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[ Los Angeles, California USA ] A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge ruled last week that the environmental report for the massive Newhall Ranch planned community was not adequate. With the ruling, the judge set aside the prior permit approvals. Earlier this year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...
[ Nairobi, KENYA ] Tatu City is a 2,400-acre master-planned new town, located in Ruiru outside of Nairobi (Kenya) about 25 minutes from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Dubbed by its developer, “Africa’s city of the future”, at build-out Tatu City will be home to more than 70,000 residents and 30,000...
Master-Planned Communities, or MPC’s, are a relatively new form of private-sector sector real estate development. Inspired by the U.S. government “greenbelt” communities such as Greendale (Wisconsin), master-planned communities are characterized by their careful zoning, development patterns, and homeowner associations. Master-Planned Communities most typically have a mixed-use, or more properly, multi-use...
