Building Small : a toolkit for real estate entrepreneurs, civic leaders, and great communities. / txt
Toolkit for real estate entrepreneurs, civic leaders, and great communities txt
Jim Heid, FASLA.
- 264 p. ill. ; photo. ; col. ; 26 cm. book
Foreword : A Few Small Words 2 -- Preface : Why This Book ? 5 -- How to Use This Book 10 -- PART I: THE WHAT AND WHY OF SMALL -- CHAPTER 1 What Is Small? 14 -- CHAPTER 2 Why Build Small? Answers for Developers, Civic Leaders, and Communities 22 -- PART II: THE HOW OF SMALL: THE TOOLKIT -- CHAPTER 3 Getting Started 48 -- CHAPTER 4 Site Control and Project Feasibility 56 -- CHAPTER 5 What to Build: Small Uses That Work 66 -- CHAPTER 6 Protecting Yourself: Legal Basics 86 -- CHAPTER 7 Financing Small 94 -- CHAPTER 8 Assessing Market Potential 108 -- CHAPTER 9 Winning Small: Agency and Neighbor Approvals 118 -- CHAPTER 10 Managing the Design and Construction Process 130 -- CHAPTER 11 Small in Your Community: Tips for Regulators and Civic Leaders 145 -- PART III: THE PROJECTS AND PEOPLE BUILDING SMALL -- CHAPTER 12 Small Success Stories 166 -- Keeping It Small: Guerrilla Development, Portland, Oregon 168 -- Building a Firm: Pivot Project, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 176 -- Regulatory Change: Office of Customer Advocacy, Phoenix, Arizona 182 -- The Nonprofit Entrepreneur: Midtown Detroit, Detroit, Michigan 188 -- Big Agency Embraces Small: MassDevelopment, Boston, Massachusetts 194 -- Funding Small: Small Change, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 202 -- CHAPTER 13 I Small Case Studies 210 -- Rethinking Residence: Oslo, Washington, DC 212 -- Granular Infill: Chophouse Row, Seattle, WA 220 -- Cultural Icon Reborn: The Newton, Phoenix, AZ 230 -- Financing Adaptation: AF Bornot Dye Works, Philadelphia, PA 240 -- Innovation Catalyst: Tomorrow Building, Chattanooga, TN 250 -- Notes 256 -- Epilogue: Small and the Pandemic of 2020 257 -- Acknowledgments 259 -- Resources and References 262 -- About the Author 264 --
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Real estate development Community development--Design and construction. Small houses--Design and construction. Community development