Assessing Pricing Scenarios for 231 E Flagler ST: A Developer’s Perspective
We analyzed the 231 E Flagler ST listing by running it through multiple pricing scenarios, taking into account construction costs and potential rents based on …
Evaluating the Uniqueness of a Property: The Case of 231 E Flagler ST
Utilizing the Market Scanner to Compare Property Characteristics To determine the uniqueness of a property like 231 E Flagler ST, we use the market scanner …
Discovering a Rare Development Opportunity in Downtown Miami
Unearthing a Prime Listing in Downtown Miami We found a unique development opportunity at 231 E Flagler St in Downtown Miami, listed on Crexi and …
Evaluating the Feasibility of 423 NE 27th ST: Crunching the Numbers for a Profitable Investment
Feasibility Study to determine the profitability of investing in 423 NE 27th ST, we first maximized the residential units allowed, required parking, and minimum setbacks—on …
Comparable Properties: Assessing Value in the Edgewater Real Estate Market
Following our 423 NE 27th ST analysis, we delve into comparable properties within the Edgewater area. By examining the overlapping characteristics of these properties, we …
Tracing an Edgewater Property’s Journey: A Glimpse into the Sales History and Future Potential
Listing Research This week, we look closer at an Edgewater property with a notable sales history. Located at 423 NE 27th ST, this property was …
Balancing Expectations: Navigating Feasibility Studies with AI Assistance in Real Estate Investments
Feasibility studies often reveal harsh realities. In this post, we’ll explore a feasibility study for listing 3400 NE 2 AVE, Miami, FL. Initially, we estimate …
The Power of AI in Feasibility Studies: Uncovering Real Potential for Real Estate Investments
Feasibility studies are crucial in real estate investment, particularly for Value-Add and Opportunistic funds. The AI assistant provides preliminary zoning data on units allowed, parking …
Navigating the Final Stages of Site Selection: Analyzing Properties with AI Assistance
After narrowing down the list of potential investment properties, the AI now assists the analyst in comparing the remaining properties based on price, shape, existing …
Delving Deeper: AI-Assisted Analysis of Property Development Potential in Edgewater, Miami
The AI-Assisted Analysis compared three property listings in Edgewater to make informed investment decisions based on their lot sizes and the applicable zoning rules. Lot …
AI-Powered Site Selection with Deepblocks. Revolutionizing Real Estate Investment
Investors will turn to AI-powered tools for site selection and feasibility analysis as the real estate industry evolves. At Deepblocks, we’re pioneering the development of …
Maximizing Real Estate Investment Potential with Deepblocks
Discovering the Highest and Best Use for a Property Determining the highest and best use involves running multiple scenarios. We envisioned a software that automatically …
Deepblocks: A Powerful Tool for Analyzing Real Estate Investment Opportunities
Delving Deeper into Listing ID: A11353589 With a listing selected, Deepblocks provides images, descriptions, and zoning data to help you decide whether to operate or …
Leveraging AI-Powered Real Estate Software: Revolutionizing Property Searches and Investments
Envisioning the Future of PropTech As technology evolves, we are reimagining the interface between investors and cities. By blending cutting-edge advancements with user-friendly design, we …
Understanding Setbacks: Shaping the Layout of Buildings on a Lot
What are Setbacks? Setbacks are the minimum required distances between a building’s exterior walls and the property lines of a parcel of land. Setbacks ensure …
Exploring Zoning Lot Coverage: A Key Factor in Land Development
What is Zoning Lot Coverage? Zoning Lot Coverage refers to the percentage of a parcel of land that can be occupied by a building’s footprint, …
Navigating Unit Density Overlays and Future Land Use Maps for Optimal Investment Opportunities
The Impact of Unit Density Overlays on Allowed Unit Density Unit Density overlays, such as Miami’s Residential Density Increase Areas (RDIA), can significantly influence the …
Leveraging Unit Density: Identifying Acquisition Opportunities
Recognizing the Value of Unit Density in Acquisition Opportunities Unit density is a valuable metric when exploring acquisition opportunities, particularly when a parcel’s existing number …
Unlocking Potential: Identifying Underutilized Parcels for Maximum Unit Density
The Role of Unit Density in Uncovering Development Opportunities Unit Density is a valuable tool for pinpointing underutilized parcels with room for additional units. When …
Decoding Unit Density: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Residential Development Potential
Understanding Unit Density in Residential Developments Unit Density is a measure used to determine the number of allowable dwelling units on a specific parcel of …
The Power of Buildable Area: Deepblocks’ Game-Changing Approach to Real Estate
Streamlining Site Selection with Deepblocks’ Innovative Software Deepblocks is the only software on the market that enables users to filter properties across entire cities based …
Mastering FAR: The Key to Efficient Site Selection and Property Development
Streamlining Site Selection with FAR-based Market Queries FAR (Floor Area Ratio) is a metric that indicates the maximum development capacity of a property by comparing …
Balancing Risk in Property Development: By-Right vs. Conditional Uses
Mitigation and City Risk Profiles in Property Development Knowing which property uses are by-right versus conditional can help mitigate risk. It is risky if your …
Zoning Glossary: Zoning District Names
This week, I will review the most critical aspects of zoning intelligence. We start with the Zoning District Names, a series of alphanumeric strings on …
Feasibility Study: Build to Rent
Perform Feasibility Analysis for Build-to-Rent (BTR) with Deepblocks PRO On March 29th, Deepblocks hosted an informative LinkedIn Live session where we demonstrated the power of …
Decoding Zoning Data: Understanding the Three Key Offerings in the Real Estate Market
Zoning data has become increasingly important in the real estate market. However, there is lack of transparency on what constitutes a complete set of zoning …
The Rising Demand for Self-Storage in America
A Primarily American Phenomenon The self-storage phenomenon is primarily American, with 90% of global facilities found in the US. Considering 80% of the $38 billion …
Houghton’s Housing Hurdle: Exploring the Potential of Building Up
The Rise of Houghton and the Need for Housing Solutions Houghton, MI, is enjoying a surge in popularity thanks to remote work and a love …
Reviving Dayton’s Julienne High School Site: From Controversy to Urban Development
Community Efforts to Save the Historic Building The former Julienne High School, a historic building in Dayton, Ohio, faced controversy as community members fought to …
Revitalizing Syracuse: The Land Bank and Blueprint 15 Partnership
The Land Bank’s Role in Community Development. The Land Bank in Syracuse holds around 100 properties in the South Side. These properties were foreclosed on …
Reinventing Retail: Shopping Malls Convert to Residential Towers
The Shift in Retail Landscape and the Emergence of Housing Opportunities The retail landscape is transforming due to the decline of brick-and-mortar stores and the …
Frisco’s Wade Park: Tumultuous Journey to Reach Massive Potential
From Turmoil to Hope: The Ownership Journey of Frisco’s Wade Park Frisco’s Wade Park, a $2B, 120-acre project, has had a tumultuous ownership trajectory. The …
Philadelphia Community Fights for Affordable Housing
Dispute Over Demolition Moratorium Displaces 69 Households in Philadelphia A Philadelphia developer sued the city over a demolition moratorium and zoning changes. The developer’s decision …
Multifamily / Build-to-Rent Demo with Deepblocks Developer
Quickly Evaluate Multifamily / Build-to-Rent Sites with New Deepblocks Developer Tool During our webinar, which was live on LinkedIn on March 15th, we explored how …
The Economic Ripple Effect: How the Technology Sector Impacts California Cities
Tech’s Dual Impact: Median Income and Rent Growth in the Bay Area The technology sector has been a key contributor to the economic growth of …
The Rise of Suburban Living: Exploring Texas’ Thriving Suburbs
Embracing Suburban Living: Texas’ Expanding Residential Landscape Over the past decade, the Lone Star State has experienced significant growth in urban and suburban areas. While …
Gilbert, Arizona: A Well-Rounded City on the Rise
The Impressive Rise of Gilbert, Arizona: Dominating in Seven of Eight Growth Categories In Arizona, one city stands out as the most impressive: Gilbert. Gilbert, …
Top Florida Cities by Growth: An Analysis of Diversity, Crime, Ownership, and More
Examining the Top Three Cities and their Performance Across Eight Key Categories After analyzing 44 Florida cities with a population over 65,000, Doral, Homestead, and …
Predicting the Timing of Downturns in the Florida Construction Industry
How Can Machine Learning Help Investors Time Their Entry into the Florida Market? Deepblocks is using machine learning to predict the timing of local downturns …
Comparing the Recovery of Florida Cities from the 2008 Financial Crisis in the Construction Industry
Assessing the Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on Florida’s Construction Industry The construction industry experienced a sharp downturn during the financial crisis of 2008. …
Exploring the Benefits of High-Density Construction in Florida Cities
The Benefits of Density on the Economics of Urban Areas Density has economic benefits: High-density cities are often associated with vibrant economies, as they attract …
Exploring the Peak Construction Years in Florida’s Top Cities
