What's Happening in Local Land Use | Q2 2026
Tracking three months of notable land use and zoning decisions with Shovels Decisions
Farmland and agricultural land as a real estate asset class. Thesis Driven examines return targets and leverage by strategy, the choice between direct farming, net leases and operating agreements, why owner-operator concentration makes the market hard to enter, crop type and regional variation, urban agriculture and controlled environment farming, timberland, and the water rights underneath the land.
World Tree Technologies is using a quick-growing hardwood to compress decades-long timber cycles into an investable real estate timeframe
A new model of urban agriculture aims to be the highest and best use for your parking lot.
Water rights are key to the American West. What are they, how do they work, and where might there be investment opportunities?
Exploring 13 different "Covered Land" strategies, or how investors monetize dirt
From family offices to doomers to institutions, investing in farmland is back in vogue. Let's meet the people making it happen.
Covering the future of real estate and the people creating it