Abstract
This paper aims to explore how to achieve the industrial retention within the big cities where manufacturing is believed to be declining. By examining the advocacy to retain small urban manufacturers in New York City since 1990s and the mission-oriented industrial developers that have redeveloped the old industrial buildings within the historic manufacturing areas on the city's peripheries, where real estate speculation is increasing. The authors revealed that not only non-profit but also for-profit companies have been successfully provided the stable and affordable space for the manufacturers by using the particular development and operation measures which are shared within these developers, although rising property value and lack of land use control by authority is impeding their further activities.