Construction in Florida’s Top Cities: A Look at the Numbers and Trends Over the past decade, there has been a consistent increase in construction activity …
Deepblocks Developer: Mixed-use development in Brooklyn, NY
Last week, Michael Covone demonstrated a feasibility study for a mixed-use project in Brooklyn using Deepblocks Developer. During the webinar, Michael showcased how to generate …
Improving the Accuracy of 3D Modeling: The Importance of Zoning Data and Deepblocks API
Generative design software offers rapid prototypes of visualized buildings. The satisfaction of seeing your ideas come to life instantly is a huge benefit. However, without …
Unraveling Growth Potential in Tallahassee
Property Lot Size Existing Building Area Approximate Buildable Area Existing Residential Units Estimated Units Allowed 26,964,480 5,067,825 78,668,823 1,478 4,265 Understanding Buildable Areas and Residential …
A Vision of Miami’s Future Density Trajectory and the Impressive Growth of Edgewater
Exploring Miami’s future density expansion patterns. We have determined the city’s future density trajectory by analyzing Miami’s existing and potential densities. Our visualizations indicate that …
Predicting Future Urbanization
Revealing the future of Florida’s urban growth in a buildable area analysis. By digitizing the total buildable area across five Florida cities, we can compare …
The Importance of Sea Level Rise
If you missed Deepblocks’ live webinar last week, you can watch the recording here. In the webinar, Michael Covone and Olivia Ramos discuss the potential …
The Complexity of Zoning Data and the Potential of Advanced Technology
Understanding the Importance of Complete and Accurate Zoning Information for Real Estate Development and Property Ownership Digitization and automatic zoning calculation are becoming increasingly popular …
Exploring the Racial Distribution of Major Cities in Florida
An Analysis of Population Demographics in Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Tallahassee. The data on race distribution in Florida’s major cities reveal interesting patterns. For …
Unlocking Development Potential in Major Florida Cities: The Case for Affordable Housing
City Development Capacity (SF) Existing Building Inventory (SF) Development Delta Jacksonville 13,000,000,000 1,000,000,000 13 Tallahassee 7,000,000,000 200,000,000 35 Tampa 6,500,000,000 750,000,000 8.67 Orlando 2,500,000,000 500,000,000 …
Exploring the Floor Area Ratios of Major Cities in Florida
City Development Capacity SF City Size SF City FAR Jacksonville 13,000,000,000 24,378,505,087 0.53 Tallahassee 7,000,000,000 2,919,937,684 2.40 Tampa 6,500,000,000 4,901,888,983 1.33 Orlando 2,500,000,000 3,319,716,508 0.75 …
Public vs Private Real Estate Investing feat. Ehson Kolb
Are there any real estate Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) that encompass homebuilders, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), technology companies, and their supporting ecosystem? If you didn’t …
Trading Real Estate Like Stocks: The Power of Dynamic Market Insights
Unlocking the Potential of Investment Strategy with Deepblocks PRO Deepblocks PRO is more than just zoning data – it’s a platform leading the charge toward …
The Connection between Homeownership and Crime Trends in Major Florida Cities
A Closer Look at the Correlations between Ownership and Crime in Small and Large Cities Our analysis of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area revealed correlations …
Miami’s High Population Density and Sharp Decline in Crime Outshines Other Florida Cities
Comparing Population Density and Crime across five major Florida Cities. Astonishing Findings: The City of Miami’s high population density and a sharp decline in crime …
Exploring Major Florida Cities: A Comprehensive Comparison of Population, Inventory, and More.
We uncover the top-ranked Florida cities in the Deepblocks Density Index Report. The Florida cities density report compares five major cities based on seven categories: …
Correlations between Construction and Economics
In case you missed last week’s LinkedIn Live webinar, we’ve posted the video here. In case you missed it, here is last week’s interview in …
22 AI Real Estate Companies to Know
Buying a house in a competitive market is a mentally taxing venture that reportedly involves fourteen distinct emotional stages. That means real-estate agents have to show empathy and …
Deepblocks is using AI to make site selection more efficient and effective
By Riley Kaminer Miami startup Deepblocks provides high-precision digital tools that enable real estate developers and investors to pick the best site for their projects. The startup …
Developer Case Study: Mixed-Use in Medellin, Colombia
Using Deepblocks Developer, we can go worldwide and generate a new construction project analysis. Today we look at Medellin, Colombia. As an architecture student, I …
Deepblocks Developer is unique in its tailored assumptions and logic for each real estate development use.
Deepblocks Developer recognizes the unique characteristics of each development use type and incorporates a distinct set of assumptions to accommodate for this diversity. One of …
The lightest and most comprehensive real estate development software.
Deepblocks Developer includes a comprehensive 3D modeler, advanced financial analysis capabilities, and the ability to export data in both PDF and CSV formats. Let us …
A sophisticated software solution for comprehensive real estate development analysis.
The Deepblocks Developer offers a cost-effective solution with an array of essential real estate development tools in a single platform. During my graduate studies in …
UL Interview: A Deep Dive on Deepblocks, Bringing Demographic Data to Pro Forma Modeling
In search of the best tools on the market to optimize pro forma modeling and feasibility studies, Tim Moore, a manager at ULI Boston/New England …
Introducing Deepblocks Developer, a lighter feasibility software.
Deepblocks Developer combines all the functionalities needed to do a back-of-the-envelope calculation for development and acquisition. Excited to introduce a new product, Deepblocks Developer, a …
Hundreds of commercial development sites with buildable areas between 50,000 and 500,000 SF in Fort Worth’s tract 1237.
With the second fastest economic growth, Fort Worth’s tract has plenty of room for new development. Downtown Fort Worth has loads of development capacity. We …
Three hundred sixty-one homes near downtown Fort Worth are nearly 100 years old.
Fort Worth tract 1038.00, near downtown, has 797 homes built between 1900 and 1960s. There are numerous old houses with tons of character, great structures, …
Median income from 2013 to 2020 in downtown Fort Worth.
Some of Fort Worth’s downtown tracts’ median income has doubled in seven years. Fort Worth’s downtown tracts 1237.00 and 1038.00 are in the top five …
Top five tracts with the highest economic growth trends in Fort Worth, Texas.
These five tracts in Fort Worth, Texas, have the highest growth trends in median income, median rent, and employment per population. We’ve combined the trends …
Feature Friday: Sea Level Rise Dynamic Layer – A tool for investing in coastal cities.
How the altitude of land transforms investment narratives in coastal cities. The first time I heard about climate investing was when Little Haiti, a high-altitude …
Residential opportunities in Fort Worth’s tract 1110.20.
There are 21 residential investment opportunities for rebuilding or renovating this Fort Worth neighborhood. We are testing different formulas for identifying early investment opportunities. In …
The last vacant assemblages in Fort Worth’s census tract 1139.48.
In Fort Worth’s tract 1139.48, 16 vacant parcels and potential assemblages allow for light industrial, retail, or residential. Fort Worth’s tract 1139.48 is the third …
Fort Worth census tract 1139.46 has a median income of $123K and is the second fastest-growing population density.
What is happening in Fort Worth, Texas’s most luxurious and fastest-growing tract? Tract 1139.46 has the second fastest-growing population density in Fort Worth, Texas. Out …
These neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas, have the highest population density growth.
Fort Worth neighborhoods with the highest population density growth cluster in the northeast quadrant. Four of the top five tracts in Fort Worth with the …
Utopia in Fort Worth’s Downtown Tract 1233.02.
This Fort Worth downtown tract has unlimited zoning capacity and industrial-residential-agricultural mixed-use. We found a utopia in Texas. There is so much potential in downtown …
The Ecosystem Zoning Typology in tract 1139.31, Fort Worth, Texas.
Industrial zoning and residential development coexist in two of Fort Worth’s top investment tracts. Fort Worth’s distribution of zoning uses is fascinating. Tract 1139.31 is …
Development Opportunities in tract 1139.43, Fort Worth, Texas.
What is the potential breakdown of investment and development opportunities in tract 1139.43? Tract 1139.43 in Fort Worth, Texas, is an ecosystem with zoning equally …
The location of the top five Fort Worth neighborhoods according to our Investment Index.
Here are the locations of Fort Worth’s best neighborhoods for real estate investments. Data-driven real estate investing is like having local knowledge everywhere. Local developers …
Top five neighborhoods for real estate investment in Fort Worth, Texas.
We’ve compared all census tracts across Fort Worth based on demographics, construction, zoning, and economic conditions. Introducing our data-driven formula to identify census tracts with …
The Market Scanner: Instant Development Potential
Imagine asking a city, “Where can I build 80 multifamily units?” What if you can have a conversation with a city? What would you ask …
Arlington, Texas, has three times the development capacity of Garland and Irving.
