TIF for that: brownfield redevelopment financing in North America and Calgary’s Rivers District

Sroka, Robert

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“…A lot continues to be written about the growing use of ever more speculative financial instruments by US city governments, particularly that subset that generate debt, such as Tax Increment Financing (TIF) (Pacewitz, 2013, 2016; Sroka, 2016, 2020; Teresa, 2017). Not without precedence, nevertheless, the argument is that recent decades have seen an expansion in the use of an ever-more diverse and complex set of financial instruments to support urban economic and infrastructural development in the US.…”

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“…The incremental, stop-start, gradual and piecemeal emergence of this redevelopment is particularly revealing for what is says about the capacity of some US city governments to use speculative financial and taxation instruments. If indeed, as some have suggested, we are witnessing the financialization of US urban redevelopment policy (Farmer and Poulos, 2019;Kirkpatrick, 2016;Launius and Kear, 2019;Pacewicz, 2013Pacewicz, , 2016Singla and Luby, 2020;Sroka, 2016Sroka, , 2020Teresa, 2017;Weber, 2010), then it appears to be an on-going, geographically variegated and uneven process. As neither a prominent flagship or landmark development nor a story of terminal downtown decline, we want to suggest that most US cities are likely to constitute a marginalized majority that muddle through, tacking a path between the ever-present spectre of "failure" and the distant prospect of "success" (Williams and Pendras, 2013).…”

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“…Those who govern the city's downtown -have sought to reimagine its space economy in three relational ways. The first is in its proximity to the historically larger urban centres of Cincinnati and Louisville, as part of a notional "golden triangle" (Whitt, 1987;Whitt and Lammers, 1991;Sroka, 2019). The second is in relation to other similar sized college towns or university cities, such as Ann Arbor, Michigan, Boulder, Colorado and Madison, Wisconsin.…”

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“We just need the developer to develop”: Entrepreneurialism, financialization and urban redevelopment in Lexington, Kentucky

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Wood

2021

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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Since the 1980s US city governments have increased their use of more speculative means of financing economic redevelopment. This has involved experimenting with a variety of financial and taxation instruments as a way of growing their economies and redeveloping their built environments. This very general tendency, of course, masks how some cities have done well through the use of these instruments while others have not. The work to date has tended to pivot around a “winner-loser dichotomy”, which emphasises either the capacity of US cities to be able to experiment and speculate through the use of one financial instrument or another or their failings with these instruments, resulting in bankruptcy and fiscal crisis. This paper presents a case study of Lexington, Kentucky and using archival research and interviews we argue that speculative financial instruments are harder to choreograph for some cities than for others. We draw particular attention to US cities beyond those that tend to be over-represented in the metro-centric academic literature. This argument has conceptual significance. Building theory out of the experiences of US cities such as Lexington, Kentucky turns attention to the work required by city governments as they seek to finance the redevelopment of their downtowns. We make the case for a continued appreciation of the messy politics around the use of financial instruments, and its indeterminate, open and unpredictable nature in an era of fragile and uncertain entrepreneurial US urban policy-making.

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“We just need the developer to develop”: Entrepreneurialism, financialization and urban redevelopment in Lexington, Kentucky

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Wood

2021

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“…The financial feasibility of brownfield redevelopment and its economic implications are popular research questions in scholarly literature. De Sousa (2000) investigated private sector perspectives on the costs and risks associated with brownfield redevelopment versus greenfield development, while Sroka (2016) and Piccione (2003) highlighted the myriad of financial tools employed to redeveloped brownfield properties in Canada. Yet, Wang, Hipel, & Kilgour (2008) cautions that despite the presence of sufficient financial compensation, many developers will still decide not to engage in redevelopment efforts.…”

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Regional growth planning in practice: an examination of brownfield redevelopment activity in Guelph and St. Catherines

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2023

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For many cities, brownfield properties are an underutilized land resource. As a part of a comprehensive policy approach, A Place to Grow: A Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, encouraged development on brownfield sites to fulfill urban intensification goals and support regional sustainable growth objectives. Distinguishing between policy and practice, this study examines the extent to which brownfield redevelopment activity in two mid-sized cities, Guelph and St. Catharines, follows sustainable growth objectives and the implements the intent of the Growth Plan. Results were drawn from analysis of Records of Site Condition (RSCs) filed on the Province of Ontario’s Environmental Site Registry, Community Improvement Plans and visual site inspections. Overall, brownfield redevelopment occurred in locations identified by the Growth Plan and achieved infill purposes, although the abundance of greenfield land in Guelph presented significant challenges. While market mechanisms remained a determining factor in both cities, St. Catharines appeared to better influence sustainable character in redevelopment activities. Recommendations to facilitate brownfield redevelopment and support sustainable growth objectives are provided. Keywords: brownfields; growth plan, redevelopment, infill, contamination, sustainability, community improvement plan

