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Construction Costs Continue to Vex Residential Plans

The focus is creating the highest and best use for each site but construction and land costs add challenges to an already challenging situation, while community designs continue to be responsive to buyer needs.

Perch residential community Community of the year, Perch, was the first to offer rooftop decks in Dublin.

OAKLAND, CA—Despite challenges within an already challenging residential building industry, designers work closely with planners, city officials and builders to create communities that fill the needs of prospective buyers. That process pays off when a project is successfully completed and even better, when awards are to follow.

The Oakland office of KTGY Architecture + Planning was honored at the 2018 Building Industry Association Bay Area Excellence in Home Building Awards program held last week. KTGY took home top awards in four award categories, including community of the year for both detached and attached residential communities plus eight finalist honors.

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.

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