Do Big Book Sellers Have A (Real Estate) Future In The City?
7/22/2010 - Andrew J. Junius, John Kevlin
Don’t look now, but the newspaper might not be your only reading source that is fighting for its life against new technology. Amazon.com reports that, in the past three month period, it has sold more e-books than print books - 143 e-books for every 100 print copies. While this has huge implications for the publishing industry, the tech industry, and the literary industry, it also affects real estate and land use decisions. As demand for physical books declines, some believe that large book retailers like Barnes & Noble and Borders could soon be vacating an enormous retail space near you,…
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Construction Emissions Rules Create New CEQA Headaches For Builders
7/15/2010 - Daniel Frattin
As we recently reported (6/17/10 update: “Landmark New CEQA Guidelines For Greenhouse Gas and Particulate Matter”) the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (“BAAQMD”) adopted new CEQA Guidelines (“Guidelines”) at the beginning of June. By lowering the threshold of significance for air quality impacts, especially on construction-related emissions, the Guidelines and related regulations will significantly increase the burden of CEQA compliance on many San Francisco projects. Even relatively small projects will have to complete expensive air quality analyses and health risk assessments related to construction. Depending on the results, many would have to prepare Negative Declarations or EIRs simply to…
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