2024September
"Woodstock Development plans massive lab space buildout in Berkeley"
West Berkeley’s sizable supply of lab space could soon grow by another quarter of a million square feet.
Burlingame-based Woodstock Development filed a preapplication with Berkeley Monday to build a 247,647-square-foot research and development space at 600 Bancroft Way by the Aquatic Park.
...More"Tennessee’s HPR Law and Its Transformation of Nashville’s Housing Market: A Model for Other States"
Since the mid-2000s, Nashville, Tennessee, has undergone a housing boom that created thousands of new homeownership opportunities in established urban districts. Among the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas, Nashville now ranks second for having the most recently built, single-family, attached and detached homes for sale within five miles of the central business district.
...More"Argentina Scrapped Its Rent Controls. Now the Market Is Thriving."
President Javier Milei’s fiscal ‘shock therapy’ yields lower rents overall, but some people feel squeezed
...More"Shall We Repeal the Laws of Economics?"
For months, I’ve been saving up clippings for a memo on the above topic, but favorite subjects such as risk, debt, and uncertainty repeatedly jumped the queue, delaying my intended memo until the U.S. election season got into full swing, making it compelling.
...More"The Forgotten Solution to the Housing Crunch: A Premiere of the AEI Housing Center’s Documentary on Light-Touch Density"
On September 19, the AEI Housing Center hosted a premiere of its nine-minute documentary on light-touch density (LTD): The Forgotten Solution to the Housing Crunch. The documentary highlighted Charlotte, North Carolina, and explained how LTD can create housing abundance by legalizing small-scale residential development that is compatible with single-family detached neighborhoods.
...More"How Americans Voted Their Way Into a Housing Crisis"
In housing circles, Jerusalem Demsas has emerged as a critical voice for supply-side policy. As a staff writer for The Atlantic, she argues that lawmakers should address housing unaffordability by focusing on a severe shortage of homes.
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