Fort Worth has twice the development capacity of Dallas. Calculating the total development capacity of an entire city requires an arduous digitization process. Municipalities may …
Fort Worth plans for larger-than-life industrial growth.
Fort Worth’s tracts with the highest development density are all zoned for Industrial development. Zoning data is power. Not only can we identify where cities …
How to capture the direction of downtown expansion.
The juxtaposition of current and future density delivers direction for real estate growth. We separated the top five tracts with the highest current inventory density …
Visualization of future density: the path of an expanding downtown.
Mapping the future of density delivers the direction of a city’s growth. As a real estate developer, I’ve always wondered about the direction in which …
StartUp innovation techniques from Silicon Valley.
Is investment automation possible in real estate development? Over the past two weeks, I’ve shared findings from an automated, data-driven investment method. The objective is …
The Densest Neighborhoods in Irving, Texas
Is it possible that the highest density doesn’t always indicate a city’s downtown district? We expected to find downtown Irving within the top five densest …
What caused the 2018 construction boom in Irving, Texas?
Irving, Texas, went from building an average of five million square feet per year to 60 million square feet in 2018. Did Irving, Texas, really …
Comparing 50-year construction trends between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.
Dallas and Forth Worth have inverse 50-year construction trends. How should we interpret these trend lines? According to our 50-year construction trend data, Fort Worth …
Are economic trends and construction activity correlated?
We have discovered a direct correlation between economic trends and construction activity in the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA. The correlation between construction activity and economic trends …
Deepblocks launches functionality to export development assumptions.
FEATURE FRIDAY With Deepblocks, you can export a CSV of the back-of-the-envelope development assumptions and integrate it into your pro forma. There is nothing like …
Ownership and crime in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
What is the relationship between ownership and crime trend lines in small versus large cities? One of the most interesting correlations from our Deepblocks density …
Density growth index applied to Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
How to leverage data to detect investment opportunities automatically? The first step is determining which city has the best metrics. We conducted a pilot study …
Density is the next level investment metric.
What is density, and how can we use it to identify early real estate investment opportunities? There are many ways to look at geographic data, …
Real Estate Investment Automation: Narrowing down the best neighborhoods.
We used a data-driven approach to narrow down the best neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas. Fort Worth, Texas, has 218 census tracts. The data we’ve …
How many Multifamily Development Opportunities in Downtown Dallas, Texas?
In Downtown Dallas, 190 sites are vacant and allow between 100-500 units, and only six of those sites are larger than 9,600 SF.
How much development potential is in Dallas, Texas?
Dallas, Texas has 294,122 sites, and 12% are vacant. That’s 35,643 vacant sites. Moreover, 17% of the vacant sites allow for the construction of at least 100 units. That’s 6,299 vacant sites with massive multifamily development.
How many cities do we have live in the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA?
Two MSAs were in most demand, Dallas-Fort Worth and Tampa, Florida. These cities make sense because Texas and Florida benefited from the most significant migration influxes.
How is data science different from software engineering?
Data science requires a curiosity for the subject matter, intimacy, a timid conversation, and a delicacy in each step. The results are unknown. There is nothing to win by rushing or arriving at a fast conclusion. It is consistent discovery, moving targets, a dance, or at least a hopeful embrace with data.
Are there multifamily opportunities in Lincoln Park, Chicago?
Using the Deepblocks software, you can also test fit the development project. To maximize the total allowable units, we had to make the average unit size 410 SF. Units this size will be tiny one-bedrooms or small studios.
Are there assemblage opportunities in Bridgeport, Chicago?
Deepblocks digitized the Chicago zoning map to help anyone find assemblages. You simply search for sites that allow for more than seven, in the case of Bridgeport, and that also have less than 3,000 SF of existing building area.
How many multifamily assemblage opportunities are in West Town, Chicago?
Assemblages are growing in popularity due to the lack of land for new development. Using the deepblocks software, we first scoped out the general density of the area and noticed that most of the properties can yield between five and twenty units each.
How many sites have development potential in Chicago?
Chicago has 604,319 properties under the Chicago Zoning Map. Deepblocks has digitized the Chicago Zoning Map to identify where the development opportunities are across the city.
We have zoning for 16,430,232 sites in the US.
Deepblocks software includes zoning data for 16,430,232 sites in the US. Moreover, these data points are not just digitized, they are all part of powerful site-selection functionality
Interested in the Chicago Zoning Map?
The Chicago zoning map is currently the most analyzed among all metropolitan cities. We looked into it, and it makes sense; Chicago is amidst a dozen mega development projects.
Looking for Multifamily Development Opportunities?
Searching by units allowed is most straightforward in cities with zoning ordinances that include a unit-density value. This metric can vary from city to city and even within zoning ordinances.
Why is the total buildable area the ultimate zoning value?
Total buildable area normalizes parcels and allows us to compare how much we can build, apples to apples. At the city scale, this metric gives us an instant snapshot of where a city is planning its growth.
What is a development multiple?
A development multiple tells us how much development potential there is on any given property. It is an abstraction of how much room there is left for development.
Can the Inland Empire be the foundation for a circular city?
There are benefits beyond having our “One-Step Hair Dryer and Volumizer” delivered on the same day. We’d have an opportunity for a truly circular economy. With this hybrid city, we reduce the need for transportation of all things.
Can industrial warehouses and residential zoning coexist?
The only way to fulfill nearly instant delivery expectations is to bring the warehouses closer to our homes.
Meet the top 30 Miami Founders of 2022
Miami Girls Foundation and Design District Miami present 2022 Miami Founders Award to recognize top 30 companies and women-founders behind them. To celebrate the legacy …
What are the goals of our cities?
Our cities result from geometric urban design in collision with the economics of real estate development. Shaping a city is not trivial.
Why can’t humans predict exponential growth?
During my time at Singularity, I had one of my career’s most important epiphanies—humans can’t predict exponential growth.
What is a Smart City? A Brief Introduction
The future city is a living organism with an artificial mind that provides insights to decision-makers and the community.
Six exciting South Florida and Miami companies to watch out for in 2022
The potential of AI seems to be limitless and Deepblocks offers a tool that harnesses some of that power. Their technology allows real estate developers to pinpoint parcels of real property and plan their projects accordingly.
22 STARTUPS TO WATCH IN 2022
Deepblocks, which is designed to optimize returns for real estate investors, has secured at least $2.3 million from investors including CRCM Ventures and Singularity University Ventures.
These are the women in Miami tech you need to know
Ramos is the founder and CEO of Deepblocks, a property technology venture that uses artificial intelligence to help real estate developers identify parcels for their projects.
Austin, TX, Single Family Development: One unit per lot.
Explore Austin, TX, single-family community development and discover how to scan markets based on zoning criteria.
New Ideas to Solve America’s Housing Affordability Crisis
Deepblocks – Miami, Florida: Deepblocks is utilizing technology to reshape development an entitlement decisions through a real-time analysis of financial and market data, in combination with local building regulations.
Smart Machines: AI technology’s impact on Florida’s business sectors.
“Zoning data, the rules of the city, are usually 400- page PDFs and are really expensive to go through and understand,” says Ramos, who has a master’s degree in architecture from Columbia University and a master’s in real estate development from the University of Miami.
30 Catalizadoras Globales que te inspirarán este 2021
HER GLOBAL IMPACT conversó con cada una de ellas y les consultó respecto a su propósito y sueños. Te invitamos a conocerlas y conectarte con sus historias.
Building the Foundation of Foundation Building | Olivia Ramos at Deepblocks
In part two of our conversation, she discusses the process she undertook in acquiring funding for her company, and some insights on where she sees the most promising technological developments for the immediate and more distant future.
The High Rise Digitize | Olivia Ramos at Deepblocks
In this episode of UpTech Report, I talk to Olivia about the inspiration behind Deepblocks and how with her product, decisions that once took several weeks and tens of thousands of dollars can now be made in thirty seconds.
Executive Profile: CBRE’s Arden Karson on the best career advice she’s received
What attracted you to the property technology firm Deepblocks? I have this interest in startups. I was also drawn to the founder of the company, Olivia Ramos, her commitment and her intellect. She was really onto something.
Deepblocks opens to the public. Just in time for quarantine.
We’ve brought down our sign-up walls and are now open to the public with quite a bit of functionality.
University of Miami Interview: Olivia Ramos of Deepblocks
Olivia Ramos is an entrepreneur, architect, and founder and CEO of Deepblocks, an artificial intelligence company that uses data to optimize real estate development.
Are you Afraid of AI?
I subscribe to the idea that digitization and automation promise a future of abundance.
Deepblocks Custom PDF: Branded Real Estate Reports
We are proud to announce that we figured it out and the custom PDF report is now live.
Old buildings: What is Replacement Cost?
Replacement cost is asking the questions “how much would it cost if I had to build it from scratch?”.
Investing in Single-Family Homes? Find the ones zoned for duplex.
