As the year wraps up, Partner Donald Clinton shares his forecast for the city’s real estate market in 2017:

Affordable housing goes super green.

“Affordable housing developers are embracing the latest in energy efficient construction — like Passive House standards — as a way to keep operating costs down,” said Don Clinton, partner at Cooper Robertson architecture and design firm.

“This uptick is driven by sustainability advocates working together with the nonprofits who provide financing for affordable housing projects,” he said.

‘We’ll likely also see affordable housing developments that are more sustainable and technologically advanced than a lot of their market-rate counterparts.”

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