3.2.05 | The Slatin Report | Fund manager UrbanAmerica, which in the late 1990s was a pioneer of institutional investing in non-core urban areas in cities across the U.S., is launching its second fund, UrbanAmerica II. And UrbanAmerica has a powerful partner in hand: Fisher Brothers, a multi-billion-dollar New York-based family development and ownership organization.  By PETER SLATIN

2.24.05 | San Francisco Chronicle | "Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary Landscape" opens Friday at the Museum of Modern Art and runs through May 16. The display features 23 projects from around the world — some completed and some still conceptual — of abandoned, derelict or industrial sites that have been transformed into viable public space.  By DEEPTI HAJELA

2.23.05 | IIDA | The Northern Pacific Chapter of the IIDA hosts Greenworld, April 7 with keynote speaker Jean-Michel Cousteau, famed oceanographer, explorer, filmmaker, and son of the legendary Jacques Cousteau.  Jean-Michel has spent his life communicating to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our planet. A trained architect, he founded the Ocean Futures Society in 1998 to carry on his father's work.