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Bryan Copley remembers “the day that the last single-family residence in South Lake Union was bulldozed.” The CityBldr CEO has lived in the same Seattle neighborhood Amazon calls home for about four years. He has watched South Lake Union transform to keep pace with Amazon’s rapid growth, a metamorphosis that is far from complete. “I...

A TYPICAL SINGLE-FAMILY home in the US takes an average of six and a half months to build, according to the Census Bureau’s latest survey. Now an Austin-based startup called Icon can erect a house nearly 200 times faster—in a day.

Residential real estate has proven to be a strong driver of economic growth and individual wealth, representing more than 15% of our nation’s GDP. The combined value of housing in the United States reached a record-hig...

First came coworking, now comes co-living. In this emerging format of multifamily development, residents have their own private rooms but share kitchens and other areas; it is related to a dorm or hostel, but with stylish furniture, group yoga classes and rents commensurate with an upscale experience. Common, a New York-based company that operates 20 co-living sites in major cities, is expand...

Digital technologies have democratized existing data that’s historically been controlled by giant brokerages. The recent emergence of data-driven toolshas transformed the way that commercial real estate firms of all sizes approach their operations. As buzzy a term as “disruption” may be, there’s no denying that the ongoing Fourth Industrial Revolution has already man...

WeWork announced this week that it is opening 13 new buildings in July. Counting additions to eight existing buildings, that’s a total of 21 openings in 19 cities and 12 countries. More than half of the new openings are in Asia, with three in China: Huamu Lu in Shanghai,