Results for Land Subdividers Developers

MADISON -- The first step land owners, developers and builders need to take before picking up a shovel or calling in the bulldozers is determining whether a proposed project site is located within a wetland. A new upgrade to the Department of Natural Resource's interactive wetland indicator map will make it easier to determine if a project has the potential to impact wetlands.

Cities are about people and values that can be shared, and developers need to grasp this

Five years into a brutal national housing downturn, raw land destined for residential development has fallen so far in value that thousands of acres across the country are being used again for agriculture.

Protestors speaking out against urban landscaping practices. Photo Credit: Florida Sierra Club Land development issues are huge in Florida and in every state. There is not a day that goes by without land development issues in the news (see these examples: Martin County , LULU , and Amherst ). Often, we see battles in courts with one side winning and the other losing. Why is it so difficult to find a middle ground? Having worked with developers on green development issues over the…

Amid calls for equity, the industry is providing more capital and opportunities to Black developers. But many are wondering whether it will last.

DASI provides investor groups, funding sources, developers, builders and operators with expert advice on real estate programming, permitting, design, development, marketing and sales. Led by Davidson Cos. President Jim Davidson, the firm offers decades of proven, project-tested expertise. Davidson served as World Golf Village's original master developer from inception until 2012.

Because improved land is hard to come by, more investors and developers are evaluating true greenfield opportunities in far outer rings of major markets.

Farming advocates suggest developers look to degraded land to build large solar farms

The promise of instant cash meant developers were able to tempt Maasai to sell their ancestral land, often far below market value

Reality TV shows have inspired people to flip houses for profit. They make it look fun, easy and the type of business anyone with some capital can get into. Every once in a while, house-flipping episodes show an underperforming sale and a financial loss. That is why people in the flipping business need a cushion in case things don’t pan out. This brings us to a slightly different approach. Some speculators start out flipping land. Yes, that’s right. Land. Flipping Land Can Be…