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Capital
Smith Douglas Goes Big And Bold With A $100-Mil IPO In The Works
The team has earned high regard among peers, trade colleagues, customers, and suppliers as an exceptionally led, competent, and driven team that struck out on an accelerated growth path in its Southeastern market footprint seven years ago, and never looked back.
Capital
A $362 Million Loan To Buy NoCal Mountain House Assets Closes
The loan – to a private family buyer – will go toward the acquisition of more than 5,500 entitled and partially developed lots at San Joaquin County, CA-area Mountain House, a storied planned community ideally suited to a hybrid work week in the greater Bay Area.
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Land
A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023
Having to go out now – in a business backdrop where land sellers never got the memo that they'd better concede on lot pricing – and buy land feels, to some of the builder execs we've heard from, just wrong. That doesn't mean they won't do it.
Land
The Past As Prologue And How To Avoid Repeating Mistakes Again
It's not a matter of whether 'this time's different' that's meaningful. It's how this time is different and the impacts that difference will have on your staying power in 2023 and beyond.
Land
A Land Reset Can Lower Costs, But It'll Also Take A New Deal With Locals
Innovations to lower building costs will only get builders and developers part of the way to affordability. Disruptive deals to engage local property owners in enlightened self-interest will also need to happen.





land asset
Capital 09.11.23
Smith Douglas Goes Big And Bold With A $100-Mil IPO In The Works
The team has earned high regard among peers, trade colleagues, customers, and suppliers as an exceptionally led, competent, and driven team that struck out on an accelerated growth path in its Southeastern market footprint seven years ago, and never looked back.
Capital 08.03.23
A $362 Million Loan To Buy NoCal Mountain House Assets Closes
The loan – to a private family buyer – will go toward the acquisition of more than 5,500 entitled and partially developed lots at San Joaquin County, CA-area Mountain House, a storied planned community ideally suited to a hybrid work week in the greater Bay Area.
Land 05.19.23
A Land 'Reload' Is A Pain Point Builders Did Not Expect In 2023
Having to go out now – in a business backdrop where land sellers never got the memo that they'd better concede on lot pricing – and buy land feels, to some of the builder execs we've heard from, just wrong. That doesn't mean they won't do it.
Land 10.31.22
The Past As Prologue And How To Avoid Repeating Mistakes Again
It's not a matter of whether 'this time's different' that's meaningful. It's how this time is different and the impacts that difference will have on your staying power in 2023 and beyond.
Land 09.26.22
A Land Reset Can Lower Costs, But It'll Also Take A New Deal With Locals
Innovations to lower building costs will only get builders and developers part of the way to affordability. Disruptive deals to engage local property owners in enlightened self-interest will also need to happen.