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St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay says the large scale of developer Paul McKee's plans for a north side redevelopment should be a key to the project's success.
A $8.6 million industrial rail park will soon be built in the rural West Texas town of Levelland.
City leaders voted Friday to support a developer's proposal to transform crumbling sections of north St. Louis by building new business centers and homes. The 15-year project has been touted as including green parks, green energy and more.
A Baltimore development company has pulled out of a major construction project in Providence.
A proposed $8 billion redevelopment plan for north St. Louis made some progress after a committee gave the OK for the full Board of Aldermen to vote on the proposal.
A consortium of lenders have filed a foreclosure lawsuit against the developer of a downtown Chicago block.
In sections of the city many residents won't venture into at night and where thieves steal bricks off vacant homes, developer Paul McKee Jr. sees an $8 billion future of green living, clean streets and thriving business.
A sprawling resort and residential development at the gateway to Maine's North Woods that would be the largest of its kind in the state won a state planning board's unanimous approval Wednesday.
America has some of the industrial world's worst rates of infant mortality, teenage pregnancy and child poverty, even though it spends more per child than better-performing countries such as Switzerland, Japan and the Netherlands, a new survey indicates.
Federal authorities couldn't have picked a more fertile target than New Jersey's Manhattan-facing waterfront towns for a fake cash-for-development undercover sting, longtime observers say.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday pushed for energy and transportation projects — in which Russia is likely to lead the way — to boost economic development in Afghanistan and surrounding countries.
A new report by over 100 independent intellectuals and scholars from Arab countries blames political, economic, social and environmental problems for undermining the lives and freedom of Arabs — coupled with the region's vulnerability to outside intervention.
Few folks have as much experience at retiring as Bob Lutz, who seems to be making a career of it.
A new outdoor venue with year-round free entertainment is about to open in Philadelphia's Northern Liberties neighborhood.
A few years ago, U2 guitarist The Edge went for a hike, and there in the golden hills overlooking Malibu's cerulean waters, he finally found what he was looking for.
Asia's governments must spend more on social safety nets and reduce their reliance on export-driven growth as they grapple with an economic meltdown that will keep tens of millions trapped in poverty, finance officials said Sunday.
ELKHART, Ind. - In the same way that people might speculate about a couple that could be heading for divorce, business leaders in Elkhart, Ind., sometimes talked about what could happen if the recreational vehicle industry took a serious turn for the worse.
State political leaders have failed to create a consistent economic growth strategy and the board that runs a state economic development agency should resign, a group impaneled by the governor said in a report released Tuesday.
Ferrari team manager Luca Baldisserri will not travel to this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, staying behind to work on car development in the wake of a disastrous start to the Formula One season.
As the Obama administration formulates its energy policy, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday he would take a broad look at exploiting the waters off U.S. shores, advancing both renewable energy and traditional drilling.
Children at the four elementary schools in this southeast Wyoming district sure had fun in the middle of the week.
Six in 10 people around the world now have cell phone subscriptions, signaling that mobile phones are the communications technology of choice, particularly in poor countries, according to a U.N. report published Monday.
The head of the U.N. Development Program, which promotes anti-poverty efforts around the globe, is resigning, the United Nations announced Thursday.
Recurrent violence in oil-rich parts of Nigeria may provide a sobering lesson for oil companies hoping to work in Iraq — a place that is much more dangerous despite the fact that attacks are at their lowest level in more than four years.
The Bush administration proposed a set of rules on Wednesday to regulate future projects off American shores that would use the ocean for alternative energy and aquaculture.
N.B. gas potential 'exciting' - Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.caNatural gas in US's nearby neighbor, New Brunswick, Canada, may exceed all expectations elsewhere. Someone could rethink the proposed platforms off Sable Island, Nova Scotia and pipeline to Quebec and invest a little closer to home.
DAWN.COM | Business | Pakistan slips five places in global corruption listISLAMABAD: In its Corruption Perception Index for 2009, the Transparency International has placed Pakistan at the 42nd place, slipping five places from 2008 when it was at 47.
