Syed Shayan Real Estate Archive
Syed Shayan Real Estate Archive
From Real Estate History
On 31 January 1757, Robert Clive signed the Treaty of Alinagar with Siraj ud Daulah, as a result of which Calcutta, known today as Kolkata, returned to British control. On the s......
Read More →On November 16, 1911 the British East Africa Protectorate (modern day Kenya) issued one of its earliest Township Housing Regulations to address disorderly informal settlements form......
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On November 10, 1992, the Capital Development Authority of Pakistan announced a major plan to expand Islamabad toward the southern side of the city. The plan included the creation ......
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On 16 June 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Industrial Recovery Act (NRA), one of the major laws of the New Deal era. The law was introduced during th......
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The United States Supreme Court delivered its landmark judgement in Kelo v. City of New London. In a 5 to 4 decision, the Court held that a local government could use eminent domai......
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The acquisition of land for the Model Town Society was one of the most remarkable and spirited chapters in its early history. Dewan Khem Chand and his...
Between 1921 and 1924, the land for Model Town Lahore was acquired in successive phases. The process began in 1921, shortly after the establishment of...