Fannie Mae is fostering sustainable communities by incubating innovative ideas that address its mission of bringing affordability and stability to underserved areas and ensuring residents have access to safe homes.
The renewable energy industry is spurring increased demand for solar power, for example, the 90.86 vacant acres zoned for a solar farm are to be built in Rio Linda 10 miles east of the Sacramento Airport.
"Obviously, it's the most dramatic, strongest market industrial space has ever seen in its history no matter what statistic you look at," says Liberty Property Trust's Bill Hankowsky.
GlobeSt.com chats with Holly Neber, CEO of AEI Consultants on Opportunity Zones, as well as the high amount of repurposing activity in the industrial space as well as other adaptive reuse and transformation opportunities.
More than 60,000 apartments have been built in the Seattle-Tacoma metro since the start of the cycle in 2012, with at least another 20,000 units on tap during the next few years, including Fireside Flats.