Single-family homes make up a large percentage of most of our cities’ total area. For example, in the City of Miami, 46,400 of 67,921 parcels (68%) are zoned for single-family homes.
How Big Data Will Impact Real Estate Buying, Selling and Developing
The emerging Big-Data-fueled technologies can provide new insights and approaches to how luxury real estate is developed, priced, sold and bought.
How are you educating your client?
The more sophisticated your clients get, the more you need to stay ahead of the curve. Provide value beyond that which is already available.
Why Brokers Need Zoning
Property listings have three general options: sell as-is, sell for its rehab potential, or sell for its development potential. Each option has a different type of buyer. The more you focus your sales pitch, the faster you close.
Deepblocks CEO to Speak at Opportunity Zones Event
Olivia Ramos of real estate financial analysis firm Deepblocks, will discuss how e-locks, blockchain and artificial intelligence are shaping the industry.
Money, tech and food: 10 coolest companies in Inc.’s Female Founders 100 list
These CEOs make protein from air, use blockchain to streamline real estate development and crunch satellite data in real time.
10 Innovative Women Building Mega-Successful Businesses That Are Shaking Up Their Industries
These founders are breaking new ground in some very traditional–and male-dominated–industries.
Deepblocks CEO Olivia Ramos included in INC. magazine’s Female Founders 100
Inc. magazine includes Deepblocks CEO Olivia Ramos as a Money Mover in their Female Founders 100 feature.
NYC Opportunity Zones: The Potential in Queens
This week, Jeff examines the hidden potential in Queens’ Opportunity Zones, by analyzing the difference between existing building stock and total gross buildable. What zip codes hold the most promise?
NYC: A Brooklyn Case Study
This week, a Case Study using Deepblocks software to analyze a single property in Brooklyn. Jeff goes through three different scenarios, and figures out what yields the best Return on Cost.
NYC: Leveraging Parcel Data
This week, Jeff delves into what’s possible to build in New York City’s Opportunity Zones, focusing on the three largest boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.
NYC Opportunity Zones: Land Use
This week, Jeff takes a look at NYC Opportunity Zones, and what uses seem to make the most sense in terms of developement.
NYC: Opportunity Zones!
Deepblocks’ New York City dataset has over 800,000 parcels! In the first post of a series, Jeff looks at Opportunity Zones in NYC. Can you guess which borough has the most Opportunity Zone parcels?
Industrial & Work Place in Miami’s Opportunity Zones
Jeff explores D1 and D2 zoning (Industrial and Work Place) to see the possibilities that open up for different types of development, especially considering that D1 allows the use Work-Live.
Edgewater: The Hot Opportunity Zone
The Edgewater neighborhood Opportunity Zone has been recently in the news. Jeff checks it out using our free web-based app Deepblocks Maps. After a quick survey, it was easy to see what the fuss was all about.
Interested in Opportunity Zones? Let data help guide your search for development opportunities.
In today’s post, Jeff examines the parcel make up of Miami Opportunity Zones from a bird’s-eye view, and speculates on optimal zoning types for development.
TOD’s in Miami’s Opportunity Zones.
This week, Jeff uncovered all the parcels within a Transit Oriented Development (TOD), which qualify for a reduction in parking requirements, as stated in the Miami 21 zoning code, and analyzed them using our Deepblocks software. Take a look!
Deepblocks Maps: Identify what and how much you can build in Miami
Deepblocks Maps is here! We’re very excited to announce our new, FREE web-based mobile and desktop application that instantly shows you what you can build in a growing number of cities.
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Refresh Miami: Catching up with Deepblocks as it prepares to scale in 1,000 cities
Olivia Ramos has a big vision for her property tech startup, Deepblocks: To revolutionize real estate development by helping to drive down costs of construction and enable better cities of the future.
The value of T4’s and T5’s in Miami’s Opportunity Zones
Jeff explores Miami21 regulations that favor buildings under 10,000 SF. Combined with the financial incentives of Opportunity Zones, some interesting value-added propositions arise.
Build More Units in Miami’s Opportunity Zones: The Multifamily Play
Jeff explores multifamily development plays that benefit from the juxtaposition of Opportunity Zones and RDIAs (Residential Density Increase Areas).
Startup.Miami spotlights Deepblocks
Startup.Miami features Deepblocks! In partnership with the Knight Foundation, Startup.Miami was created to become your guide to getting involved and established in Miami’s entrepreneurial community.
Deepblocks selected for Revolution’s Pitch Competition
Deepblocks is among 8 startups selected for Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Fund pitch competition. Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is an early stage venture fund backed by Eric Schmidt, Jeff Bezos, Henry Kravis, Howard Schultz, Meg Whitman, Jim Breyer, John Doerr and others.
Old Buildings in Miami’s Opportunity Zones
Old buildings offer untapped market possibilities for Opportunity Zone Funds, developers, brokers, property owners, and community stakeholders.
Vacant Land in Miami’s Opportunity Zones
Jeff explores the value-proposition within Opportunity Zones. Where are these parcels located? How much vacant land is there within Opportunity Zones?
Final Alpha Release
Our final Alpha release is live, and launched with a more robust architecture and some exciting new features. This is the last free version, and only available for a limited time. Make sure you sign up here.
Our Target Market: Why Deepblocks will partner with real estate brokers first
Real estate advisors are adopting technology to increase the speed of dealfinding, generating presentations, and marketing a deal. However, when it comes to investment analysis, they are still dependent on local experts, which slows down the entire process.
The Solution: Reinventing the Cycle
Artificial Intelligence processes information faster and more efficiently than the human brain: millions of data points per second. We want every development data point centralized and integrated into a single smart system that can traverse every city in the world. Deepblocks is innovating with smart tools that will help YOU change the way we live.
The Problem: Why build AI for Real Estate Development?
Students, brokers, advisors, agents, architects, investors, bankers, heirs, and contractors who want to contribute to the built environment are looking for new tools to discover, analyze, test and reinvent. What if those who have a different vision for the way people live have the tools to accomplish this?
$15 Billion and More for Opportunity Zone Funds: Optimize the Investment
Funds of $500M, and even $1B are being raised all over the United States to take advantage of government-initiated programs designed to provide capital for underserved communities.
$900 Million in Commissions: How Opportunity Zones Affect Brokers and How Deepblocks Can Help
Opportunity Zone Funds have caused quite the stir in the investment and real estate development world. Approximately $15 billion is being raised by the top 72 funds across the country.
Leadership in Action: Innovation for Impact at the Billion Scale
Deepblocks is poised to revolutionize real estate development by helping to drive down the costs of construction and enable better cities of the future.
Opportunity Zones: Points and Challenges
The Opportunity Zone extravaganza is flooding the real estate industry with speculation and appetite for alternative funding. It is timely: as interest rates rise and bank loans are less attractive, real estate development may find alternative funding.
Density
Density regulations shape our cities. They designate how many people will live in a specific area, which has implications on quality of life issues, especially at the ends of the spectrum. These include air quality, access to public transit, walkability, etc.
Setbacks
Setbacks shape the pedestrian experience. They regulate whether a pedestrian will encounter ground floor shops and cafes as they walk down a street, or lawns that separate them from building activity, while providing privacy to building dwellers. Setbacks also control minimum building separation.
Building Height
Heights are regulated in multiple ways, depending on the zone. Most zoning districts regulate building height, either as total number of floors or as a linear measure, and they also regulate the minimum and maximum dimensions of ground floors and typical floors.
Parking Requirements by Use
Parking is a huge factor in development. Most zoning districts have some type of parking requirement by use, which not only shapes the way our cities look, but also the way people live and interact with one another. Here are some definitions that are useful in this conversation.
Financial Outputs: The Back of Envelope
The BOE is a one-year snapshot of a real estate project’s financial performance, often used to filter bad deals from a series of development options. The idea is to produce a simple measure across all properties, such as return on cost (ROC).
Condo Financials
A condominium is a building, or complex of buildings, in which every apartment or home is individually owned. Financial analysis of a condominium is different from an income producing property because the return on cost (ROC) for a condominium is generated from the total sale of the condos instead of the rent cash flow.
Multifamily Financials
Multifamily residential is a rental income property that contains multiple separate housing units. A multifamily building generally has one owner, or landlord, that rents units to residential inhabitants, or tenants.
Hotel Financials
Hotels are lodging businesses that provide accommodation, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists. Hotel owners may own both the building and the business and are responsible for all expenses related to business operations and building improvements.
Industrial Financials
Industrial real estate projects house facilities that do activities such as production, manufacturing, assembly, warehousing, research, light storage, distribution, etc.
Office Financials
Office development financials are similar to other income properties with the exception that common areas are also part of the leasable space.
Single Family Financials
Single family refers to dwelling units, either attached or detached, designed to be used by a single household, and with direct access to the street.
Retail Financials
Retail (or commercial) development can be freestanding or part of a mixed-use project, such as shops and restaurants on the ground floor of a residential or office building.
