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Listening to a Hines Managing Director Explain How a $3B Project Actually Moves

I joined a UC San Diego conversation on real estate planning and development, and one guest talk completely changed how I picture a large mixed-use project coming to life. 👋

... 3/9/26 Real Estate Development

Building Homes Means Building Through Time

The third binding test in residential master-planned development — beyond feasibility math and entitlement, can the coalition behind a project hold together for the 20–40 years it takes to deliver? Worked cases (Irvine, Summerlin, Woodlands, Reston, Tejon, California Forever) and the strongest counterarguments (Tokyo, Abundance, Strong Towns, Demsas).

... 3/8/26 Real Estate Development