The Builder’s Daily – Page 8 – Cantilever Real Estate

At $32, Dream Finders-Beazer risk is now double-jeopardy

July 9, 2026 by bp56691

[Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part article in the aftermath of filings this week from Dream Finders Homes and Beazer Homes, as Dream Finders pursues Beazer as an acquisition target. Here’s the link to Part 1]. The surface question in the Dream Finders Homes–Beazer Homes takeover contest is the one everybody is […]

A Colorado project is now a proving ground for 3D-printed homes

July 9, 2026 by bp56691

Cleora near Salida, Colorado is building 106 3D-printed homes, using robotics to improve speed, resiliency and labor efficiency.

The $32 Beazer bid is in, now the fight is over standstill terms

July 8, 2026 by bp56691

A little more than a month into a hostile homebuilder takeover saga that has not quite reached midsummer, Dream Finders Homes’ pursuit of Beazer Homes is beginning to resemble a Shakespearean tale of unrequited love. The ardent suitor has returned again. And again. The latest offering is richer: $32 per share in cash, up 24% […]

NYC office conversions face scrutiny after Pfizer HQ incident

July 8, 2026 by bp56691

Buckling columns at the former Pfizer headquarters this week forced evacuations across seven Midtown East blocks. The incident raises new questions about office-to-residential conversion, one of several tools the city has used to add housing. It is also a tool Mayor Zohran Mamdani leaned into because it fit his affordability narrative. Mamdani has framed housing […]

Visionary Homes names former Oakwood exec Ryan Smith CEO

July 8, 2026 by bp56691

Visionary Homes, one of Utah’s largest privately held homebuilders, appointed Ryan Smith as CEO effective Sept. 1, 2026, while co-founder and current chief executive Jeff Jackson will become chairman of the board on Jan. 1, 2027.

North Carolina kicks parking rules to the curb in statewide reform

July 7, 2026 by bp56691

North Carolina housing advocates have tried for years to pass state-level zoning reform. They kept falling short. Broad reforms met the same fate in the recently ended session – except one: parking reform. What started as a stormwater management bill became one of the most aggressive parking reforms in the country. It passed with rare […]

San Diego to get more transit housing density as SB 79 row settles

July 6, 2026 by bp56691

San Diego has spent recent years earning a reputation as one of California’s most aggressive housing builders, streamlining permits citywide. But city leaders hesitated when state law required them to draw boundaries for new housing near neighborhood bus stops. San Diego officials proposed a far tighter map than regional and state regulators wanted. They limited […]

$95M funding, USLBM deal back Higharc AI push in homebuilding

July 6, 2026 by bp56691

Artificial intelligence has reached homebuilding’s proving ground. Not the proving ground for a demo or a pitch deck, nor the conference-stage jumbo-screen promise that technology will transform an industry whose complexity has humbled generations of would-be transformers. It’s the real sniff test. AI’s proving ground has become the homebuilding business itself. It is land acquired […]

Government-backed modular housing trend arrives in Cleveland

July 2, 2026 by bp56691

Cleveland tapped $2.56M in Ohio historic preservation tax credits to redevelop a 1901 building into an MMY modular housing factory.”,

Will the ROAD Act change what pencils for multifamily rentals?

July 2, 2026 by bp56691

While the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act remains in Oval Office big yawn limbo, its game-changing relevance to multifamily developers, apartment builders, rental housing investors and capital providers is clear. The bill has passed both chambers of Congress by historic bipartisan margins. What it has not yet done is become law. That leaves four […]