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Technology
Pre-Development Is Where Velocity Happens: Here's How
In a high-cost, high-risk market, developers and builders must find every dollar and day they can save. Integrated digital pre-construction tools are quietly delivering outsized impact — if you know where to look.
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TraceAir
Architecture
Car-Free, Heat-Smart, People-First: Culdesac’s Bold Model
Architect Daniel Parolek and Opticos Design answered with Culdesac Tempe, the nation’s first purpose-built, car-free community. With shade-rich design, missing middle housing, and a self-sustaining mix of homes and businesses, it’s a climate-conscious model now scaling to nearby Mesa.
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.
Land
BTI’s Long-Game: Big Land Bets Amid Homebuilder Tactics Shifts
CIO Justin Onorato explains why developer BTI sees resilience in Florida, Texas, and Colorado markets, and how population dynamics shape its long-view strategy.
Capital
Impact Fees And The Missing Math That Puts Deals At Risk
Builders and developers are recalibrating every line item in the deal stack—but often overlook the 2nd-largest cost: jurisdictional fees. Carter Froelich unpacks how better modeling and collaboration on impact fees, hook-ups, and builder credits can expand land residual value.
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LaunchDFA
residential development news
Technology 10.02.25
Pre-Development Is Where Velocity Happens: Here's How
In a high-cost, high-risk market, developers and builders must find every dollar and day they can save. Integrated digital pre-construction tools are quietly delivering outsized impact — if you know where to look.
Architecture 10.01.25
Car-Free, Heat-Smart, People-First: Culdesac’s Bold Model
Architect Daniel Parolek and Opticos Design answered with Culdesac Tempe, the nation’s first purpose-built, car-free community. With shade-rich design, missing middle housing, and a self-sustaining mix of homes and businesses, it’s a climate-conscious model now scaling to nearby Mesa.
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.
Land 09.18.25
BTI’s Long-Game: Big Land Bets Amid Homebuilder Tactics Shifts
CIO Justin Onorato explains why developer BTI sees resilience in Florida, Texas, and Colorado markets, and how population dynamics shape its long-view strategy.
Capital 09.09.25
Impact Fees And The Missing Math That Puts Deals At Risk
Builders and developers are recalibrating every line item in the deal stack—but often overlook the 2nd-largest cost: jurisdictional fees. Carter Froelich unpacks how better modeling and collaboration on impact fees, hook-ups, and builder credits can expand land residual value.