Land
Buckeye Bullseye: Howard Hughes Nets Douglas Ranch For $600M
This half-a-billion-dollar land trade just west of downtown Phoenix provides a look around the next corner at how placemaking's next new normal will work for homebuilders.
Building Tech & Products
In Katerra's Wake, Builders Blaze Paths To Progress
Katerra's gutsy play to revolutionize home construction hinged on a Silicon Valley linchpin that connects data to real-world productization. Here's how that key tech building block failed.
Building Tech & Products
The Dream Team Weighs In on Capability and Culture
Massive shortfalls in labor across the spectrum affect every aspect of the building business. In part 1 of our Capability and Culture special, our Dream Team tackles how we got here and what to do about it.
Architecture
The Brave New World Of Trustless Homesales Begins
Touchless is one of those tortured-English functions of pandemic value propositions we could get our brains around, but "trustless?"
Building Tech & Products
3D Home Printing For Skeptics: Harbinger Or Fringe Phenom?
ICON and Mighty Buildings are rising stars in 3D-printed home tech. Here's what they may mean for the future of climate- and labor-challenged home construction.
Land
Google Maps $7 Billion Growth Spurt With 10,000 New Hires
Google's office, data center, and new locations roadmap for 2021 sparks a rush to follow the tech money to tech's new geography magnets.