Deepblocks: Unleashing the Power of Deep Technology in Real Estate
Real Estate Development has long been grappling with inaccurate prediction, fragmented tools, siloed data among diverse experts, long process and expensive planning of the project. To address these challenges, Deepblocks was started in 2016 at Singularity University’s Global Solutions Program
New Miami proptech can instantly estimate costs, returns on real estate projects
Deepblocks, a Miami-based property technology (proptech) company that has amassed $2.125 million in funding from prominent backers including real estate developers and CEOs, will launch its software platform for investors Oct. 3 and for the general public the next day.
Platform Miami | Deepblocks
Miami entrepreneur Olivia Ramos has many interests: real estate development, urbanism, architecture, sustainability, big data and machine learning. And she believed there was a big opportunity to optimize buildings and make cities more efficient.
Here are the frontier startups that presented at Singularity University’s third demo day
The nine startups participating in Singularity University’s accelerator program presented this afternoon at Moffett Federal Airfield just outside Mountain View, CA.
Singularity University Announces Selection of Eight Moonshot Initiatives for Startup Accelerator Program
Singularity University (SU), a global community using exponential technologies to tackle the world’s biggest challenges, today announced its new slate of startups accepted to its Startup Accelerator program.
Assessing Pricing Scenarios for 231 E Flagler ST: A Developer’s Perspective
We analyzed the 231 E Flagler ST listing by running it through multiple pricing scenarios, taking into account construction costs and potential rents based on …
Evaluating the Uniqueness of a Property: The Case of 231 E Flagler ST
Utilizing the Market Scanner to Compare Property Characteristics To determine the uniqueness of a property like 231 E Flagler ST, we use the market scanner …
Discovering a Rare Development Opportunity in Downtown Miami
Unearthing a Prime Listing in Downtown Miami We found a unique development opportunity at 231 E Flagler St in Downtown Miami, listed on Crexi and …
Evaluating the Feasibility of 423 NE 27th ST: Crunching the Numbers for a Profitable Investment
Feasibility Study to determine the profitability of investing in 423 NE 27th ST, we first maximized the residential units allowed, required parking, and minimum setbacks—on …
Comparable Properties: Assessing Value in the Edgewater Real Estate Market
Following our 423 NE 27th ST analysis, we delve into comparable properties within the Edgewater area. By examining the overlapping characteristics of these properties, we …
Tracing an Edgewater Property’s Journey: A Glimpse into the Sales History and Future Potential
Listing Research This week, we look closer at an Edgewater property with a notable sales history. Located at 423 NE 27th ST, this property was …
Balancing Expectations: Navigating Feasibility Studies with AI Assistance in Real Estate Investments
Feasibility studies often reveal harsh realities. In this post, we’ll explore a feasibility study for listing 3400 NE 2 AVE, Miami, FL. Initially, we estimate …
The Power of AI in Feasibility Studies: Uncovering Real Potential for Real Estate Investments
Feasibility studies are crucial in real estate investment, particularly for Value-Add and Opportunistic funds. The AI assistant provides preliminary zoning data on units allowed, parking …
Navigating the Final Stages of Site Selection: Analyzing Properties with AI Assistance
After narrowing down the list of potential investment properties, the AI now assists the analyst in comparing the remaining properties based on price, shape, existing …
Delving Deeper: AI-Assisted Analysis of Property Development Potential in Edgewater, Miami
The AI-Assisted Analysis compared three property listings in Edgewater to make informed investment decisions based on their lot sizes and the applicable zoning rules. Lot …
AI-Powered Site Selection with Deepblocks. Revolutionizing Real Estate Investment
Investors will turn to AI-powered tools for site selection and feasibility analysis as the real estate industry evolves. At Deepblocks, we’re pioneering the development of …
Maximizing Real Estate Investment Potential with Deepblocks
Discovering the Highest and Best Use for a Property Determining the highest and best use involves running multiple scenarios. We envisioned a software that automatically …
Deepblocks: A Powerful Tool for Analyzing Real Estate Investment Opportunities
Delving Deeper into Listing ID: A11353589 With a listing selected, Deepblocks provides images, descriptions, and zoning data to help you decide whether to operate or …
Leveraging AI-Powered Real Estate Software: Revolutionizing Property Searches and Investments
Envisioning the Future of PropTech As technology evolves, we are reimagining the interface between investors and cities. By blending cutting-edge advancements with user-friendly design, we …
Understanding Setbacks: Shaping the Layout of Buildings on a Lot
What are Setbacks? Setbacks are the minimum required distances between a building’s exterior walls and the property lines of a parcel of land. Setbacks ensure …
Exploring Zoning Lot Coverage: A Key Factor in Land Development
What is Zoning Lot Coverage? Zoning Lot Coverage refers to the percentage of a parcel of land that can be occupied by a building’s footprint, …
Navigating Unit Density Overlays and Future Land Use Maps for Optimal Investment Opportunities
The Impact of Unit Density Overlays on Allowed Unit Density Unit Density overlays, such as Miami’s Residential Density Increase Areas (RDIA), can significantly influence the …
Leveraging Unit Density: Identifying Acquisition Opportunities
Recognizing the Value of Unit Density in Acquisition Opportunities Unit density is a valuable metric when exploring acquisition opportunities, particularly when a parcel’s existing number …
Unlocking Potential: Identifying Underutilized Parcels for Maximum Unit Density
The Role of Unit Density in Uncovering Development Opportunities Unit Density is a valuable tool for pinpointing underutilized parcels with room for additional units. When …
Decoding Unit Density: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Residential Development Potential
Understanding Unit Density in Residential Developments Unit Density is a measure used to determine the number of allowable dwelling units on a specific parcel of …
The Power of Buildable Area: Deepblocks’ Game-Changing Approach to Real Estate
Streamlining Site Selection with Deepblocks’ Innovative Software Deepblocks is the only software on the market that enables users to filter properties across entire cities based …
Mastering FAR: The Key to Efficient Site Selection and Property Development
Streamlining Site Selection with FAR-based Market Queries FAR (Floor Area Ratio) is a metric that indicates the maximum development capacity of a property by comparing …
Balancing Risk in Property Development: By-Right vs. Conditional Uses
Mitigation and City Risk Profiles in Property Development Knowing which property uses are by-right versus conditional can help mitigate risk. It is risky if your …
Zoning Glossary: Zoning District Names
This week, I will review the most critical aspects of zoning intelligence. We start with the Zoning District Names, a series of alphanumeric strings on …
Feasibility Study: Build to Rent
Perform Feasibility Analysis for Build-to-Rent (BTR) with Deepblocks PRO On March 29th, Deepblocks hosted an informative LinkedIn Live session where we demonstrated the power of …
Decoding Zoning Data: Understanding the Three Key Offerings in the Real Estate Market
Zoning data has become increasingly important in the real estate market. However, there is lack of transparency on what constitutes a complete set of zoning …
The Rising Demand for Self-Storage in America
A Primarily American Phenomenon The self-storage phenomenon is primarily American, with 90% of global facilities found in the US. Considering 80% of the $38 billion …
Houghton’s Housing Hurdle: Exploring the Potential of Building Up
The Rise of Houghton and the Need for Housing Solutions Houghton, MI, is enjoying a surge in popularity thanks to remote work and a love …
Reviving Dayton’s Julienne High School Site: From Controversy to Urban Development
Community Efforts to Save the Historic Building The former Julienne High School, a historic building in Dayton, Ohio, faced controversy as community members fought to …
Revitalizing Syracuse: The Land Bank and Blueprint 15 Partnership
The Land Bank’s Role in Community Development. The Land Bank in Syracuse holds around 100 properties in the South Side. These properties were foreclosed on …
Reinventing Retail: Shopping Malls Convert to Residential Towers
The Shift in Retail Landscape and the Emergence of Housing Opportunities The retail landscape is transforming due to the decline of brick-and-mortar stores and the …
Frisco’s Wade Park: Tumultuous Journey to Reach Massive Potential
From Turmoil to Hope: The Ownership Journey of Frisco’s Wade Park Frisco’s Wade Park, a $2B, 120-acre project, has had a tumultuous ownership trajectory. The …
Philadelphia Community Fights for Affordable Housing
Dispute Over Demolition Moratorium Displaces 69 Households in Philadelphia A Philadelphia developer sued the city over a demolition moratorium and zoning changes. The developer’s decision …
Multifamily / Build-to-Rent Demo with Deepblocks Developer
Quickly Evaluate Multifamily / Build-to-Rent Sites with New Deepblocks Developer Tool During our webinar, which was live on LinkedIn on March 15th, we explored how …
The Economic Ripple Effect: How the Technology Sector Impacts California Cities
Tech’s Dual Impact: Median Income and Rent Growth in the Bay Area The technology sector has been a key contributor to the economic growth of …
The Rise of Suburban Living: Exploring Texas’ Thriving Suburbs
Embracing Suburban Living: Texas’ Expanding Residential Landscape Over the past decade, the Lone Star State has experienced significant growth in urban and suburban areas. While …