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“…Exemplos comuns de brownfield incluem antigas indústrias, ferrovias, portos e postos de gasolina. Em muitos casos os brownfields estão nas imediações de algumas das propriedades comerciais e residenciais mais valiosas das áreas urbanas, mas não conseguem dar uma contribuição produtiva para a economia local, para base tributária e qualidade de vida (SROKA, 2016).…”

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Desenvolvimento de um índice de sustentabilidade ambiental para análise e classificação de áreas contaminadas

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Agradeço as professoras doutoras Adelaide Cassia Nardocci e Kelly Polido Kaneshiro Olympio, por trazerem uma nova perspectiva ao meu tema de pesquisa, por meio dos aspectos relacionados a Saúde Pública.A toda equipe da Secretaria da Pós-graduação do IPEN, em especial a Bruna Roque da Silva, por sempre fornecer as informações, prontamente, acerca de todas as etapas do curso.Agradeço a toda equipe da agência ambiental de Pinheiros (CETESB), a Maria Cecília e ao Roberto, por me receberem inúmeras vezes, disponibilizando espaço e tempo para que as vistas aos processos pudessem ser realizadas, em especial ao Claudemiro, que me recebia e separava os inúmeros volumes dos processos.Agradeço ainda a Sônia e a Neusa, do departamento de áreas contaminadas da CETESB, por me receber para as vistas aos processos que estavam nesse departamento e ao Elton Gloeden, que autorizou as visitas ao setor.Agradeço aos amigos que adquiri durante essa jornada e que tornaram meus dias mais alegres, em especial Agnaldo Ribeiro de Vasconcellos e Luzia Matos de Souza pela companhia nas disciplinas cursadas e pela troca de ideias, Jéssica Taeko Sanches Kohara de Angeli, pela companhia, amizade e pelo apoio e a colega de orientação e amiga Elaine Aparecida Rodrigues, pelos momentos compartilhados, trocas de ideias e experiencias.A Katia Mazzei, pela valiosa aula de introdução ao uso da ferramenta ArcGIS.Agradeço a Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), por fornecer os recursos necessários ao desenvolvimento desta pesquisa, por meio do Programa de Excelência Acadêmica (PROEX), processo 88887.482708/2020-00. "Esse é o grande mistério das cidades: elas crescem e se modificam, guardando, porém, sua alma profunda apesar das transformações do seu conteúdo demográfico, econômico e da diversificação de suas pedras." Milton Santos RESUMO LINO, J. d. S. . Desenvolvimento de um índice de sustentabilidade ambiental para análise e classificação de áreas contaminadas. 2022. 221 f. Tese (Doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear), Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN, São Paulo. A contaminação do meio ambiente é um desafio para maioria dos países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento, permeando as áreas de planejamento urbano, saúde pública e disponibilidade de recursos naturais. Inseridas nessa temática, estão as áreas contaminadas, uma questão crítica a ser discutida nas metrópoles. Áreas que abrigaram atividades industriais, postos de gasolina e locais de disposição irregular de resíduos, podem ter a presença de substâncias tóxicas no solo, no subsolo e nas águas subterrâneas. Desta forma, podem apresentar riscos e dificuldades aos processos de mudança de uso e ocupação do solo, fenômeno frequente na dinâmica das sociedades. É essencial criar ferramentas para enfrentar esses desafios, objetivando alcançar um planejamento urbano sustentável, promovendo cidades e comunidades sustentáveis. Neste trabalho, foi desenvolvida uma análise, para avaliar a distribuição das áreas contaminadas, aplicado ao município de São Paulo, ...

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TIF for that: brownfield redevelopment financing in North America and Calgary’s Rivers District

Cited by 8 publications

References 30 publications

“We just need the developer to develop”: Entrepreneurialism, financialization and urban redevelopment in Lexington, Kentucky

“We just need the developer to develop”: Entrepreneurialism, financialization and urban redevelopment in Lexington, Kentucky

Regional growth planning in practice: an examination of brownfield redevelopment activity in Guelph and St. Catherines

Desenvolvimento de um índice de sustentabilidade ambiental para análise e classificação de áreas contaminadas

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