Which Soon To Be, Up And Coming City?
I am a 16 year old living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I have a great interest in cities and I am almost positive that I want to take Urban and Regional Planning in University when I graduate high school in a couple of years. I realise I am looking too far ahead, however I have always planned to eventually start my own condo conversion or development business after I have worked in Urban planning for a few years, and have gotten to know the city I work in inside out. Well I do love the city of Toronto, I feel it is way too big and developed already for someone like me to start off small and work my way up in as a developer, and that I would be better off going to a smaller city that appears to be real up and coming, with a bright future, especially for downtown development. (Please correct me if this theory is wrong)
Therefore my question is, what U.S. sunbelt cities should I be starting to think about looking into once I have my Masters degree in Urban Planning (since I want to start off working in planning in the same city I will eventually be developing buildings in) Like I mentioned earlier, I want to be looking at smaller cities, or cities with small or empty downtowns, which look like they could start turning around and promoting downtown living and development in the next 10 years or so, so that I would likely be able to ride the front of the wave once I have graduated, and worked in planning for about 5 years or so. (So probably about 10 years from now) I realise that it may be too far away to tell, however I am just looking for some possible options. Also, I am looking for cities in the U.S. with a warmer climate.
Thanks in advance.
Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando, Miami. West Palm....but hurry up!
wow. the market changes pretty quickly and will really change between now and the next ten years. Post this question again in about 9.5 years.
Also, congrats on being so motivated to study land planning and urban design @ such a young age. You should looking into the Congress for New Urbanism and similar groups that support New Urbanism design/ideals. For that matter...i bet you could contact a local developer that does new urbanistic projects in your area and get some summer interships with them- it would be a great way for you to get more involved in land use, land planning, development, etc.
Woodsong, good suggestion. I am a member of ULI . ( www.uli.org )[ Edited by GFous on Date 01/10/2006 ]
sq. f.t calculations vary from builder to builder. There is no set forumla. In the end, sq. ft. pricing is extremely misleading b/c it can vary dramatically, depending on the features and upgrades of a home.
For the DFW market.
Appraisals are based on Living Space or usuable work space s.f.
Some builders will include the porches and garage to "snow" people over. So make sure you get the living space, foot print and total land s.f. separated out.
As to the appropiateness of using s.f. for pricing, that is how pretty much ever thing is priced out on here.
In Texas it includes all livable space. Does not include the garage (and should not include porches). We usually go by what the county appraisal district has calculated. A home owner who makes additions has to get permits, therefore that would trigger another measurement.