Topic – Retail
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Downtown Houston retail plan envisions sidewalk improvements and street level retail
Redevelop historic buildings
A plan to spark retail development in Houston's core sees major rebuilding of historic buildings downtown.
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Netherlands tests small urban freight trucks
Solar powered citywide system
Several cities in the Netherlands are experimenting with diverting urban freight deliveries to a system of small solar powered trucks to eliminate large trucks.
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Study: Houston ranks low in indie retail
Dallas ranked lower
120,000 retail locations in 363 metro areas finds Houston low in independent, locally owned businesses.
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Andrew Burleson
Perception vs. Reality
Houstonians believe better transit & walkability are the best long term solutions.
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Urban-format supermarkets becoming a trend
DC region and elsewhere
As demographics change and the housing meltdown continues, urban-format supermarkets are being built to fit transit-oriented, walkable neighborhoods.
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Community and place even more important in the Internet age
Focus turns to urban centers
As our work lives become increasingly web-based, more people are seeking out home lives in more socially-connected urban centers and downtowns.
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New retail space projections for Houston lowest in 10 years
Some new mixed-use development
Ed Wulfe predicts that in 2009 Houston will add less than 50 percent of the amount of new retail space that it added in 2008, which may not be all bad news.
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Building permit values in Houston fall far below last year’s
New residential hardest hit
The value of building permits issued by the City of Houston fell substantially, with new residential faring the worst, according to city permit data.
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