What's Happening in Local Land Use | Q2 2026
Tracking three months of notable land use and zoning decisions with Shovels Decisions
Demographics and real estate demand. Thesis Driven covers fertility decline and household formation, domestic and international migration and why net migration figures mislead, aging and the senior cohort, family formation and the child-free city, generational preference shifts, and what each of these does to demand across asset classes over a holding period.
Armed with the belief that cities can be great places to raise children, a handful of residential developers are building urban apartments explicitly designed for families with kids.
Covering the future of real estate and the people creating it