Land

California infill builder turns idle lots into housing in land-constrained coastal markets

Coastal California, with its high property costs, unique geography, and acute local political and physical land-use constraints, presents among the most challenging market dynamics for homebuilding. Amid these difficulties, there are also opportunities to repurpose underutilized land in innovative ways.  Converting parcels that are hard to entitle and develop is a homebuilding secret-sauce skillset, capable […]

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DRB Homes brings for-sale housing to Navy Yard Charleston

When South Carolina’s Charleston Naval Shipyard closed in 1996, the decision led to significant job losses and economic shock for the local community. North Charleston spent years crafting redevelopment plans for the 2,800-acre site and its collection of historic buildings. Now, the city is seeing success. Like many former military bases across the country, the

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When land strategy meets AI: homebuilders gain a new edge

Strategic paralysis in a buyer-stuck market If land is the lifeblood of homebuilding, then today’s land strategy is a pressure test of a company’s core strength. But how do you act when the market offers no clear signal? After a chaotic four-year stretch of feast, famine, and fiscal policy shockwaves, new-home selling has slowed into

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