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Manufactured home communities
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Manufactured home communities

August 16, 2918. Jimmy Buffett sings about them, police departments raid them, retired people in Florida live in them, and I have always wanted to own one. I’m talking about trailer parks.

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Generational disruption
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Generational disruption

August 9, 2018. Two separate studies indicate troubled waters ahead for residential real estate because of a generational impasse.

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Generational consequences
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Generational consequences

August 2, 2018, In a recent survey conducted by Bank of the West, 68 percent of millennials (ages 21-34) who had purchased a home stated they felt buyer’s remorse and regretted their purchase.

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To BNB or Not to BNB
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

To BNB or Not to BNB

August, 2018. A few months ago Outlook Magazine’s cover story was on the “gig-economy.” As a real estate guy with two Airbnb properties in downtown Edmond, I suggest to you the ultimate side hustle was left out–rental real estate.

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Real estate sales
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Real estate sales

July 19, 2018. Fewer and fewer today are choosing real estate sales, and those who do are in the job only until they can become an investor, asset manager, or developer.

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Beautifying the Gateways
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Beautifying the Gateways

July, 2018. 1Those working to revitalize downtown Edmond have long wished to beautify the gateways into downtown. Specifically, the intersection at Edmond Road and Broadway. From the south starting at Fifteenth and from the west beginning at Kelley. These two corridors approaching Edmond Road and Broadway may be the most aesthetically challenging in the City of Edmond.

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Public transportation ridership
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Public transportation ridership

June 28, 2018. I just spent three weeks in London traveling almost exclusively via their subway public transportation system called the Underground.

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When two are greater than one
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

When two are greater than one

June 21, 2018. I returned from a month in Europe to find the news that the 42nd Street Candy Co. was going to close. It appears that this tragedy will have a happy ending.

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Effects of marijuana
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Effects of marijuana

June 14, 2018. I guess we can say legalizing marijuana is having a budding impact on real estate.

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Study tour – trains, boats and buses
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Study tour – trains, boats and buses

June 7, 2018. Since last week’s column, the University of Central Oklahoma’s London/Belfast/Dublin Study Tour and Research Extension left London to travel to one of my favorite cities in the world – Belfast.

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200 and Counting
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

200 and Counting

June 2018. A developer in OKC named Steve Mason called me and asked me to define the time and event that started the renaissance in downtown Edmond.

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UCO study tour continues
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

UCO study tour continues

May 31, 2018.I am writing this week’s column from the London Pub. With both the King’s Cross and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park data gathered, the University of Central Oklahoma student-researchers now turn their attention to the London/Belfast/Dublin Study Tour.

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UCO London research tour (Stratford)
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

UCO London research tour (Stratford)

May 24, 2018. Things were abuzz in London as the country prepared for a royal wedding. Our nine-member team of student researchers is not creating a buzz on the royal wedding scale, but instead looking at the ramifications of what are being called privately owned public spaces, or POPS.

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Effect of parks
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Effect of parks

May 10, 2018. Parks are a way the built environment can improve residents’ quality of life.

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Americans with Disability Act
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Americans with Disability Act

May 3, 2018. Growing up with a blind brother has given me empathy for those with disabilities; however, as a developer, builder, property manager, and built environment enthusiast, I still get frustrated trying to comply with the Americans with Disability Act requirements.

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Things – They are a Changin’
Julie Chapman Julie Chapman

Things – They are a Changin’

May 2018. The biggest potential game-changer for downtown Edmond is the implementation of a quiet zone to silence the horn of that pesky train.

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