Gilbert, Arizona: A Well-Rounded City on the Rise
The Impressive Rise of Gilbert, Arizona: Dominating in Seven of Eight Growth Categories In Arizona, one city stands out as the most impressive: Gilbert. Gilbert, …
Top Florida Cities by Growth: An Analysis of Diversity, Crime, Ownership, and More
Examining the Top Three Cities and their Performance Across Eight Key Categories After analyzing 44 Florida cities with a population over 65,000, Doral, Homestead, and …
Predicting the Timing of Downturns in the Florida Construction Industry
How Can Machine Learning Help Investors Time Their Entry into the Florida Market? Deepblocks is using machine learning to predict the timing of local downturns …
Comparing the Recovery of Florida Cities from the 2008 Financial Crisis in the Construction Industry
Assessing the Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on Florida’s Construction Industry The construction industry experienced a sharp downturn during the financial crisis of 2008. …
Exploring the Benefits of High-Density Construction in Florida Cities
The Benefits of Density on the Economics of Urban Areas Density has economic benefits: High-density cities are often associated with vibrant economies, as they attract …
Exploring the Peak Construction Years in Florida’s Top Cities
Construction in Florida’s Top Cities: A Look at the Numbers and Trends Over the past decade, there has been a consistent increase in construction activity …
Deepblocks Developer: Mixed-use development in Brooklyn, NY
Last week, Michael Covone demonstrated a feasibility study for a mixed-use project in Brooklyn using Deepblocks Developer. During the webinar, Michael showcased how to generate …
Improving the Accuracy of 3D Modeling: The Importance of Zoning Data and Deepblocks API
Generative design software offers rapid prototypes of visualized buildings. The satisfaction of seeing your ideas come to life instantly is a huge benefit. However, without …
Unraveling Growth Potential in Tallahassee
Property Lot Size Existing Building Area Approximate Buildable Area Existing Residential Units Estimated Units Allowed 26,964,480 5,067,825 78,668,823 1,478 4,265 Understanding Buildable Areas and Residential …
A Vision of Miami’s Future Density Trajectory and the Impressive Growth of Edgewater
Exploring Miami’s future density expansion patterns. We have determined the city’s future density trajectory by analyzing Miami’s existing and potential densities. Our visualizations indicate that …
Predicting Future Urbanization
Revealing the future of Florida’s urban growth in a buildable area analysis. By digitizing the total buildable area across five Florida cities, we can compare …
The Importance of Sea Level Rise
If you missed Deepblocks’ live webinar last week, you can watch the recording here. In the webinar, Michael Covone and Olivia Ramos discuss the potential …
The Complexity of Zoning Data and the Potential of Advanced Technology
Understanding the Importance of Complete and Accurate Zoning Information for Real Estate Development and Property Ownership Digitization and automatic zoning calculation are becoming increasingly popular …
Exploring the Racial Distribution of Major Cities in Florida
An Analysis of Population Demographics in Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Tallahassee. The data on race distribution in Florida’s major cities reveal interesting patterns. For …
Unlocking Development Potential in Major Florida Cities: The Case for Affordable Housing
City Development Capacity (SF) Existing Building Inventory (SF) Development Delta Jacksonville 13,000,000,000 1,000,000,000 13 Tallahassee 7,000,000,000 200,000,000 35 Tampa 6,500,000,000 750,000,000 8.67 Orlando 2,500,000,000 500,000,000 …
Exploring the Floor Area Ratios of Major Cities in Florida
City Development Capacity SF City Size SF City FAR Jacksonville 13,000,000,000 24,378,505,087 0.53 Tallahassee 7,000,000,000 2,919,937,684 2.40 Tampa 6,500,000,000 4,901,888,983 1.33 Orlando 2,500,000,000 3,319,716,508 0.75 …
Public vs Private Real Estate Investing feat. Ehson Kolb
Are there any real estate Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) that encompass homebuilders, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), technology companies, and their supporting ecosystem? If you didn’t …
Trading Real Estate Like Stocks: The Power of Dynamic Market Insights
Unlocking the Potential of Investment Strategy with Deepblocks PRO Deepblocks PRO is more than just zoning data – it’s a platform leading the charge toward …
The Connection between Homeownership and Crime Trends in Major Florida Cities
A Closer Look at the Correlations between Ownership and Crime in Small and Large Cities Our analysis of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area revealed correlations …
Miami’s High Population Density and Sharp Decline in Crime Outshines Other Florida Cities
Comparing Population Density and Crime across five major Florida Cities. Astonishing Findings: The City of Miami’s high population density and a sharp decline in crime …
Exploring Major Florida Cities: A Comprehensive Comparison of Population, Inventory, and More.
We uncover the top-ranked Florida cities in the Deepblocks Density Index Report. The Florida cities density report compares five major cities based on seven categories: …
Correlations between Construction and Economics
In case you missed last week’s LinkedIn Live webinar, we’ve posted the video here. In case you missed it, here is last week’s interview in …
22 AI Real Estate Companies to Know
Buying a house in a competitive market is a mentally taxing venture that reportedly involves fourteen distinct emotional stages. That means real-estate agents have to show empathy and …
Deepblocks is using AI to make site selection more efficient and effective
By Riley Kaminer Miami startup Deepblocks provides high-precision digital tools that enable real estate developers and investors to pick the best site for their projects. The startup …
Developer Case Study: Mixed-Use in Medellin, Colombia
Using Deepblocks Developer, we can go worldwide and generate a new construction project analysis. Today we look at Medellin, Colombia. As an architecture student, I …
Deepblocks Developer is unique in its tailored assumptions and logic for each real estate development use.
Deepblocks Developer recognizes the unique characteristics of each development use type and incorporates a distinct set of assumptions to accommodate for this diversity. One of …
The lightest and most comprehensive real estate development software.
Deepblocks Developer includes a comprehensive 3D modeler, advanced financial analysis capabilities, and the ability to export data in both PDF and CSV formats. Let us …
A sophisticated software solution for comprehensive real estate development analysis.
The Deepblocks Developer offers a cost-effective solution with an array of essential real estate development tools in a single platform. During my graduate studies in …
UL Interview: A Deep Dive on Deepblocks, Bringing Demographic Data to Pro Forma Modeling
In search of the best tools on the market to optimize pro forma modeling and feasibility studies, Tim Moore, a manager at ULI Boston/New England …
Introducing Deepblocks Developer, a lighter feasibility software.
Deepblocks Developer combines all the functionalities needed to do a back-of-the-envelope calculation for development and acquisition. Excited to introduce a new product, Deepblocks Developer, a …
Hundreds of commercial development sites with buildable areas between 50,000 and 500,000 SF in Fort Worth’s tract 1237.
With the second fastest economic growth, Fort Worth’s tract has plenty of room for new development. Downtown Fort Worth has loads of development capacity. We …
Three hundred sixty-one homes near downtown Fort Worth are nearly 100 years old.
Fort Worth tract 1038.00, near downtown, has 797 homes built between 1900 and 1960s. There are numerous old houses with tons of character, great structures, …
Median income from 2013 to 2020 in downtown Fort Worth.
Some of Fort Worth’s downtown tracts’ median income has doubled in seven years. Fort Worth’s downtown tracts 1237.00 and 1038.00 are in the top five …
Top five tracts with the highest economic growth trends in Fort Worth, Texas.
These five tracts in Fort Worth, Texas, have the highest growth trends in median income, median rent, and employment per population. We’ve combined the trends …
Feature Friday: Sea Level Rise Dynamic Layer – A tool for investing in coastal cities.
How the altitude of land transforms investment narratives in coastal cities. The first time I heard about climate investing was when Little Haiti, a high-altitude …
Residential opportunities in Fort Worth’s tract 1110.20.
There are 21 residential investment opportunities for rebuilding or renovating this Fort Worth neighborhood. We are testing different formulas for identifying early investment opportunities. In …
The last vacant assemblages in Fort Worth’s census tract 1139.48.
In Fort Worth’s tract 1139.48, 16 vacant parcels and potential assemblages allow for light industrial, retail, or residential. Fort Worth’s tract 1139.48 is the third …
Fort Worth census tract 1139.46 has a median income of $123K and is the second fastest-growing population density.
What is happening in Fort Worth, Texas’s most luxurious and fastest-growing tract? Tract 1139.46 has the second fastest-growing population density in Fort Worth, Texas. Out …
These neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas, have the highest population density growth.
Fort Worth neighborhoods with the highest population density growth cluster in the northeast quadrant. Four of the top five tracts in Fort Worth with the …
Utopia in Fort Worth’s Downtown Tract 1233.02.
This Fort Worth downtown tract has unlimited zoning capacity and industrial-residential-agricultural mixed-use. We found a utopia in Texas. There is so much potential in downtown …
The Ecosystem Zoning Typology in tract 1139.31, Fort Worth, Texas.
