Five recurring series examining the forces that shape cities. Each approaches the central question from a different discipline — economics, ownership, culture, practice, and measurement.
Series 01
The Economics of Place
How public investment, institutional capital, and economic development policy shape the value of cities — and who captures the return.
Series 02
Who Owns This?
Investigations into land ownership, corporate real estate, institutional holdings, and the economic power structures behind the built environment.
Series 03
The Cultural Economy
Arts, entertainment, sports, hospitality, and the creative industries analyzed as economic sectors — not as amenities.
Series 04
The Developer's Journal
Observations from building, financing, and operating place-based ventures. The practice of creating value in the built environment.
Series 05 — The Framework
The Seven Capitals
The Place Capital Framework — seven interconnected forms of capital that determine the economic future of cities. Financial capital is the one most cities measure. It is not the one most cities are missing.
■ Financial ■ Physical ■ Cultural ■ Human ■ Institutional ■ Social ■ Political
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