TBDresidential real estate development
Land
Texas Land, Texas Spirit: A Wake-up Call For Better Neighborhoods
Scott Finfer calls for a reinvention of how communities are built—away from formulaic lot counts and toward ecosystems rooted in landscape, design, and daily experience. His essay challenges developers to deliver neighborhoods that endure and reflect the best of the Texas spirit.
Capital
Toll Brothers Exits Apartments, Sharpens Playing To Strengths
The $347 million sale of Toll Brothers’ Apartment Living platform to Kennedy Wilson transfers $5.2 billion in assets under management and a national development team. For Toll, it’s less about retreat than an embrace of its cultural pedigree of focus, discipline, and luxury market leadership.
Policy
Our Housing Crisis Doesn't Care Whether It's A Big City Or Not
Estes Park, CO, a resort town in the Rockies, illustrates how fears of density run deep, even in the smallest of towns in a state that passes laws to encourage more density.
Capital
Cushman Warns Cities: Convert Offices Or Face Growing Crisis
Downtowns overweighted in office space face falling values and shrinking tax bases. Swift conversions to housing and mixed-use are essential to prevent fiscal and social decline.
Policy
Arlington Fast-Tracks Vacant Office-To-Housing Reinvention
JBG Smith’s 195-unit project is the first under Arlington’s streamlined office-to-residential conversion ordinance. Richard Lawson reports on a real estate transformation with potentially sweeping national appeal.





residential real estate development
Land 09.30.25
Texas Land, Texas Spirit: A Wake-up Call For Better Neighborhoods
Scott Finfer calls for a reinvention of how communities are built—away from formulaic lot counts and toward ecosystems rooted in landscape, design, and daily experience. His essay challenges developers to deliver neighborhoods that endure and reflect the best of the Texas spirit.
Capital 09.18.25
Toll Brothers Exits Apartments, Sharpens Playing To Strengths
The $347 million sale of Toll Brothers’ Apartment Living platform to Kennedy Wilson transfers $5.2 billion in assets under management and a national development team. For Toll, it’s less about retreat than an embrace of its cultural pedigree of focus, discipline, and luxury market leadership.
Policy 09.10.25
Our Housing Crisis Doesn't Care Whether It's A Big City Or Not
Estes Park, CO, a resort town in the Rockies, illustrates how fears of density run deep, even in the smallest of towns in a state that passes laws to encourage more density.
Capital 08.22.25
Cushman Warns Cities: Convert Offices Or Face Growing Crisis
Downtowns overweighted in office space face falling values and shrinking tax bases. Swift conversions to housing and mixed-use are essential to prevent fiscal and social decline.
Policy 08.12.25
Arlington Fast-Tracks Vacant Office-To-Housing Reinvention
JBG Smith’s 195-unit project is the first under Arlington’s streamlined office-to-residential conversion ordinance. Richard Lawson reports on a real estate transformation with potentially sweeping national appeal.