waterfront development
Coastal real estate
Waterfront development is the construction or redevelopment of urban areas along rivers, harbors, or coastlines.
Once-industrial waterfronts—former docks, warehouses, shipping terminals—get transformed into mixed-use districts with housing, retail, parks, and public access to the water: The old cannery became part of the city's waterfront development.
The term often signals gentrification and rising property values.
- boardwalksRaised wooden pedestrian paths
- harborfrontLand edging a marina
- sunset viewsScenes of day ending
- urban renewalRevitalizing decayed city areas
- real estate investmentCapital placed in property
fishing piers · ferry terminal · shoreline · gentrification · habitat conservation · cruise terminals · cultural festivals · waterway · tourism · recreational boating · esplanade · floodplain · public art installations · condos · anchor tenants · pier · mixed-use · skyline
- developmentsmaster-planned community, subdivision, housing project, housing estate, redevelopment
- urban designcity planning, streetscape design, urban design, streetscapes, pedestrian zones
- urbanizationcity, urban growth, metropolis, urban sprawl, suburbanization
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- Pacific NorthwestAlaska, Seattle, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington
- coastal managementcoastal erosion, coastal wetlands, sea level rise, seawalls, coastal flooding
waterfront developmentwetland protection
Safeguarding saturated natural areas
marine sanctuary · natural shoreline · wilderness area · nature reserve · protected habitat