Category: Research
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New Offerings and New Directions for Real Estate at Taubman College and the Ross School of Business
The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning has launched a new minor in Real Estate in collaboration with the Ross School of Business and the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan. Marc Norman takes on the role of Director of Real Estate Initiatives at Taubman and Faculty…
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The Egalitarian Metropolis: New Maps, Metrics and Modalities
Supported by the Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis, “Mapping the Egalitarian Metropolis: Spaces of Hope” featured work by six interdisciplinary research teams led by University of Michigan Taubman College faculty, each using techniques of deep mapping, critical cartography, and community engagement to reveal planned and unplanned places within Detroit. …
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Seminar Explores Disruptions in Real Estate and Development
This semester my graduate students at University of Michigan co-created a website to investigate how disruptions such as technological breakthroughs, climate change, financing mechanisms and pandemics affect the built environment, the underwriting model and policy. It was an education in moving instruction on-line, virtual collaboration, and the ways Urban Planners’…
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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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Federal Reserve Community Advisory Council Releases latest Report on the economy, covid and community impacts
The Community Advisory Council (CAC) of the Federal Reserve Board offers diverse perspectives on the economic circumstances and financial services needs of consumers and communities. As the Chair and an advisory council member, Marc Norman contributes to these semi-annual reports. See information about current Council members here. Read the latest…
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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.