Industrial zoning and residential development coexist in two of Fort Worth’s top investment tracts. Fort Worth’s distribution of zoning uses is fascinating. Tract 1139.31 is …
Development Opportunities in tract 1139.43, Fort Worth, Texas.
What is the potential breakdown of investment and development opportunities in tract 1139.43? Tract 1139.43 in Fort Worth, Texas, is an ecosystem with zoning equally …
The location of the top five Fort Worth neighborhoods according to our Investment Index.
Here are the locations of Fort Worth’s best neighborhoods for real estate investments. Data-driven real estate investing is like having local knowledge everywhere. Local developers …
Top five neighborhoods for real estate investment in Fort Worth, Texas.
We’ve compared all census tracts across Fort Worth based on demographics, construction, zoning, and economic conditions. Introducing our data-driven formula to identify census tracts with …
The Market Scanner: Instant Development Potential
Imagine asking a city, “Where can I build 80 multifamily units?” What if you can have a conversation with a city? What would you ask …
Arlington, Texas, has three times the development capacity of Garland and Irving.
Fort Worth has twice the development capacity of Dallas. Calculating the total development capacity of an entire city requires an arduous digitization process. Municipalities may …
Fort Worth plans for larger-than-life industrial growth.
Fort Worth’s tracts with the highest development density are all zoned for Industrial development. Zoning data is power. Not only can we identify where cities …
How to capture the direction of downtown expansion.
The juxtaposition of current and future density delivers direction for real estate growth. We separated the top five tracts with the highest current inventory density …
Visualization of future density: the path of an expanding downtown.
Mapping the future of density delivers the direction of a city’s growth. As a real estate developer, I’ve always wondered about the direction in which …
StartUp innovation techniques from Silicon Valley.
Is investment automation possible in real estate development? Over the past two weeks, I’ve shared findings from an automated, data-driven investment method. The objective is …
The Densest Neighborhoods in Irving, Texas
Is it possible that the highest density doesn’t always indicate a city’s downtown district? We expected to find downtown Irving within the top five densest …
What caused the 2018 construction boom in Irving, Texas?
Irving, Texas, went from building an average of five million square feet per year to 60 million square feet in 2018. Did Irving, Texas, really …
Comparing 50-year construction trends between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.
Dallas and Forth Worth have inverse 50-year construction trends. How should we interpret these trend lines? According to our 50-year construction trend data, Fort Worth …
Are economic trends and construction activity correlated?
We have discovered a direct correlation between economic trends and construction activity in the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA. The correlation between construction activity and economic trends …
Deepblocks launches functionality to export development assumptions.
FEATURE FRIDAY With Deepblocks, you can export a CSV of the back-of-the-envelope development assumptions and integrate it into your pro forma. There is nothing like …
Ownership and crime in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
What is the relationship between ownership and crime trend lines in small versus large cities? One of the most interesting correlations from our Deepblocks density …
Density growth index applied to Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
How to leverage data to detect investment opportunities automatically? The first step is determining which city has the best metrics. We conducted a pilot study …
Density is the next level investment metric.
What is density, and how can we use it to identify early real estate investment opportunities? There are many ways to look at geographic data, …
Real Estate Investment Automation: Narrowing down the best neighborhoods.
We used a data-driven approach to narrow down the best neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas. Fort Worth, Texas, has 218 census tracts. The data we’ve …
How many Multifamily Development Opportunities in Downtown Dallas, Texas?
In Downtown Dallas, 190 sites are vacant and allow between 100-500 units, and only six of those sites are larger than 9,600 SF.
How much development potential is in Dallas, Texas?
Dallas, Texas has 294,122 sites, and 12% are vacant. That’s 35,643 vacant sites. Moreover, 17% of the vacant sites allow for the construction of at least 100 units. That’s 6,299 vacant sites with massive multifamily development.
How many cities do we have live in the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA?
Two MSAs were in most demand, Dallas-Fort Worth and Tampa, Florida. These cities make sense because Texas and Florida benefited from the most significant migration influxes.
How is data science different from software engineering?
Data science requires a curiosity for the subject matter, intimacy, a timid conversation, and a delicacy in each step. The results are unknown. There is nothing to win by rushing or arriving at a fast conclusion. It is consistent discovery, moving targets, a dance, or at least a hopeful embrace with data.
Are there multifamily opportunities in Lincoln Park, Chicago?
Using the Deepblocks software, you can also test fit the development project. To maximize the total allowable units, we had to make the average unit size 410 SF. Units this size will be tiny one-bedrooms or small studios.
Are there assemblage opportunities in Bridgeport, Chicago?
Deepblocks digitized the Chicago zoning map to help anyone find assemblages. You simply search for sites that allow for more than seven, in the case of Bridgeport, and that also have less than 3,000 SF of existing building area.
How many multifamily assemblage opportunities are in West Town, Chicago?
Assemblages are growing in popularity due to the lack of land for new development. Using the deepblocks software, we first scoped out the general density of the area and noticed that most of the properties can yield between five and twenty units each.
How many sites have development potential in Chicago?
Chicago has 604,319 properties under the Chicago Zoning Map. Deepblocks has digitized the Chicago Zoning Map to identify where the development opportunities are across the city.
We have zoning for 16,430,232 sites in the US.
Deepblocks software includes zoning data for 16,430,232 sites in the US. Moreover, these data points are not just digitized, they are all part of powerful site-selection functionality
Interested in the Chicago Zoning Map?
The Chicago zoning map is currently the most analyzed among all metropolitan cities. We looked into it, and it makes sense; Chicago is amidst a dozen mega development projects.
Looking for Multifamily Development Opportunities?
Searching by units allowed is most straightforward in cities with zoning ordinances that include a unit-density value. This metric can vary from city to city and even within zoning ordinances.
Why is the total buildable area the ultimate zoning value?
Total buildable area normalizes parcels and allows us to compare how much we can build, apples to apples. At the city scale, this metric gives us an instant snapshot of where a city is planning its growth.
What is a development multiple?
A development multiple tells us how much development potential there is on any given property. It is an abstraction of how much room there is left for development.
Can the Inland Empire be the foundation for a circular city?
There are benefits beyond having our “One-Step Hair Dryer and Volumizer” delivered on the same day. We’d have an opportunity for a truly circular economy. With this hybrid city, we reduce the need for transportation of all things.
Can industrial warehouses and residential zoning coexist?
The only way to fulfill nearly instant delivery expectations is to bring the warehouses closer to our homes.
Meet the top 30 Miami Founders of 2022
Miami Girls Foundation and Design District Miami present 2022 Miami Founders Award to recognize top 30 companies and women-founders behind them. To celebrate the legacy …
What are the goals of our cities?
Our cities result from geometric urban design in collision with the economics of real estate development. Shaping a city is not trivial.
Why can’t humans predict exponential growth?
During my time at Singularity, I had one of my career’s most important epiphanies—humans can’t predict exponential growth.
What is a Smart City? A Brief Introduction
The future city is a living organism with an artificial mind that provides insights to decision-makers and the community.
Six exciting South Florida and Miami companies to watch out for in 2022
The potential of AI seems to be limitless and Deepblocks offers a tool that harnesses some of that power. Their technology allows real estate developers to pinpoint parcels of real property and plan their projects accordingly.
22 STARTUPS TO WATCH IN 2022
Deepblocks, which is designed to optimize returns for real estate investors, has secured at least $2.3 million from investors including CRCM Ventures and Singularity University Ventures.
These are the women in Miami tech you need to know
Ramos is the founder and CEO of Deepblocks, a property technology venture that uses artificial intelligence to help real estate developers identify parcels for their projects.
Austin, TX, Single Family Development: One unit per lot.
Explore Austin, TX, single-family community development and discover how to scan markets based on zoning criteria.
New Ideas to Solve America’s Housing Affordability Crisis
Deepblocks – Miami, Florida: Deepblocks is utilizing technology to reshape development an entitlement decisions through a real-time analysis of financial and market data, in combination with local building regulations.
Smart Machines: AI technology’s impact on Florida’s business sectors.
“Zoning data, the rules of the city, are usually 400- page PDFs and are really expensive to go through and understand,” says Ramos, who has a master’s degree in architecture from Columbia University and a master’s in real estate development from the University of Miami.
30 Catalizadoras Globales que te inspirarán este 2021
HER GLOBAL IMPACT conversó con cada una de ellas y les consultó respecto a su propósito y sueños. Te invitamos a conocerlas y conectarte con sus historias.
Building the Foundation of Foundation Building | Olivia Ramos at Deepblocks
In part two of our conversation, she discusses the process she undertook in acquiring funding for her company, and some insights on where she sees the most promising technological developments for the immediate and more distant future.
