◥◤Kriston Capps
@kristoncapps
Housing and design for @citylab. 🦋: kristoncapps 📸: kriston_capps 💌: [email protected]
This is a story about Monarch, the fastest growing landlord in the Midwest. @sarahsholder and I tracked how Monarch uses evictions to squeeze tenants and spike rents — "popping the clutch," as Monarch's CEO puts it — even when evictions were banned. bloom.bg/3MdwuDn
Muriel Bowser and Josh Allen tried to force the City Council to accept a take-it-or-leave-it deal. The Council called their bluff and now the owners are going to have to negotiate
“July 15 or else.” “Trump might get involved.” “Vote by July 31. We’re serious!” 🧐 Gov Moore in MD just said this week they’ll be redeveloping their site. And remember, VA still has Senator Lucas. This is just pressure in high stakes deal where DC is clearly preferred location.
Again this is a critic just saying "number big" without asking any questions or really saying anything at all. You can argue that it would save money to simply knock the building down and replace it but that's not what the first Trump administration decided to do.
A renovation of $6,500 per sq. Ft good is grossly incompetent . Like spending $20 ml on a 3,000 sq ft building.those involved should have no role in economics or renovations @KimStrassel @DanHenninger @BillOReilly@WSJ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Actual footage from the Fed's HQ construction site. youtu.be/dxVvnJMqWOY?si…
The excavation work for the Fed's HQ upgrade was so challenging that the contractors won an award for "excellence in the face of adversity" from a building trades association in 2025. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Jay Powell's White House critics won't tell you about the actual work going into the Fed renovation, but if you want to know why it costs so much, here's why. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Asbestos removal does not cost $2.5 billion dollars.
San Angelo LIVE! was on the ground at Civic League Park on June 14 for the “No Kings” protest. sanangelolive.com/news/san-angel…
Exciting series, I'm signing up
Housing finance programs have been a hot topic the past few weeks, but we've seen a good bit of misunderstanding and factual error. So we're launching an education series for journalists, think tankers, and policy entrepreneurs who want to "come correct" to the future discourse.
The White House brushes off the downgrade x.com/StevenCheung47…
Mark Zandi, the economist for Moody’s, is an Obama advisor and Clinton donor who has been a Never Trumper since 2016. Nobody takes his “analysis” seriously. He has been proven wrong time and time again.
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Bloomberg News has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for a collection of essays by contributor @langealexandra. The series published in Bloomberg CityLab explores how urban design and architecture impact parents and kids 🧵bloomberg.com/features/desig…
Bit strong but this is the most extreme case for historic preservation standing today
Historic preservation is a civilization destroying mind virus bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Girl, same
Just dreaming about the peaceful ice of Europa.