In supply-constrained luxury markets and growth-corridor exurbs alike, land is the highest-conviction long-duration bet for owners who can afford to hold through entitlement.
The land commercial real estate sector is experiencing a complex interplay of demand and supply dynamics, influenced by shifting investor sentiment and evolving market fundamentals. As developers seek to capitalize on emerging trends, capital flows are increasingly directed towards strategic locations that promise long-term value appreciation. Lenders are adopting a cautious stance, focusing on quality assets and robust due diligence, while allocators are reassessing their exposure to land investments in light of broader economic uncertainties and changing regulatory landscapes.
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As co-chair of the land use practice at law firm Greenberg Traurig , Iris Escarrá has worked on a number of high-profile projects. In one recent example, Escarrá was part of the team that won approvals for Miami Freed…
Slate Property Group and RiseBoro Community Partnership have secured the financing to build 312 units of affordable housing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The joint venture led by the affordable housing development firm b…
The residents of Salinas’ 82-space Alisal Country Estates Mobile Home Park have collectively purchased the property for $12 million, converting a rented-land community into one of the region’s first resident-owned par…
A California company incorporated only four months ago is courting at least eight Bay Area fairgrounds with a plan to build small data centers, parking garages and helicopter pads on public event land, even as public…
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is now the law of the land after President Donald Trump allowed a constitutional deadline to pass without signing or vetoing the bipartisan legislation. Legislation — widely regard…
The Massachusetts House of Representatives has voted to approve a bill that would allow churches, synagogues and other religious institutions to build housing on their property. Known as Yes in God’s Back Yard (…
As co-chair of the land use practice at law firm Greenberg Traurig , Iris Escarrá has worked on a number of high-profile projects. In one recent example, Escarrá was part of the team that won approvals for Miami Freed…
Slate Property Group and RiseBoro Community Partnership have secured the financing to build 312 units of affordable housing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The joint venture led by the affordable housing development firm b…
The residents of Salinas’ 82-space Alisal Country Estates Mobile Home Park have collectively purchased the property for $12 million, converting a rented-land community into one of the region’s first resident-owned par…
A California company incorporated only four months ago is courting at least eight Bay Area fairgrounds with a plan to build small data centers, parking garages and helicopter pads on public event land, even as public…
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is now the law of the land after President Donald Trump allowed a constitutional deadline to pass without signing or vetoing the bipartisan legislation. Legislation — widely regard…
The Massachusetts House of Representatives has voted to approve a bill that would allow churches, synagogues and other religious institutions to build housing on their property. Known as Yes in God’s Back Yard (…
This is part 1 of a 3-part HousingWire special series on the impacts of data centers on housing. Data centers are creating a split-screen effect in housing markets: They can boost regional demand and land values, whil…
Zoom founder and Chief Executive Officer Eric Yuan closed San José’s first International Innovation and Investment Summit by announcing the video conferencing company will grow its downtown headquarters presence, capp…
The San Francisco Bay Area’s life sciences vacancy rate climbed 310 basis points year over year to 26.2 percent as more than 500,000 square feet of new lab space delivered into a market where Pfizer is emptying a 164,…
BOZEMAN, Mont., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new analysis from onX sheds fresh light on the 44.7 million acres, or 23%, of National Forest land currently inventoried by the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. onX'…
UNBrokerage setzt seinen weltweiten Aufschwung fort und expandiert mit einer starken Führungspräsenz in Ulaanbaatar in die , sein 26. Land. LAGUNA NIGUEL, Kalifornien, 8. Juli 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty ONE Group Int…
In the news release, Unseenlabs Launches Gen 2 Satellite, Expanding Radio Frequency Intelligence for Maritime, Land and Space, issued 07-Jul-2026 by Unseenlabs over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that upda…
A new, ultra-luxury residential tower with views of the Manhattan skyline is getting ready to rise across the Hudson River. Rockpoint and Urby have formed a joint venture to acquire the land at 201 Hudson Street on th…
Redevelopment of the long-shuttered former South Weymouth Naval Air Station has taken a major step forward, with Washington Capital Management selling its land at the base to a joint venture of Brookfield Properties a…
In too many American communities, residential development is now shaped less by market need than by attendance at local meetings. In land-use discussions, debates, and decision-making, power often goes to those who sh…
