The detached single-family condominium home has become very popular coming out of the recession of 2008-2009. The product type is characterized by a traditional home that sells as a fee-simple condominium....
This is the fifth in a series of six entries on the regulating plan for the East Riverside Corridor (ERC) Zoning District. The plan was approved on third and final reading on Thursday, May 9, 2013 with...
At their last meeting, Austin City Council Members passed a resolution that for the most part will eliminate Central Urban Redevelopment Combining District (CURE) zoning as an option for downtown redevelopment....
H.B.1377 by Rep. Kolkhorst (R-Brenham), “relating to the ownership and local regulation of trees and timber” is officially a dead stand-alone bill. We explained the bill in our first post on this topic....
This is the fourth in a series of six entries on the regulating plan for the East Riverside Corridor (ERC) Zoning District. The plan was approved on third reading on Thursday, May 9, 2013 with minor modifications.The...
This is the third in a series of six entries on the regulating plan for the East Riverside Corridor Zoning District. The City of Austin is on the cusp of approving a regulating plan for the East Riverside...
This is the last in a series of posts kindly provided by Richard N. Maier. We are honored to provide this in-depth perspective on the real cost of land use regulations and how that impacts housing affordability...
Today BIG RED DOG Engineering and Consulting is celebrating our four year anniversary, having started the firm May 1st, 2009. We started very humbly, with three of us sharing a single cubicle in an architect’s...
Yesterday marked the first day of early voting for the Saturday, May 11, 2013 election. While BIG RED DOG has not taken a position on specific issues or candidates, we have taken a position on one thing...
This is the third of a four part blog post provided by Richard N. Maier. The entries analyze the real cost of land use regulation and how that impacts housing affordability. We are honored to include this...