Argentina: 'Grandma, Will You Read to Me?'An innovative programme encouraging a love of reading amongst poor students in Argentina
Pr. George's council backs developer's efforts to lure federal offices - washingtonpost.comThe Prince George's County Council approved legislation Tuesday that helps a developer in his attempt to lure federal offices to the county.
In 2050, the region will be a web, but how strong? - Greater Greater WashingtonRegional leaders have released their Greater Washington 2050 report, "Region Forward," a vision for the Washington region 40 years from now.
New Mixed-use Development Coming to Prince George's County | NewsChannel 8In about a year, Prince George's County will welcome its newest mixed-used development.
Young children's moral understanding more sophisticated than previously thoughtWhen her Daily Mail column about Stephen Gately's death provoked an avalanche of complaints, the disgraced Jan Moir issued a press statement in which she said "it was never [her] intention" to upset people. Defensively speaking, Moir's choice of words was astute.
New agreement boosts role of grassroots womenUN-HABITAT has signed a milestone agreement with the Huairou Commission to strengthen the involvement of grassroots women in projects and programmes for better housing and sustainable urban development.
Study says Md. law fails to direct growth, save open space - washingtonpost.comBut a new study says the law has been a bust, largely because it has no teeth to force local governments to comply and because builders have little incentive to redevelop older urban neighborhoods.
Through the years, the Afghanistan War has seen its share of tragedies. But recently, with a renewed spotlight on the region - and rising casualties among troops and civilians - the American public's patience is growing thin.
Microsoft readying test systems for Windows 8 developmentAlthough Microsoft gave us some great numbers regarding the Windows 7 beta, the company (unsurprisingly) refused to give us any details about what changes the planning and development team was going to make for Windows 8.
What Really Prompted Iran to Build the Qom Enrichment Facility? The Obama administration claims that construction of a second Iranian uranium enrichment facility at Qom began before Tehran's decision to withdraw from a previous agreement to inform the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in advance of such construction.
A Stalled Vision: Big Development as City's Futurever the past seven years, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has presided over a historic re-envisioning of New York City, one that loosened the reins on development across the boroughs and pushed more than 100 rezoning measures through a City Council that stamped them all into law.
What Pakistan's Military Needs To Learn From IsraelThis is where the Pakistani military blundered and where militaries in 'start-up' nations like Israel , Turkey and South Korea managed to achieve. Lesson One: Support creativity and not proxy corrupt elites. Lesson Two: Economy first; democracy second
Keeping prejudice out of our children Incidents of racial prejudice, both blatant and subtle, provide fodder for heated discussions in newspaper columns and TV talk shows. Where does it come from? Why does it persist, despite more than a half century of national effort to eradicate it?
Baby Einstein Refund: Kids Too Much Like Real Baby EinsteinDisney's recently announced decision to offer a refund to parents who purchased its popular "Baby Einstein" videos vindicates researchers who had been attacked by the company.
Minister's unlawful act scuppers 7200 homesTHE state's biggest housing project has collapsed after the Planning Minister, Kristina Keneally, admitted she acted unlawfully in approving the 7200-home Hunter Valley proposal.
Medicine's Elusive Goal: A Safe Weight-Loss Drug Three small California companies hope to succeed where many bigger players have failed.
Five Essential Tips For Any Internet Start-Up: How My Website Made it Into Fortune MagazineIt was in the summer of 2006 when I decided, like Twisted Sister once bravely proclaimed several decades before me, that I wasn't going to take it anymore.
Caritas in Veritate and the US economic futureBecause false personal and economic choices led to the global financial crisis, Benedict XVI's recent encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, addresses the fundamental principles regarding the authentic development of people.
Washington Business Journal: More development in Prince George's County Westphalia areaWith plans for Sandler and Westphalia LLC's Westphalia Town Center moving forward, Westphalia is slowly becoming the new "it" development area in Prince George's County.
Stuck In The State We Are In New Jersey has more governmental entities than just about any place of the planet. And we must like it because in the 30 years I have been on this we have only zeroed out ONE TOWN.
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