Research, analysis, and perspectives on the built world.
Broker opinions of value are produced at significant volume across brokerage and development advisory teams, and the research-heavy components are highly automatable. AI now handles comparable selection, adjustment grid construction, market narrative and document generation while human judgment retains the value conclusion, submarket expertise and professional sign-off. The result is a BOV that takes two to three hours rather than half a day, with a more complete and consistent research layer underneath.
April 23, 2026 ·4 min read
Medical office buildings have sustained above-90% occupancy through the office correction, driven by structural healthcare demand from aging demographics and the accelerating shift to ambulatory outpatient care. This guide covers the site selection criteria that differentiate MOBs from general office development, health system leasing dynamics in 2026 including consolidation risk, and where AI compresses the physician network mapping, regulatory research and pro forma modeling that define the MOB underwriting process.
April 23, 2026 ·5 min read
Real estate development teams process hundreds of RFPs annually, typically managed through email threads and shared drives. This post walks through a five-step AI-assisted RFP workflow -- from scope generation to anomaly flagging -- and draws a clear line between what AI handles reliably and what requires human judgment in vendor selection.
April 22, 2026 ·5 min read
Battery energy storage (BESS) is emerging as a primary site selection driver as data centers and grid operators compete for dispatchable power. This post covers site screening criteria -- grid proximity, NFPA 855 setbacks, environmental constraints -- revenue stacking logic across energy arbitrage, capacity payments, and ancillary services, and how AI compresses the feasibility timeline for BESS development.
April 22, 2026 ·4 min read
Most Opportunity Zone analysis in circulation dates from 2018-2021 and references benefits that have since expired. This post explains what the program actually offers in 2026 -- the 10-year gain exclusion and the December 2026 deferral inclusion deadline -- where institutional capital is actively screening, and how AI compresses tract screening and IRR modeling for QOF investors.
April 22, 2026 ·5 min read
Most development teams treat predevelopment informally, which means weeks of work that gets redone or never documented. This post breaks down the key predevelopment tasks, where AI automates the research and tracking layers, and how teams are using it to compress deal timelines and catch disqualifying issues before committing to full due diligence.
April 21, 2026 ·5 min read
Approximately $929 billion in commercial real estate loans came due in 2024 alone, with comparable volumes rolling through 2026. This post covers where stress is concentrated across office, multifamily and retail, what lenders are actually doing, and the three categories of development opportunity the repricing cycle creates.
April 21, 2026 ·5 min read
Proptech and agentic AI are regularly grouped under the same umbrella but are not the same thing. This post explains what each category actually does, how their deployment models differ, where they fit together in an institutional development team's technology stack, and how to evaluate each correctly.
April 21, 2026 ·5 min read
A practitioner-level overview of where AI is deployed across commercial real estate in 2026 -- from site screening and market analysis to due diligence, underwriting and investor reporting. Covers the buyer landscape by asset class and positions Build as the AI-native development services firm for institutional clients.
April 20, 2026 ·4 min read