Inflation moderating? Dollar General says cost to build a new store is up 30% in one year. $DG ⁦Dollar General⁩ fool.com/earnings/call-…

Poorly executed ‘quiet luxury’ can look dull with a monotonous array of beige walls, off-white carpets, and too many mouse-hued amenities. The result: chromophobic decor that’s the decorating equivalent of elevator small talk. wsj.com/articles/quiet…

Exceptional #design never goes out of style Neiman Marcus store at Fashion Valley open in 1981 and looks as classy today as when it opened @fashionvalleyca #style #architecture

What a difference an afternoon makes when viewing @ateliersisu iridescent bubble-tecture sculptures. Pop-up installation for this weekends #NBAallstar event

Great tag line Chipotle “Filling and Thrilling Since 1993” that I had not seen on their receipt before.

Louis Vuitton store at South Park Mall Charlotte feature’s the brands large scale floral pattern made from plate aluminum geometrically cut on the face and edge coated with highly polished chrome. Creates a beautiful relief and constantly changing pattern when viewed from

Is Fashion really back at the mall? wsj.com/style/fashion/…

Here's a list of things that took less time to BUILD than it takes to complete a 575 page Environmental Impact Statement today!

 Number of Apple stores: 🇺🇸US: 273 🇨🇳China: 48 🇬🇧UK: 40 🇨🇦Canada: 28 🇦🇺Australia: 22 🇫🇷France: 20 🇮🇹Italy: 17 🇩🇪Germany: 16 🇪🇸Spain: 12 🇯🇵Japan: 10 🇰🇷South Korea: 7 🇭🇰Hong Kong: 6 🇦🇪UAE: 4 🇨🇭Switzerland: 4 🇳🇱Netherlands: 3 🇸🇪Sweden: 3 🇹🇷Turkey: 3 🇸🇬Singapore: 3 🇧🇷Brazil: 2

Pages in the Code of Federal Regulations: - 1950: 9745 - 2019: 186,000 Massive increase.

Retail square footage continues to shrink pushing occupancy rates higher across all retail platforms. New delivery of retail space has dropped from a net average of 72M sf pre ‘17 to 39M sf annually since.

Contemporary multifamily architecture with running bands that now wrap around and become a cornice element. Seen all around the country. #architecture #multifamily #apartments

Never visualized Sponge Bob and Boston City Hall in the same image!

Boston built gorgeous 5-story buildings like this in the 1800s—no parking, no setbacks, no NIMBY lawsuits. Today, zoning would make it illegal to build everywhere in Massachusetts. We didn’t lose the ability to build places like this, we’ve just regulated it out of existence.

Monon Greenway in Carmel is a fantastic urban amenity that has driven development along the corridor adding over 1,300 housing units in the last several years

Interesting if the stats are accurate

Online returns of apparel stand at 22% vs 6.2% in store costing retailers $38B. Unsustainable!

Diagrid’s early use in 1963 is the precursor to current use in modern buildings including skyscrapers

So Just-In-Time home delivery started in 1881 did not know that. Fascinating.

“Understanding consumers enables cultural relevance , which drives brand desire, which is what fuels performance, and sales” Joon Silverstein - Coach CMO - Mapping Coach’s Course Toward $10 Billion in Sales wsj.com/business/media…