Tennessee Gives Cities Power To Slash Tax Bills For Affordable Housing
A new Tennessee rule lets cities opt to exclude housing tax‑credit value from property assessments, easing financing for LIHTC projects and potentially unlocking thousands more affordable apartments.
Sterling Ranch Showdown: Douglas County Suburb Takes Its Rain Fight To Water Court
Dominion has moved Sterling Ranch’s rainwater-harvesting pilot into Colorado water court as it seeks permission to capture roughly 111 acre-feet a year for park irrigation. The case will test legal limits on large-scale rain collection and could set a statewide precedent.
Oliver Hospitality Expands Into Sarasota And Detroit
Nashville’s Oliver Hospitality is expanding beyond Tennessee, adding The Sarasota Modern, plotting a Detroit boutique and moving ahead with historic rehabs in Aiken and Knoxville.
New $53 Million ‘Treehouse’ School Rising To Ease Seagoville Crowd
KAI and Dallas ISD kicked off construction on a $53 million Seagoville PK‑8 that pairs labs, arts rooms and outdoor learning on a 100‑acre campus. The two‑story school will hold roughly 800 students and is slated to open in 2027.
Long-Vacant Bermite Site Inches Toward 5,750-Home Reboot
The city signed off on a program environmental review for Sunridge — the New Urban West plan to remake the former Whittaker‑Bermite site into homes, parks and shops. The move funds a PEIR that will study traffic, cleanup questions and the project’s scale.