The High Rise Digitize | Olivia Ramos at Deepblocks
In this episode of UpTech Report, I talk to Olivia about the inspiration behind Deepblocks and how with her product, decisions that once took several weeks and tens of thousands of dollars can now be made in thirty seconds.
Executive Profile: CBRE’s Arden Karson on the best career advice she’s received
What attracted you to the property technology firm Deepblocks? I have this interest in startups. I was also drawn to the founder of the company, Olivia Ramos, her commitment and her intellect. She was really onto something.
Deepblocks opens to the public. Just in time for quarantine.
We’ve brought down our sign-up walls and are now open to the public with quite a bit of functionality.
University of Miami Interview: Olivia Ramos of Deepblocks
Olivia Ramos is an entrepreneur, architect, and founder and CEO of Deepblocks, an artificial intelligence company that uses data to optimize real estate development.
Are you Afraid of AI?
I subscribe to the idea that digitization and automation promise a future of abundance.
Deepblocks Custom PDF: Branded Real Estate Reports
We are proud to announce that we figured it out and the custom PDF report is now live.
Old buildings: What is Replacement Cost?
Replacement cost is asking the questions “how much would it cost if I had to build it from scratch?”.
Investing in Single-Family Homes? Find the ones zoned for duplex.
Single-family homes make up a large percentage of most of our cities’ total area. For example, in the City of Miami, 46,400 of 67,921 parcels (68%) are zoned for single-family homes.
How Big Data Will Impact Real Estate Buying, Selling and Developing
The emerging Big-Data-fueled technologies can provide new insights and approaches to how luxury real estate is developed, priced, sold and bought.
How are you educating your client?
The more sophisticated your clients get, the more you need to stay ahead of the curve. Provide value beyond that which is already available.
Why Brokers Need Zoning
Property listings have three general options: sell as-is, sell for its rehab potential, or sell for its development potential. Each option has a different type of buyer. The more you focus your sales pitch, the faster you close.
Deepblocks CEO to Speak at Opportunity Zones Event
Olivia Ramos of real estate financial analysis firm Deepblocks, will discuss how e-locks, blockchain and artificial intelligence are shaping the industry.
Money, tech and food: 10 coolest companies in Inc.’s Female Founders 100 list
These CEOs make protein from air, use blockchain to streamline real estate development and crunch satellite data in real time.
10 Innovative Women Building Mega-Successful Businesses That Are Shaking Up Their Industries
These founders are breaking new ground in some very traditional–and male-dominated–industries.
Deepblocks CEO Olivia Ramos included in INC. magazine’s Female Founders 100
Inc. magazine includes Deepblocks CEO Olivia Ramos as a Money Mover in their Female Founders 100 feature.
NYC Opportunity Zones: The Potential in Queens
This week, Jeff examines the hidden potential in Queens’ Opportunity Zones, by analyzing the difference between existing building stock and total gross buildable. What zip codes hold the most promise?
NYC: A Brooklyn Case Study
This week, a Case Study using Deepblocks software to analyze a single property in Brooklyn. Jeff goes through three different scenarios, and figures out what yields the best Return on Cost.
NYC: Leveraging Parcel Data
This week, Jeff delves into what’s possible to build in New York City’s Opportunity Zones, focusing on the three largest boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.
NYC Opportunity Zones: Land Use
This week, Jeff takes a look at NYC Opportunity Zones, and what uses seem to make the most sense in terms of developement.
NYC: Opportunity Zones!
Deepblocks’ New York City dataset has over 800,000 parcels! In the first post of a series, Jeff looks at Opportunity Zones in NYC. Can you guess which borough has the most Opportunity Zone parcels?
Industrial & Work Place in Miami’s Opportunity Zones
Jeff explores D1 and D2 zoning (Industrial and Work Place) to see the possibilities that open up for different types of development, especially considering that D1 allows the use Work-Live.
Edgewater: The Hot Opportunity Zone
The Edgewater neighborhood Opportunity Zone has been recently in the news. Jeff checks it out using our free web-based app Deepblocks Maps. After a quick survey, it was easy to see what the fuss was all about.
Interested in Opportunity Zones? Let data help guide your search for development opportunities.
In today’s post, Jeff examines the parcel make up of Miami Opportunity Zones from a bird’s-eye view, and speculates on optimal zoning types for development.
TOD’s in Miami’s Opportunity Zones.
This week, Jeff uncovered all the parcels within a Transit Oriented Development (TOD), which qualify for a reduction in parking requirements, as stated in the Miami 21 zoning code, and analyzed them using our Deepblocks software. Take a look!
Deepblocks Maps: Identify what and how much you can build in Miami
Deepblocks Maps is here! We’re very excited to announce our new, FREE web-based mobile and desktop application that instantly shows you what you can build in a growing number of cities.
maps.deepblocks.com
Refresh Miami: Catching up with Deepblocks as it prepares to scale in 1,000 cities
Olivia Ramos has a big vision for her property tech startup, Deepblocks: To revolutionize real estate development by helping to drive down costs of construction and enable better cities of the future.
The value of T4’s and T5’s in Miami’s Opportunity Zones
Jeff explores Miami21 regulations that favor buildings under 10,000 SF. Combined with the financial incentives of Opportunity Zones, some interesting value-added propositions arise.
Build More Units in Miami’s Opportunity Zones: The Multifamily Play
Jeff explores multifamily development plays that benefit from the juxtaposition of Opportunity Zones and RDIAs (Residential Density Increase Areas).
Startup.Miami spotlights Deepblocks
Startup.Miami features Deepblocks! In partnership with the Knight Foundation, Startup.Miami was created to become your guide to getting involved and established in Miami’s entrepreneurial community.
Deepblocks selected for Revolution’s Pitch Competition
Deepblocks is among 8 startups selected for Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Fund pitch competition. Rise of the Rest Seed Fund is an early stage venture fund backed by Eric Schmidt, Jeff Bezos, Henry Kravis, Howard Schultz, Meg Whitman, Jim Breyer, John Doerr and others.
Old Buildings in Miami’s Opportunity Zones
Old buildings offer untapped market possibilities for Opportunity Zone Funds, developers, brokers, property owners, and community stakeholders.
Vacant Land in Miami’s Opportunity Zones
Jeff explores the value-proposition within Opportunity Zones. Where are these parcels located? How much vacant land is there within Opportunity Zones?
Final Alpha Release
Our final Alpha release is live, and launched with a more robust architecture and some exciting new features. This is the last free version, and only available for a limited time. Make sure you sign up here.
Our Target Market: Why Deepblocks will partner with real estate brokers first
Real estate advisors are adopting technology to increase the speed of dealfinding, generating presentations, and marketing a deal. However, when it comes to investment analysis, they are still dependent on local experts, which slows down the entire process.
The Solution: Reinventing the Cycle
Artificial Intelligence processes information faster and more efficiently than the human brain: millions of data points per second. We want every development data point centralized and integrated into a single smart system that can traverse every city in the world. Deepblocks is innovating with smart tools that will help YOU change the way we live.
The Problem: Why build AI for Real Estate Development?
Students, brokers, advisors, agents, architects, investors, bankers, heirs, and contractors who want to contribute to the built environment are looking for new tools to discover, analyze, test and reinvent. What if those who have a different vision for the way people live have the tools to accomplish this?
$15 Billion and More for Opportunity Zone Funds: Optimize the Investment
Funds of $500M, and even $1B are being raised all over the United States to take advantage of government-initiated programs designed to provide capital for underserved communities.
$900 Million in Commissions: How Opportunity Zones Affect Brokers and How Deepblocks Can Help
Opportunity Zone Funds have caused quite the stir in the investment and real estate development world. Approximately $15 billion is being raised by the top 72 funds across the country.
Leadership in Action: Innovation for Impact at the Billion Scale
Deepblocks is poised to revolutionize real estate development by helping to drive down the costs of construction and enable better cities of the future.
Opportunity Zones: Points and Challenges
The Opportunity Zone extravaganza is flooding the real estate industry with speculation and appetite for alternative funding. It is timely: as interest rates rise and bank loans are less attractive, real estate development may find alternative funding.
Density
Density regulations shape our cities. They designate how many people will live in a specific area, which has implications on quality of life issues, especially at the ends of the spectrum. These include air quality, access to public transit, walkability, etc.
Setbacks
Setbacks shape the pedestrian experience. They regulate whether a pedestrian will encounter ground floor shops and cafes as they walk down a street, or lawns that separate them from building activity, while providing privacy to building dwellers. Setbacks also control minimum building separation.
Building Height
Heights are regulated in multiple ways, depending on the zone. Most zoning districts regulate building height, either as total number of floors or as a linear measure, and they also regulate the minimum and maximum dimensions of ground floors and typical floors.
Parking Requirements by Use
Parking is a huge factor in development. Most zoning districts have some type of parking requirement by use, which not only shapes the way our cities look, but also the way people live and interact with one another. Here are some definitions that are useful in this conversation.