Cities: September 2009 Archives

Streetsblog New York City » Building Codes to Deal With Abandoned Big Boxes

"To their credit, the city planners [in Charlotte, N. C.] have begun pushing developers of new big box stores to agree to language in the rezoning agreement that puts some requirements on the retailer if the store goes vacant: keep up the building, help market it to new tenants, don't put a noncompete clause on the property. But that doesn't give the city any leverage against abandoned commercial properties built without any such requirements."