Real Estate Accounting Expert Stan Ross, 82
Los Angeles Business Journalquoted USC Price School Dean Jack Knottand Richard Greenof the USC Lusk Center about the legacy of the late Stan Ross on the Southern California real estate industry. Stan Ross, who had a major and profound influence on real estate accounting through his long career, died at Read more…
Wall Street Journal features Acolin’s research on falling homeownership
The Wall Street Journal highlighted research by USC Price Ph.D. candidate Arthur Acolin in the post “Lopsided Housing Rebound Leaves Millions of People Out in the Cold.” Acolin and colleagues predict the rate could dip to 58 percent or lower by 2050. This may in turn affect future spending when younger Read more…
Why rents have gone through the roof in New Orleans and across the nation
Times Picayune ran commentary by Professors Raphael Bostic, the Bedrosian Chair in Governance, and Richard Green, Director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, and colleagues on the continued nationwide increase in rental rates. Pointing to a slowdown in construction, smaller households, declining renter incomes, as well as the increase Read more…
Amid NFL stadium development, mayor discusses future of Inglewood
Inglewood Mayor James Butts envisions a future in which people on every flight landing at LAX look out the small cabin windows and see a gigantic multilayered sports entertainment district – a city within a city – lit up like Las Vegas. With the NFL choosing the Hollywood Park site Read more…
New luxury apartments don’t price out low-income people: study
Raphael Bostic joined Take Two to discuss a new study on new luxury apartments and low-income renters in the area of development. Listen to the full discussion.
Villaraigosa convenes experts to debate California Environmental Quality Act
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the focus of much discussion about development since its enactment in 1970, was front and center at a recent debate at the Galen Center. The California Central-USC Villaraigosa Initiative at the USC Price School of Public Policy hosted the event, which convened leading practitioners Read more…
Five minutes with Liz Falletta
by Patricia Quintero Estades The Bedrosian Center recently sat down with one of our new faculty affiliates for this school-year year, Liz Falletta, to talk about her current research on design and multi-family housing in LA. Professor Falletta is a licensed architect who teaches design skills in both the urban planning and Read more…
Planning the Future of CEQA and Dense Development
by Jeremy Loudenback As California ponders the shape of its future, nothing underscores the current challenges of urban development more than the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Since its passage in 1970, CEQA has remained at the heart of many battles over development, with local governments, environmentalists, developers, and community groups Read more…
CEQA and Infill Development: Should there be a safe haven?
View more photos of the event here. Price Research Center Collaborative November 18, 2014 The Price Research Collaborative aims to foster critical discussion about both specific policy areas as well as the ways in which those policy areas are being implemented. This collaborative brings together the Bedrosian Center on Governance and Read more…
In Search of Denser Developments, California Ponders How to Manage New CEQA Guidelines
by Jeremy Loudenback California is finding that the path toward creating more compact, transit-oriented developments is not always a smooth ride. Over the past couple of years, California has inaugurated new policies many hope will incentivize developers to build more in denser urban areas and lead to developments that prioritize transit, Read more…