Ben King

ATL native, 〽️ and GSU grad. Real estate consultant, former affordable housing developer, and economics enthusiast.

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

Andre Dickens won the Atlanta Mayoral race largely by flipping eastside liberals, who were likely voting strategically for Moore in the general as an anti-Kasim vote. Moore got 53% of the general election vote in Candler Park precinct, but only 33% in the runoff.

[Michigan Hockey @umichhockey]

Are you not entertained?!

#GoBlue〽️

[Michigan Hockey @umichhockey]

Jayden Perron calls it GAME!

[Official Ohio State DG @DylanEveryday]

Fascinating breakdown by Dan Wetzel, there will come a day OSU/Michigan realize their property is more valuable alone than with conference TV rights

Could sell that stand alone game between 150-200M or more

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

I'm looking at housing starts, I'm looking at LA port traffic, May retail sales.

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

This is BEFORE the tariffs. I didn't think we are ready for what housing starts will do the next 3 months (basically any project without locked in construction pricing)

[Liz Ann Sonders @LizAnnSonders]

Single family housing starts dropped 14.2% month/month in March … steepest decline since pandemic

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

@mdagnew1 @guaranteed_O @KenHeLive Only years Leftwich at Jax and foxworth in the league overlap is 2005-2006 Denver, DC Larry Coyer both years. He died in 2023. Ironically played at Marshall, same as Leftwich

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

Graph #2 here indicates Dems did pretty good, all things considered. AND that GOP likely to overreach and could have the rug pulled out if the economy goes sideways at all

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

This is accurate. Fraud has gotten ridiculous these days, I hear it everywhere I go. When I was doing affordable development our leasing teams spent a ton of time trying to suss out all the fake documentation

[Jay Parsons @jayparsons]

Rapid innovations in leasing fraud (synthetic & stolen ID's) cost property owners $$, artificially limit availability & put upward pressure on rents...

Screening is critical for resident safety, too. Want to get it right.

Tough topic, but a lot more complex than this headline.

[Jay Parsons @jayparsons]

Rapid innovations in leasing fraud (synthetic & stolen ID's) cost property owners $$, artificially limit availability & put upward pressure on rents...

Screening is critical for resident safety, too. Want to get it right.

Tough topic, but a lot more complex than this headline.

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

@oh_HOLMES Isn't this most directly an issue of code enforcement?

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

@jimat944 I find architectural preference very subjective. Do you like J5 condos?

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

Look I like point access block buildings too but the general obsession with them obfuscates a few things. This particular thread I think misses how much existing block and lot design matter, regardless of single stair design.

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

https://t.co/RKEfSSvvta

[Market Urbanism @MarketUrbanism]

This morning the New York Times published my guest essay about my research on elevators in North America: why we have so few of them, why they cost so much, what that does to our buildings, and how we can fix it https://t.co/eeHL7uCCse

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

Elevator cost! I think this has been detailed better elsewhere but the type of elevator commonly used in European single stair design is way cheaper there than a similar elevator here, in part bc it can simply be smaller.

[Ben King @GaMichMan]

@BanUnsweetTea When he walked out I was like "uh oh. He looks tired."