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Leadership
Rachel Bardis: Building A New Blueprint For Community Living
A family legacy in homebuilding gave Rachel Bardis a foundation. Now, as COO of Somers West, she’s applying risk strategy, development grit, and a deep sense of purpose to Braden—an ambitious new master-planned community near Sacramento.
Technology
Trailblazer: A Brightline Moment For Community Infrastructure
An exclusive conversation with Streetleaf founder and CEO Liam Ryan reveals how an overlooked piece of infrastructure—streetlights—became the gateway to cost savings, resiliency, and smarter land development. Here’s the inside story of a breakthrough innovation that’s lighting the way forward.
Land
Homebuilding Startup Disrupts The Rules Of The Land Game
Homes Built for America, The True Life Companies' new homebuilding unit, is set to disrupt the market by taking on the same industry giants that have long relied on TTLC as a go-to land supplier.
Technology
Ground Control: Creating A Digital Marketplace To Move Dirt
A $100 billion-a-year lending pool to acquire and develop the ground for homesites partially supports a parallel universe $50-billion addressable market that begs for a solution to a pain point: moving dirt.
Land
A Majority Of New-Home Markets Are Water Stressed
Addressing both outdoor and indoor water use in new construction will be key to reducing the stress on U.S. water resources. Here are some strategies for homebuilders to achieve more efficient water use.





Residential Development
Leadership 03.21.25
Rachel Bardis: Building A New Blueprint For Community Living
A family legacy in homebuilding gave Rachel Bardis a foundation. Now, as COO of Somers West, she’s applying risk strategy, development grit, and a deep sense of purpose to Braden—an ambitious new master-planned community near Sacramento.
Technology 03.13.25
Trailblazer: A Brightline Moment For Community Infrastructure
An exclusive conversation with Streetleaf founder and CEO Liam Ryan reveals how an overlooked piece of infrastructure—streetlights—became the gateway to cost savings, resiliency, and smarter land development. Here’s the inside story of a breakthrough innovation that’s lighting the way forward.
Land 10.07.24
Homebuilding Startup Disrupts The Rules Of The Land Game
Homes Built for America, The True Life Companies' new homebuilding unit, is set to disrupt the market by taking on the same industry giants that have long relied on TTLC as a go-to land supplier.
Technology 06.18.24
Ground Control: Creating A Digital Marketplace To Move Dirt
A $100 billion-a-year lending pool to acquire and develop the ground for homesites partially supports a parallel universe $50-billion addressable market that begs for a solution to a pain point: moving dirt.
Land 06.12.24
A Majority Of New-Home Markets Are Water Stressed
Addressing both outdoor and indoor water use in new construction will be key to reducing the stress on U.S. water resources. Here are some strategies for homebuilders to achieve more efficient water use.