Failure to address land exchange dooms Mt. Whitney subdivision EIR.
An appellate court has blocked a controversial subdivision at the eastern base of Mt. Whitney because the project's environmental impact report did not adequately consider a potential land swap between the developer and the Bureau of Land Management. The court agreed with project opponents that the EIR...

Owners seek to subdivide manufactured home park.
Byline: DEVELOPMENT REPORT By Joe Harwood The Register-Guard The owners of a manufactured home park in west Eugene are seeking permission to create a 117-lot subdivision on the roughly 19 acres the park now occupies. Chris Chilberg and Steve Hankins of Lake Oswego filed an...

Planners vote against south hills subdivision.
Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard By the slimmest of margins, the Eugene Planning Commission on Monday rejected an Aurora developer's plan to build a 113-lot subdivision in the south hills. Commissioners voted 4-3 against a critical point in an appeal filed by the developer, Joe...

Alpen Glow and Howelsen Place Announce Creation of In-House Sales and Marketing Team.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- James A. Cook, founding owner/broker at Colorado Group Realty, announced today that given his increased involvement with multiple development projects in the Steamboat Springs market he will pass the baton as the lead real estate broker for the sale of the remaining...

Trust and community: the common interest community as metaphor and paradox.
I. INTRODUCTION This Article explores the power of trust to shape where we live and how we live. (1) It aims to provide a new set of first principles to reshape the common interest community (CIC) (2) paradigm, so that the promise of social trust, rather than...

Lack of administrative challenges ruins Porterville project opposition.
In a case that the court called "unnecessarily complicated," the Fifth District Court of Appeal has ruled against residents challenging the environmental review of a 219-house subdivision in the foothills of Porterville. The case was complicated by the housing developer's insistence that the court take into account...

The wisdom of taking a pause to plan: Troy Amastar of Mountain Voices Alliance finds that surrounding areas are embracing this wisdom and wonders when Buncombe County will, too.
While at the grocery, I saw a headline in the Sunday Asheville Citizen Times (February 10) titled "Far Western Counties Eye Growth Guidelines." I took a closer look at the map of North Carolina they displayed with the article. All of the western counties were highlighted, yet surprisingly, they...

112-lot subdivision planned for Springfield.
Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - A Lake Oswego-based developer is proposing a 112-lot residential subdivision on 23 acres in southeast Springfield. A holding company controlled by Derek L. Brown & Associates filed a preliminary application in late September to build the lots, which...

Court says parcel map does not insulate owner from zoning change.
Approval of a tentative parcel map does not prevent zoning changes from applying to the subdivision, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled. In a case from Orange County, the court ruled that the county could enforce provisions in a specific plan adopted after the county approved a...

Chamber of Real Estate and Builders' Associations 33rd Founding Anniversary.
THE Chamber of Real Estate and Builders' Associations (CREBA) is a private non-stock, non-profit corporation established under Philippine law. Established in October, 1973, by industry leaders in this field, CREBA today has 32 chapters in the country and seven overseas chapters, with a membership of some 4,000 firms, individuals,...