Tech industry investors spent roughly $900 million buying land to build a dream city in a rural part of the Bay Area. It could be years, though, before they can do anything with it.
Tag: Area Planning and Renewal
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Mike Moritz, Reid Hoffman and Other Silicon Valley Titans Said to Be Behind Mysterious Land Deals
A mysterious company has spent $800 million in an effort to buy thousands of acres of San Francisco Bay Area land. The people behind the deals are said to be a who’s who of the tech industry.
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Those Double-Parked Amazon Trucks Are More Than Just an Annoyance
Double-parked delivery trucks raise a political question about the use of our roadways.
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Can a Utopian ‘Blue Zone’ Be Built in a Poor Brooklyn Neighborhood?
A project in East New York aims to to adapt the ethos of Blue Zones — healthy, close-knit communities where people live to 100 — to one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city.
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London’s Canary Wharf Tries to Revamp Its Image as Banks Exit
A major bank is leaving its headquarters in London’s purpose-built financial district. But the district’s owner has other plans for the area, which may help it survive the pressures it faces.