Marc

@uchicago BA ‘21 and MS ‘23. Real estate developer. Train fiend.

[flory bidunga groyper @SolomonMarlow]

Georgist Hypehouse @MarcDavidLoeb

[Marc @MarcDavidLoeb]

@realEstateTrent I’m incredibly grateful that I got to grow up in the City.

But was only possibly because of my parent’s circumstances.

It’s why I’m so deep in the YIMBY movement. I want more kids to have the privilege of growing up here.

[Joshua Garfield @JoshuaGarfield]

The Elizabeth paid for itself within two years.

Metro Mayors across England should be inviting private finance to fund more Crossrails in exchange for lifetime revenue return.

We cannot wait for HMT to back big infrastructure or Britain won’t grow.

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Relative to native-born Americans, several countries' immigrants to America have produced vastly greater rates of unicorn founders.

In particular, Israel: with shockingly few people in the U.S., Israel is the #2 origin *in total* for foreign Unicorn founders.

[Marc @MarcDavidLoeb]

@coleruudjohnson Doc

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

It's crazy how many US states, including California, allow local jurisdictions to substantially amend or adopt their own building code. How can you have an efficient, national construction industry when you've got tens of thousands of sets of distinct regulatory frameworks?

[Marc @MarcDavidLoeb]

@coleruudjohnson Doc

[𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖊 🕯 @atlanticesque]

Stonehenge was already ancient to the Celts when they arrived in Britain. They supposed that the circle of stones was just some natural feature of the landscape, which emerged from the earth. A geological phenomenon.

I suspect most New Yorkers feel similarly about the subway.

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

a revenue-neutral shift toward land/property tax and away from income would naturally grow the economy

Texas does it right

[Marc @MarcDavidLoeb]

@floor_per_area Something I'll say in return: look beyond just 99 units. There are "cluster projects" where each job has fewer than 99, but it obviously could have been a single build

[Marc @MarcDavidLoeb]

@floor_per_area Any advice on how to separate permits that represent work just on a section of a job vs. permits that signal an actual change in project size

[Trey the Explainer @Trey_Explainer]

Crazy that America built New York City once and was like “ok that’s enough”

[Marc @MarcDavidLoeb]

@floor_per_area Currently working on the same thing for my new job.

[Mark D. Levine @MarkLevineNYC]

Big News: @nyccouncil today approved what will be one of the largest residential buildings in the nation.

395 Flatbush Ave Ext in Downtown Brooklyn will no long be an (ugly) low-rise. It will become a tower with 1,200 homes, 25% of which will be permanently affordable.

Made possible by NYC's new high-density zoning rules. Start of a new era. We need much more of this.

[SOLAECLIPSE™️ @DrinkSolaPop]

The best thing about growing up in NYC is the train. The fact that you can go from the poorest to the richest of areas with $3 24/7 is insane. You can change your life by just hopping on the train and going to the city. Other cities need more trains. America needs more New Yorks

[Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul]

New Rochelle said yes to housing. It worked.

4,500 homes built since 2020.
Rents stabilizing.
Communities reconnecting.

When communities say YES to housing, we’re going to LET THEM BUILD.

[Marc @MarcDavidLoeb]

@Anthony_Bonato Strang?

[Mitch McMullen @weddingowner]

Alright ReTwit, I just finished Trammell Crow: Master Builder.

If you’d like to read it next, like and retweet this post. I will pick a winner and mail it to you next week.

Rules: Must stay in ReTwit. Whoever read it last pays for shipping to the next person.

[Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @UrbanCourtyard]

Today being married and owning a home generally means moving to an amenity-poor, drive-everywhere suburb because homes in amenity-rich, walkable urban neighborhoods are unattainably expensive.

And increasingly few young adults want to own homes in amenity-poor, drive-everywhere suburbs.

[Paul E Williams @PEWilliams_]

Zohran really racking up wins with pro-housing appointments. Dina Levy, the just announced HPD commissioner, most recently ran New York's modular pilot upstate, building a few hundred modular units at ~half of average cost.