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I’ve assembled my 24-post #masstimber campaign into a single thread.
Enjoy.
Inspired by the likes of @moseskagan, @DallasAptGP, @bobbyfijan and others in the #REtwit community, I’m going to focus on sharing about #masstimber. The goal is a post every day for the next 30 days.
Let’s get started with a non-obvious one: logistics.
Unlike concrete, which is almost always sourced and mixed locally, mass timber is only manufactured in a handful of geographies across North America. That means limitations on panel size, and costs with oversized panels, if trucking the material.
If you’re shipping it (like we did, from Austria), then it’s limited by container size. The panel sizes impact design, and construction schedules, because larger panels go faster. It’s something we don’t need to think through in concrete construction.
Amazing to see the Pacers players coming back to the hotel after the game with Avli restaurant bags… in which Giannis is an investor/owner.
That’s class.
Roughly 30% of my husband duties are telling my wife when the cooktop is too hot, and when her coffee is getting cold.
Tim(ber) Gokhman retweeted
Worth a few minutes for those who have questioned the @realDonaldTrump administration’s recent deportation of Mahmoud Khalil.
On with the renowned @DrPhil last night to discuss the Khalil case, but first I had to set the record straight after the lawyer from CAIR straight up lied about a number of important facts and legal concepts.
The difference between his "facts" and mine? Mine have citations.
Up until 11 pm, drafting talking points for an upcoming Milwaukee-Madison thought leadership trip with @Ian_Mke
It’s been nearly 2 years of advocacy for a comprehensive workforce housing program in Milwaukee. Still no result.
This is a big reason why housing is unaffordable.
It's the EXACT same thing with rental housing. Good ideas and intentions litter the road to hell.
It usually costs considerably more to build an affordable unit than a market rate unit, wasting taxpayer dollars and reducing the # of affordable units built due to regulation.
OK #retwit - let's deliver some substance. I'll soon be moderating a panel at a multifamily symposium with a CEO of a major CRE sales/financing firm, head of equity for a large CRE investment bank, and a VP of a national developer. The panel will focus on what the next multifamily real estate cycle could look like. From 2011-2020, we had low interest rates and a ton of production.
The last 5 years have been broken by COVID, construction costs and interest rates. Homeowners with low-interest-rate loans are frozen in place. And now, the tariffs.
There are certainly investment opportunities in buying existing product, and sometimes updating those buildings to charge higher rents, but at some point, the market will want new. How could that work? What happens to affordability?
What questions would you want answered? I’ll update afterwards with main takeaways.
I’m curious - if you’re an investor here, are you accredited?
36%Yes - accredited
64%No - not accredited
11 votes • Final resultsImagine! A 1,000’ tall mass timber building.
It’s easy. You don’t need any development expertise. I just created this using AI in a few minutes. Anyone can.
Next, the pro forma. Raise $300m because crypto blockchain is the future. Investor returns 🚀 🚀 🚀 .
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I live in the neighborhood. Have never parked more than a block away.
The parking objection is so tired. Is there a lot of parking on Brady Street? Tosa Village? Or any active district in any major city?
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Example of a developer/owner that understands infusing people and activity which will lead to better leasing and sales for tenants of 1st floor retail
Useless road abandoned for public space which is now the center of the area for people to meet
Is my obsession with improving public spaces going to get easier with GPT4o’s new abilities?
The Ivanhoe Plaza gets a lot of use DESPITE its current cracked asphalt, curbs, etc.
Imagine how much more it would be used if fixed up!! GPT did, and it’s pretty good!
This is one of the coolest mass timber projects in the world - The Hive. Incredibly complex engineering that delivers some unique solutions on this office project. Balconies, big open spans, clean ceilings.
Kudos to @BentallGreenOak, Fast+Epp, @DIALOG and @NaturesPath.
I’m an urbanist. My family has chosen to live in the city of Milwaukee, despite the higher costs vs the suburbs. We develop high density multifamily.
The take below is terrible, awful, tone deaf and uninformed. The US is vast, and so are its people’s housing preferences.
I unironically believe if you actually had housing abundance, suburbs would literally vanish off the face of america. It would just be rural and urban.
They're the worst of cities (noise, annoying neighbors, far from nature) and the worst of rural areas (being far from everything) with literally zero redeeming qualities.
Arrival/exit at Changi (Singapore).
The feeling is incredible, rejuvenating, and inspirational. Constantly thinking how I can apply this in our building designs.
Will get here early on the way out to see the walking net and topiary.
