Re: question about cohousing communities that have not made it | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Bryan Bowen (bryancaddispc.com) | |
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:31:30 -0700 (PDT) |
Fred, that's a great answer. In our experience, the reasons for groups to fail before construction include (in order of frequency): 1. Didn't find land 2. Couldn't make the budget work 3. Prices from the otherwise feasible budget were too high for the local market 4. Didn't get a preliminary approval they needed 5. Not enough buyer interest in the project, for a ton of various reasons. That's off the top of my head and based on our experience. I'm curious to hear what others say. - b BRYAN BOWEN | PRINCIPAL | AIA | LEED AP *caddis collaborative* 1510 Zamia Ave #103 Boulder, CO 80304 303 443 3629 caddispc.com On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 4:16 PM Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote: > Jim Bronson >jimbronsonashland [at] gmail.com> asked: > > >One of our explorer couples is interested to know about cohousing > >communities that have failed, both 1) after they were built and occupied, > >and 2) when they were in a stage of formation. > > I am not aware of of any communities that got built and occupied and > then failed. But most cohousing development efforts are not successful. > > Of the 461 communities listed in cohousing directory from 1994 - 2017, > 317 failed to get built (69%) and 144 succeeded (31%). > > From correspondence a while back, a cohousing developer in Madison, WI > came up with similar numbers. > > See my page at http://l.cohousing.org/1994-2017.htm > about how I came to this conclusion. > > It would be nice to know how many failed after getting to various stages > of development but I am unaware of any such information. Some of > those in my study may not have gotten beyond the idea stage with a > directory listing... > > Fred > > -- > Fred H. Olson Minneapolis,MN 55411 USA (near north Mpls) > Email: fholson at cohousing.org 612-588-9532 > My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://L.cohousing.org/info > > > >
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question about cohousing communities that have not made it Jim Bronson, July 26 2021
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Re: question about cohousing communities that have not made it Fred H Olson, July 26 2021
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Re: question about cohousing communities that have not made it Fred H Olson, July 26 2021
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