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Finding peace in the CDC development process : the lessons of the Siochain Rental Rehabilitation Project
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
This thesis presents an analysis of the Siochain Rental Rehabilitation Project to identify areas of concern for the development procedures of the Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH), a Community Development Corporation ...
Private wilderness playgrounds : understanding the competitive effects of environmentally oriented master-planned communities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
The thesis of this work is to better understand the competitive effects of developing second-home master-planned communities in an environmentally oriented fashion. The competitive effects, are understood by examining the ...
Irrational market : facts and fiction behind affordable housing in the San Francisco Bay Area
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
This thesis explores the belief that affordable housing has a negative impact on surrounding housing values. Currently, the San Francisco Bay Area is experiencing a housing shortage. The results of this housing crunch are ...
Where and how much : density scenarios for the residential build-out of Gaoming, China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The author will use Gaoming District in the western part of China's Pearl River Delta (PRD) as an opportunity to examine the impact a range of residential densities along planned public transportation corridors can have ...
Rethinking the bottom line : how externalities of private development impact the value proposition and negotiation process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
In assessing feasibility of a project, developers typically use a classic financial model Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) to forecast the private benefit that accrues to the developer and financial partners. DCF is a rational ...
True value : an investigation into the valuation behavior of land developers and appraisers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
The goal of this thesis is to investigate the real world problems associated with valuing a key component of real estate -- raw land. Because land valuation is seen as a risky endeavor that requires investors to make ...
What happened to the three-decker?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis examines the three-decker, a type of small apartment house ("superposed flats") that is common in the Boston metropolitan region and elsewhere in New England. The three-decker is distinctive in two ways: its ...
Key worker housing : a demand analysis of middle-income workforce housing in eastern Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The Boston Metropolitan Area is one of the most expensive places to live in the United States. In recent years studies have speculated that middle-income workers have had to endure increased commute times as they have moved ...
Place making in new retail developments : the role of local, independently owned businesses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis sets out to examine whether incorporating local independent or small regional chain retailers and restaurants along with national chain stores in new large scale open-air retail developments can help add to a ...
The low-rated CMBS market : mortgage REIT, financial innovation and policy lessons from the Asian and Russian financial crisis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
As one of the most important financial innovations in 1990s, Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) have provided significant amounts of financing for commercial real estate. However, when the Asian and Russian ...