Cover -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Place-Making Trend -- The "Quest for Community" -- Place Identity -- Changing Preferences and Tastes -- New Housing Concepts: Selling Lifestyle, Not Density -- Evolving Retail Realms -- New Workplace Environments -- Advancing Leisure and Entertainment Concepts -- Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, and Livable Communities -- The New Urbanism -- Chapter 2 Learning from the Past: Town Centers and Main Streets Revisited -- Colonial Centers and Courthouse Squares -- Early Railroad Towns -- The Garden City Movement and Civic Art -- Early Shopping Villages -- Town Centers in Transition -- Chapter 3 Timeless Design Principles for Town Centers -- Gathering Places -- Streets and Pathways -- Town Center Buildings -- Chapter 4 Emerging Formats for Town Centers,Main Streets, and Urban Villages -- Town Centers for Master-Planned Communities -- Village and Town Centers in New Urbanist Communities -- Suburban Infill Town Centers -- Urban Redevelopment Town Centers -- Existing Main Streets Reinvented -- Urban Villages -- Reinvented Retail Centers -- Transit Villages -- New Urbanist Workplaces -- Publicly Initiated Suburban Town Centers -- Chapter 5 Launching a New Town Center: Feasibility and Financing -- Development Objectives and the Development Team -- Evaluating Sites and Conducting Market Analyses -- Feasibility Analysis -- Financing -- The Public Sector and Town Centers -- Chapter 6 Breakthrough Projects Revisited -- Miami Lakes Town Center -- Princeton Forrestal Village -- Mashpee Commons -- Reston Town Center -- Mizner Park -- Chapter 7 Case Studies -- CityPlace: West Palm Beach, Florida -- Easton Town Center: Columbus, Ohio -- Haile Village Center: Gainesville, Florida -- Market Square: Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Market Street at Celebration: Celebration, Florida -- Orenco Station Town Center: Portland, Oregon -- Southlake Town Square: Southlake, Texas -- Valencia's Town Center Drive: A Developer's Perspective -- Chapter 8 A Compendium of Planning and Design Ideas for Town Centers -- Defining the Character of the Town Center -- Planning the Streets and Circulation System -- Designing and Configuring Buildings -- Understanding Urbanism.

Addressing one of the hottest trends in real estate-the development of town centers and urban villages with mixed uses in pedestrian-friendly settings-this book will help navigate through the unique design and development issues and reveal how to make all elements work together.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.