SAN DIEGO, CA-JMI Realty Inc. turns its multifamily development business into a stand-alone real estate company. Known as Casoleil Residential, the new company is focusing on the development and redevelopment of class A residential communities in Southern California.

ROCHESTER, MI-The city could use some mixed-use commercial and residential buildings, leaders say, to create diversity in the Downtown Development Authority area. Architect Sam Dorchen already has met with city officials on one proposal.

DETROIT-The area north of Downtown just needs a few hundred more units to push the interest level to a feverish peak, one that would definitely contribute to revitalization, says Bob Slattery of Midtown Development Group of Detroit.

In terms of redeveloping Lower Manhattan, the democratic model is the way to go.