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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 who conducts technical assistance panels (TAPs), came across Deepblocks earlier this year. Moore is especially interested in finding ways to cut down on the soft...

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 back-of-the-envelope software combining 3D modeling, financial projections, and PDF presentations. It's equivalent to having Excel, SketchUp, and PowerPoint in an integrated workflow. All for $18/mo....

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 adjusted the Deepblocks’ search for properties with less than 3,000 square feet. For this exercise, we considered these vacant. Then we searched for the allowable...

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, and solid foundations. When I looked into tract 1038.00 in Fort Worth, I found the following opportunities: 797 houses built before 1960 and 361 built...

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 of economic growth. I used the Deepblocks dynamic layers to see how median income changed from 2013 to 2020. This feature helps create investment narratives...

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 for median income, median rent, and employment per population into a single economic index. These five tracts have the highest combined trends across all 218...

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 Miami neighborhood, began to attract investors and members of nearby communities. Simultaneously, friends in low-altitude waterfront neighborhoods, like Miami Shores, began to sell. Why is...

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 other words: Where can I buy relatively cheap now and hold 5-7 years for a big return? This Fort Worth neighborhood, tract 1110.20, has an...

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 fastest-growing population density out of 218 tracts. Since 2010, its population has doubled. The median income is $80k; however, almost every adjacent tract is in...

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 of the top five in this category, it has the highest median income of $123K. The race distribution is relatively homogeneous, with the white population...

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 highest population density growth are in the northeast quadrant. Something is happening in this region of Fort Worth, and we received validation from the locals...

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 tract 1233.02. Not only does it have unlimited buildable area in the zoning rules, but it also allows for multifamily, industrial, and urban agriculture—on the...