Michigan has lost a legend. Bernie Glieberman was a visionary town builder as well as a gentleman and friend. Bernie re-introduced Prewar urbanism to Michigan. At the time, suburban subdivisions and apartment complexes were the norm. He was a New Urbanist a decade before its founding. He wasn't afraid of taking risk to do the right thing. Bernie built the first new urban neighborhood in Monroe and market townhouses along Woodward in Midtown Detroit. At the time, few would invest there. He introduced traditionally designed townhouses, with alley facing garages and street front living areas in Royal Oak and dozens of Michigan communities. Now a widely copied housing typology. For me, Bernie was a dream client. He encouraged me to creatively design his communities to the very best practices. He then stood his ground with reluctant cities to approve, the then, illegal development plans. I was privileged to design his Birmingham Eaton Station neighborhood. After years of wrestling with the city, he built 100 beautiful Live-work town homes. Eaton was one of the first alley based, live-works in the US, and was described by Andres Duany as the largest in the country. 1000's of communities and homeowners will enjoy Bernie's innovations for generations. Shown, Bernie & Shannon Morgan celebrating one of their many recognizations. Bob Gibbs
Gibbs Planning Group
Architecture and Planning
Birmingham, Michigan 660 followers
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GPG is considered one of the foremost urban retail planning and market research consultancies in America. For more than three decades, GPG's expertise in commercial development and sustainable town planning has been sought by some of the most respected mayors, highly regarded architects, and successful real-estate developers in the country. Since its inception in 1988, GPG has been active in developing innovative yet practical methods for applying modern trends in commercial development to more than 500 town centers and historic districts here and abroad. GPG offers market research for hotels, office, residential and retail development, real estate advisory consuulting, traditional town planning and urban planning professional services. GPG's representative clients include: Alexandria, Auckland, Bedrock Real Estate, Beverly Hills, Boyne Resorts, Capital Natural, Chicago, Central Michigan University, Detroit, Des Moines, Disney, Dover Kohl, DPZ Architects, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, Home Fed Corporation, Harbour Town-Hilton Head, Houston, Johns Hopkins University, Kalamazoo, Kentlands, Mackinaw Island, Memphis, Milwaukee, Moule Polyzoides, Naples, Oliver-McMillan, Palm Beach, Palm Desert, Plano, Portland, Pulte, Queensland Investment Corporation, Rosemary Beach, Santa Cruz, Sarasota, Southampton, Southfield, Sioux Falls, St. Paul, Taubman Centers, Traverse City, Troy, University of Pennsylvania, Wasilla, Warren, Wayne State University and Weyerhaeuser. GPG has has also provided real estate advisory services in Auckland, Costa Rica, Ireland, Melbourne, Mexico, Moscow, Panama, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Sydney, Warsaw. Robert Gibbs, AICP, ASLA serves as GPG's managing director and president and oversees its projects and operations.
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- Architecture and Planning
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Birmingham, Michigan
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1988
- Specialties
- Traditional Town Planning, Real Estate Market Research: Retail, Office, Hotel, Residential, New Urbanism, Retail Consulting, Landscape Architecture, Mixed-use Town Centers, Place Making, Urban Planning, Real Estate Advisory Services, and Shopability Studys
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240 Martin Street
Birmingham, Michigan 48009, US
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Parades & frestvals promote community spirt & boost restaurants sales. Unfortunately there is no evidence they stimulate store sales, the event day will curb their business, frequently becoming their slowest day of the year. Looking for case studies of postive retail sales during festivals. Harbor Springs, Mich. July 4th celebration, my favorite. My book explores this misunstood trend.
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