As Sacramento’s spring buying season peaks, Taylor Morrison turned 139 Wildhawk lots into a $21.5 million land banking transaction with Millrose Properties while Richmond American quietly spent $6.3 million on 20 cust…
The most dangerous pitch in business is not that a tool is powerful. It is that a tool will make a hard business easy. That, I’d argue, is the sales pitch surrounding artificial intelligence in land today. Find sites…
For decades, commercial real estate underwriting has revolved around one central question: Do the numbers work? Investors scrutinize rent rolls, operating expenses, cap rates, financing assumptions and projected retur…
City Connect’s century-old Saratoga vineyard traded to TPG for $109.7 million — a $79 million return that proves that in a market where nine-day sales at $4 million are routine, entitled residential land is the scarce…
The world’s largest industrial landlord quietly tripled a South San Jose land bet — buying an entitled but unbuilt 14-acre site for $14 million while a submarket sitting at 9.3 percent vacancy signals that Prologis is…
TSX:ORV OTCQX: ORVMF #17-2026 TORONTO, June 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV) (OTCQX: ORVMF) ("Orvana" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the strategic expansion of its land position at th…
The Redmond City Council approved the acquisition of a 9.1-acre land parcel from Heidelberg Materials and Aggregates for $38.5 million. The newly purchased site will be home to the city’s maintenance and operations ce…
The Las Vegas Diamond Arena group completed the purchase of an additional 3.03 acres on the Las Vegas Strip. The newly purchased parcel cements the project’s position as a fully entitled and development-ready de…
Facing a $126 billion price tag and the loss of $4 billion in federal funding, California’s high-speed rail agency is moving to monetize its land, surplus power and fiber along the Central Valley corridor by courting…
145 homesites in Land O' Lakes master-planned community Verona reflects continued investment in one of Florida's fastest growing regions TAMPA, Fla., June 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Mattamy Homes, North America's largest…
SALT LAKE CITY, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new partnership is funding projects to improve off-highway vehicle (OHV) access and riding areas across the United States. The Foundation for America's Public Lands, the…
Every piece of land worth buying is a race. A broker hears that a landowner might sell fifty acres, and within an hour, twenty buyers know about it. Whoever gets to a confident number first, the price the seller will…
Colliers is marketing the land and entitlements for American River One at 450 and 500 Bercut Drive, where owner Steve Ayers is seeking a buyer, equity partner, or development partner to advance a legally cleared 787-u…
Safehold deployed its land-ownership model into one of the nation’s costliest rental markets, closing a $45 million ground lease that helps capitalize a 256-unit affordable housing community rising on a long-vacant lo…
Georgia residential land developers succeeded this year at convincing lawmakers that the permitting timeline needed to be faster and more predictable to dent the state’s growing housing imbalances. Fresh off tha…
Brownfield sites are defined as underused or abandoned land affected by environmental issues. This, in turn, limits the potential for redevelopment or expansion due to “real or perceived environmental contamination.”…
United Integrated Services (UIS), an engineering service provider to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, acquired 29 acres of land at the Mack Innovation Park, located adjacent to the Deer Valley Airport i…
NASDAQ: EU TSXV: EU www.encoreuranium.com DALLAS, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - enCore Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: EU) (TSXV: EU) (the "Company" or "enCore"), America's Clean Energy CompanyTM, today announced that the Bureau…
Scannell Properties acquired close to 130 acres off State Route 85 and Southern Avenue in Buckeye from Arizona Land Consulting for $ 32.5 million. Arizona Land Consulting purchased the property in 2024 for $18.3 milli…
New York City needs to modernize the land-use and regulatory processes that govern healthcare and life sciences construction, the New York Bulding Congress (NYBC) said in a new report, “ Building a Healthier Five Boro…
Most commercial real estate decisions begin with the same question: What can I do with this land? It is the most important question in the industry. Until recently, it was also one of the slowest to answer. Zoning rul…
With construction set to begin in August, CJ Foods is advancing commercial land-based gim cultivation to deliver a stable, year-round supply of high-quality Korean seaweed for global consumers. SEOUL, South Korea, Jun…
M/I Homes , a leading national homebuilder, has engaged Prophetic , a technology provider focused on land acquisition tools, to help speed its land evaluation and acquisition process. The deployment of Prophetic ’s so…
While the world gets swept up in the euphoria of SpaceX’s IPO, some of the rest of us remain anchored to a more down-to-earth – but no less fascinating – domain, where gravity’s still a thing. In this realm, grounded…
Laurus Corporation divested the former Carmel Highlands Golf Course in San Diego's Rancho Penasquitos community to 33North Development Group for a reported $14.5 million.