Brad Berton

Brad Berton is Portland, Oregon–based freelance writing specializing in real estate and development topics.

Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook are just a few of the tech giants snapping up space.
Across from Manhattan’s Hudson Yards project, a significant number of new and under-construction residential structures dot the New Jersey side of the Hudson’s so-called Gold Coast stretch, including three state-of-the-art mid-rise apartment buildings just completed at the 60-acre (24-ha) Lincoln Harbor mixed-use development.
Hybrid offerings like Topgolf International are combining elements of traditional driving ranges and miniature golf with corporate events, food service and other amenities.
Perhaps nothing illustrates the precipitous fall of the U.S. resort sector as the saga that put a quartet of household-name properties under the control of a sovereign wealth fund.
Three years into the recovery of the destination resort sector, the wayside remains littered with casualties from the previous boom-and-bust cycle. The primary culprit: crushing debt.
A key goal of Seattle’s Bullitt Center project is to demonstrate that by holistically integrating a synergistic combination of performance-based design, engineering, and operating strategies, a good-sized commercial office development can achieve those zero nets today—without heavy reliance on overly complex or highly customized systems.
Team Better Block founders Jason Roberts and Andrew Howard share their 12 tips for a successful “Block” party, including proximity to residential neighborhoods and potential for multimodal street and transit infrastructure such as bicycle lanes.
The Better Block movement demonstrates without any public sector assistance the vitality that could be brought to struggling neighborhoods in cities such as Dallas, San Antonio, and Norfolk, Virginia.
A demonstration project in Fort Collins, Colorado, shows how to take the net-zero-energy concept into the neighborhood
Three pilot projects replace blight with green, mixed-use development.
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