Smart Growth Resource Library

Urban Redevelopment Case Studies

While America's very largest cities have been enjoying strong economic growth and new housing construction, many other older cities are experiencing continued job loss, population decline, and property abandonment.

Although this ''second tier'' of America's cities employs a range of economic development strategies, some have been particularly successful in sponsoring catalytic development projects with housing that have transformed urban areas once known for run-down buildings and high crime rates.

Economic Development Case Studies from the National Association of REALTORS® examines seven redevelopment projects from across the country that have served as catalytic projects for urban revitalization in their communities.

The projects examined in these case studies have transformed urban areas once known for high crime rates, underutilized and run-down buildings, and industrial warehouses. All the projects could now be classified as bellwether developments in their respective neighborhoods as each has revitalized the community in which it is situated.

24 pages (798kb); available online as a PDF document at the resource link below.

Resource: http://www.realtor.org/SG3.nsf/files/EconDevelopCaseStudies.pdf/$FILE/EconDevelopCaseStudies.pdf

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