:30 pm at THE RED VICTORIAN, 1665 Haight St. San Francisco, CA 94117 with MARC NORMAN – DESIGNING AFFORDABILITY:…
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Oculus Fall 2015 Home Game: Winning with Housing
I am honored to be included in the Fall Issue of Oculus Magazine, a publication of the AIA New York Chapter. The issue, ” Home Game: Winning with Housing,” focuses specifically on housing that supports a population needed for the city to grow economically, culturally, sustainably – and equitably. A big…
