Page 23 - Green Builder May-June 2017 Issue

HOUSING

THE MANY

Sustainable Multi-family
Projects, Products and Practices

eady or not, millennial
demographics and desires are
reshaping the American Dream
by reorienting future growth
in denser urban areas. To profit
and thrive in this new world,
R here are projects, products
and design ideas for the kind of housing
new buyers actually want. The dream of
a single-family home in the ‘burbs isn’t
dead. But for millions of (mostly) younger
Americans, it’s rapidly being eclipsed by
a new narrative: a “hands-free” life in
or near a city, where autonomous cars
or affordable public transit and bikes
provide transportation, where apartments
and condos—not lawn care and auto-
dependent jobs—are the new normal. Here
are several stories to help you create your
own roadmap into this emerging market.

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