This morning I stumbled upon an old New York Times article from August 7, 1983 called: The Empire and Ego of Donald Trump. Here’s an excerpt you might find interesting: The essence of entrepreneurial capitalism, real estate is a business with a tradition of high-rolling… Read More
If you’re an architect, developer, or someone else in the business of building buildings, chances are you have an extensive mental list of things that you would think about before buying a piece of real estate. I know I certainly do. These are things you… Read More
Barcelona is in the midst of dramatically rethinking its urban fabric to address issues around urban mobility and climate change. Initially laid out in this 2014 Urban Mobility Plan for Barcelona, the city is now implementing something it calls superilles (or superblocks in English). Here’s… Read More
Over the weekend I received a marketing email from a real estate company advertising their new mobile app. I didn’t download it. Nowadays, every company and brand seems to have a mobile app. If you don’t already have one for your organization, I bet many… Read More
We may not all agree on things like bike lanes and transit, but if there’s one thing that can generally unite a city it’s playoff sports. I love the solidarity that it creates. You may have nothing else in common with the person sitting next… Read More
A new startup out of San Francisco, called Rentberry, has just launched, allowing tenants to openly bid on rentals in the city. Think of it like a rental auction. Landlord lists property. And then tenants compete for it by submitting offers. Not surprisingly – especially… Read More
Detroit has been called the birthplace of techno. Beginning in the early 1980s – when the city was well in decline – the Detroit techno sound started to emerge, thanks to musicians such as Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson. Chicago had house music.… Read More
One of the things I try to be aware of is the language that I use to describe things. Because the words and conventions we use can impact how we perceive things and they can also reinforce certain inherent biases. (I have a good friend… Read More
My condo has an east exposure. That means I get direct sun in the morning and no direct sun in the afternoon, once the sun has crossed over onto the other side of my tower. But a funny thing happens in the late afternoon and… Read More
One of the questions that came up after my recent post about land pricing was: what is it going to take to develop underutilized land on the outskirts of city centers? So today I thought I would talk about a new development project that was… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 