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Sustainable development

Sustainable Development Is a Long-Duration Asset Class — Why Tyson Dirksen Believes It Demands Generational Capital

Sustainable development does more than enhance a building’s technical performance. It fundamentally changes the timeline of value creation. And that shift is frequently misunderstood — and mispriced — by capital markets. The International Energy Agency reports that the built environment accounts for nearly 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions. That…
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Long-Cycle Development Risk Management: Engineering for Duration

Why Duration, Not Volatility, Defines Real Estate Outcomes Most real estate risk frameworks are built around volatility. They focus on cap rates.They stress interest rate shocks.They model exit sensitivity. But in long-cycle development, the dominant variable is not price movement. It is time. When timelines extend, capital structures weaken, governance…
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Commercial Real Estate Development: Building Assets for Long-Term Performance

Creating high-performing commercial assets requires more than construction—it demands strategy, discipline, and long-term vision. Commercial real estate development is the process of transforming land or existing properties into income-generating assets designed to perform across market cycles. This on-page guide explains how commercial real estate development supports sustainable growth, how it…