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Bay Area Millennials Demand Agrihoods in Residential Purchases

SANTA CLARA, CA—As a result of creating fruit and vegetable landscapes within communities, agrihoods, developers have realized a 7% property value increase and draw in a wider demographic of buyers.

Farmscape Developers have realized a 7% property value increase from Farmscape.

SANTA CLARA, CA—With the decline in the past century’s victory garden trend, edible gardens are back at the forefront and proving popular among single-family homeowners. Farmscape, the largest urban farming venture in California, is now capturing this demand.

Farmscape works with developers, architects and cities to turn cookie-cutter communities into agrihoods (agricultural neighborhoods). As a result of creating fruit and vegetable landscapes within communities, developers have realized a 7% property value increase from Farmscape. The aesthetic attributes not only attracts a higher future sale, but has also drawn in a wider demographic of individual property buyers who are looking to live in a more interactive community environment.

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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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