Franco Faraudo

Holiday shopping remains critical for retailers, and new spending patterns are reshaping malls, stores, and leasing strategies as experience, AI, and in-store incentives take center stage.

Office-to-residential conversions often succeed or fail based on the facade. Updating windows, cladding, and mechanical integration determines performance, cost, and timeline for bringing new residential units to market.

Water damage is a major multifamily risk, and new leak-detection tech offers earlier alerts, automated shutoffs, and better oversight to prevent costly losses.

Zillow pulled climate-risk scores from its listings after industry pushback, reflecting a broader retreat from climate transparency — even as leading real-estate investors and data firms double down on climate-risk analytics.

Hybrid work has changed how companies measure the value of office space, shifting focus from productivity to collaboration, satisfaction, and culture.

Office use is rising again, and JPMorgan’s demand-driven headquarters shows why landlords must embrace flexibility, segmentation, and tenant-experience tech to meet changing workplace expectations.

Los Angeles’s new fast-track permitting program has dramatically increased affordable housing approvals and similar strategies in other cities show just how powerful speedy entitlements can be.

AI is accelerating while PropTech funding slows, forcing investors to rethink how they judge traction, technical talent and long-term resilience in real estate technology.

A recent slowdown in overall construction project pipeline length signals caution for many contractors, but those working in data center and manufacturing sectors are still seeing healthy order books.

5D Building Information Modeling is adding cost and time intelligence to the digital design process, transforming how projects are built—and hinting at what’s next for data-driven construction.