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Understanding Setbacks: Shaping the Layout of Buildings on a Lot

Understanding Setbacks: Shaping the Layout of Buildings on a Lot

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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 that buildings maintain a certain distance from streets, neighboring properties, and other structures, to regulate light, air, and privacy. The Purpose of Setback Regulations Setback regulations are designed to provide …

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The Power of Buildable Area

The Power of Buildable Area: Deepblocks’ Game-Changing Approach to Real Estate

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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 on their total buildable area. Combined with the existing building area, it identifies properties with significant development capacity, streamlining site selection. The Importance of Buildable Area in Property Evaluation Buildable …

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Houghton’s Housing Hurdle: Exploring the Potential of Building Up

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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 for outdoor recreation. The Upper Peninsula’s branding strategy now emphasizes quality of life and natural assets. The region is in dire need of more housing – but what about taller …

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Reviving Dayton’s Julienne High School Site: From Controversy to Urban Development

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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 save it from demolition in 2012. They suggested repurposing the site for transitional housing, job training, or community centers.  HōM Flats at Forest Avenue: A New Vision for Affordable Housing …

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Exploring the Racial Distribution of Major Cities in Florida

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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 instance, the more north you go in Florida, the lower the percentage of Hispanic residents in the major cities. Meanwhile, Orlando has a more evenly distributed racial makeup. Decreasing Hispanic …

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22 AI Real Estate Companies to Know

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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 compassion when prospective buyers need a boost—in other words, can’t be bots. In 2014, an AI-powered bot showed enough humanity to pass the Turing Test, but it passed as a 13-year-old boy. Thirteen-year-olds don’t typically sell …

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Fort Worth plans for larger-than-life industrial growth.

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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 are placing their future density, but we can also see their zoning type. Fort Worth’s top three development capacity tracts are in industrial zoning districts. At Deepblocks, we find this …

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A line graph showing the drastic increase of construction in Irving, Texas in 2018.

What caused the 2018 construction boom in Irving, Texas?

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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 finish 60,000,000 SF of construction in 2018? When we compared construction activity within the last ten years across Fort Worth, Dallas, Irving, Garland, and Arlington. Irving ranked highest in activity. …

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Comparing 50-year construction trends between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.

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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 is increasingly bullish on new development, while Dallas is not so much. If we started the trend line in 1990, the two cities would look similar. Trend lines are tricky. …

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