Real Estate Development

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A dynamic mixed-use development at dusk, featuring residential towers, street-level shops, and pedestrian activity, symbolizing urban revitalization.

Mixed-use developments boost urban cores, countering sprawl's costs

Office spaces within mixed-use environments can command rental prices that are 22-33% higher than equivalent stand-alone office buildings, according to Ube Ac Uk .

Aaron Blake·August 2, 2026

The grand, historic south entrance of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, illuminated by sunlight, ready to welcome visitors after a century.

Real Estate

MSI to Reopen South Entrance with $22M Project

For the first time in over a century, the grand south entrance of Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, once the main gateway to the 1893 World's Fair, will reopen to the public, according

Aaron Blake·June 25, 2026

A visual representation of a historic street blending with modern architecture, symbolizing the challenge of balancing heritage and development.

Community

Neighborhoods Can't Balance History and Modernity Without Comprehensive Plans

In Excelsior, Minnesota, a proposal to redevelop the historic Dock Cinema property has sparked a heated debate, not over whether to preserve history, but over how much of it can be sacrificed for futu

Derek Molina·May 19, 2026