Why Realpage Bought Cherre
Realpage is betting that decades of accumulated data can become an AI-era advantage
New Cities
New cities and master-planned communities built from raw land. Thesis Driven publishes an annual guide to the new cities under development worldwide and covers charter and company towns, new urbanist town development, walkable exurban downtowns, the capital structures behind a multi-decade build, the politics of founding a town, and which projects are actually breaking ground rather than rendering.
25 articles
Reinventing the Tribe: RidgeRunner and the New American Village
How a new model for rural communities built on shared identity is driving both demand and backlash
The Thesis Driven Innovation 100, 2026 | #50–16
Meet the 100 people shaping the future of the built world, Part II
A Guide to the New Cities Being Built Around the World | 2026 Edition
Our annual look at the successes, failures, and strange detours in global urban experimentation
California’s New City Might Actually Happen
An update on California Forever’s plans to build a 400,000-person city in Solano County
The World’s Most Innovative Developers, 2026
From all-electric skyscrapers to floating offices and carbon-neutral urban development, these firms are redefining the future of the built world
The Art & War of Placemaking and Real Estate Development
A firsthand account of making real estate magic happen in Silicon Valley by real estate development veteran Steve Edwards
From Sand Dunes to Smart Growth: Casey Roloff’s Vision for Seabrook and the New American Dream
Casey Roloff built Seabrook from nothing — no institutional backing, no master developer. The model, the financing, and what it actually took.
Full Episode: From Sand Dunes to Smart Growth: Casey Roloff’s Vision for Seabrook and the New American Dream
Episode 18 of the Thesis Driven Leader Series
A Guide to the New Cities Being Built Around the World | 2025 Edition
Exploring the attempts to build new cities around the globe, warts and all
In Search of the Walkable Exurban Downtown
The WED is at the intersection of real estate's biggest macro trends. How do we find them and can we make more?