Blog Posts
Mike Saint’s Recent Blog Posts From The Saint Report
Changing landscape for real estate development strategy: Part 1 David and Goliath
Changing landscape for real estate development strategy: Part 2 using new weapons
Changing landscape for real estate development strategy: Part 3 thinking outside the box
Changing landscape for real estate development strategy: Part 4 gaining competitive advantage
The changing landscape for real estate development strategy: Part 5 Competing outside the box
People rarely say they are NIMBY, but look at their concerns
Opposed to everything? Ok, what is good, appropriate development?
Pols who try to take away NIMBY’s rights to say no may face sack
A message on publication of NIMBY Wars
Grassroots approaches can counter NIMBY fears about development
More unwarranted assumptions that put developers’ projects in political jeopardy
Two sets of values in conflict when NIMBYs oppose development
Enduring lesson from 1980s – political tactics, not marketing, win land use fights
When NIMBYs win, expect developers to try, try again somewhere else
Saint disagrees with university claim that NIMBYs don’t exist
12 Tips to Maximize Support at Public Hearings
Goodbye Debra Stein, you will be missed
Let’s call opponents to wind power by real name – NIMBY
Use political savvy to win over project foes in development
More unwarranted assumptions that put developers’ projects in political jeopardy
Unwarranted assumptions by developers lead to negative political outcomes – Part 1
With opposition to everything, what is good, appropriate development, reader asks
The risks in using a local political fixer to win your real estate project — Saint Tips
Grassroots approaches can counter NIMBY fears from development
Will end of Sprawl boost centralized planning and squash public input?
San Francisco should let markets sort out right retail mix, not micro-manage
Nothing deceitful about developers finding public support for projects