Part of our issue in addressing the US housing shortage is the real estate industry’s ability to efficiently and affordably build new inventory. To this end, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development hosted its fourth annual Innovative Housing Showcase on the National Mall in Washington…

3d Printing, Modular, and Prefab is one of the sectors covered in GEM’s Ecosystem Intelligence series. The broader category is a topic I’m personally fascinated with, dating back to long before the 2018 partnership between New Story and ICON, and my reflections on 2018 (*GEM…

[Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of our 237th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM members on December 22th, 2022. Below, I look back on a year that saw iBuying turmoil, carnage in the public markets, 3D…

If you can’t get excited about 3D printed homes in the developing world for $4,000 for those living in extreme poverty, well…I don’t know what to say. Congrats to New Story and ICON. Simply amazing work (short video here).