Ryan Johnson

The biggest reason we don’t have more walkable neighborhoods is because they are illegal youtu.be/4UAZMEpOKTI?si…

Opendoor can choose anywhere on the spectrum of maximizing mortgage margin to using low priced mortgages as a growth engine for the core business. And not only will it help with homes Opendoor owns, but Opendoor can provide mortgages for buyers of other homes. It has structural advantages vs the high cost per click and/or high MLO costs of others.

@moseskagan Host at Cocina Chiwas at Culdesac?

Phoenix real estate people: My friends Andrew Segal & Chris DeRose are trying to convince me Phoenix is the future. To get better acquainted with the real estate scene there, am hosting an early evening meet-up on *April 9* for RE owners, brokers, attorneys, etc. Drinks, etc. on me. Location TBD, but somewhere reasonably central. To RSVP, click here: airtable.com/apphL20x4uCZzA…

@shawngorham Want to stay at Culdesac? We might have a guest unit available

Hotels are hard to get and expensive in Phoenix in the winter Golf, Spring Training, Epic Weather, Snow birds Who has an empty house :)

@bennbuilds @MPrinParr @4TristanS @reflectorbital Amazing

Built a space mirror, launching soon

@mattyglesias Maybe it needs more walkable neighborhoods

@staysaasy We’re already quite far along this in Phoenix. Nothing has turned heads like the parents

I think Waymo is going to bail parents out of chauffeur culture. I talk to so many people with older kids and they just seem dead with driving their kids places. I think in five years you’re gonna be able to put Bobby in a Waymo to his guitar lesson and Sally in a Waymo to her soccer practice and Mom and Dad get to listen to Steely Dan and chill. If this happens all of tech will be forgiven for our sins.

I didn’t know what to expect when the Daily Show told us our clip was airing this week. We saw it for the first time live and we never met or knew about Katie. Not surprised she stole the show youtu.be/cu6ozB7mKDQ?si…

Watch the Daily Show tonight - Culdesac will be on it

@MagNorris @dieworkwear I do

@dieworkwear @ryanmjohnson

You don't actually love JFK's style. You love the idea of dense, mixed use, walkable neighborhoods where you can bike, walk, or rollerblade to wherever you need to be. And making enough money to live in a city while having enough free time for hobbies and a lover.

@nick_alexander Welcome back

have been told I have a face for radio and a voice for twitter just glad to have a home! 🏡

Huge if true

@shawngorham @CohenSite Depends on the site but in most places I’d do it with human scale height instead

@CohenSite @ryanmjohnson thoughts?

Yes, it's possible to fit all of this in 30 acres: - 4,160 units (average size: 1,200sf) - Grocery Store, Medical Center, Retail - Two Elementary & a Middle School - 2 soccer fields, 5 tennis courts, 8 bball courts, olympic-sized pool - 10 acre park (diagram roughly to scale)

@UrbanCourtyard I’ll be a member in spirit

Today, Courtyard Urbanist is announcing the formation of its Advisory Council — along with the first group of Founding Investors backing the Courtyard Urbanism initiative. We will introduce individual Council members in the coming weeks, so watch this space. This marks the next step in a coordinated effort to bring dense, multi-generational, family-supportive urban housing to the United States — and to improve the physical form of American cities for the next century. The Council brings together developers, policymakers, architects, authors, and technologists who recognize both the scale of the opportunity and the urgency of the moment. Together, we are working to make courtyard urbanism legal, financeable, and buildable in the United States. Our goal is to Americanize and advance a time-tested model that has shaped some of the most celebrated neighborhoods in cities such as Copenhagen, Paris, Prague, and Rome. We are creating the conditions for multifamily housing (the apartment or condo building, the co-op, the palazzo, a baugruppen, etc.) that surpasses the expectations of modern American families while reviving the walkable, mixed-use, amenity-rich neighborhoods that make cities fantastic. Alongside the Council, an initial group of Founding Investors has accepted an invitation to support this work at its earliest stage. They share the conviction that courtyard housing represents one of the most important and overlooked opportunities in American real estate — and that now is the moment to lay the groundwork. We are expanding this group carefully to create the runway needed to develop the design, legal, and financial frameworks that will allow this housing to scale. The Advisory Council and the Founding Investors are steps toward consolidating both dimensions of Courtyard Urbanist (the public conversation and real-world implementation) and progress on both tracks will be shared over time. Courtyard urbanism is ultimately a project to make American cities work better for households of all ages, stages, and incomes by increasing the supply of small multifamily buildings with shared outdoor space. The component building is simple and repeatable: • 4–6 stories • Single central stair and compact elevator • A range of unit sizes, including substantial family housing • Active ground floors with discreetly integrated parking • A shared interior courtyard — secure, green, and communal This is the fundamental building block of walkable, multigenerational, durably prosperous urban neighborhoods. We are at the beginning of assembling the coalition that will make this possible in American cities. If you are a builder, policymaker, or investor who wants to be part of this effort, reach out.

@CohenSite @shawngorham 100-200 units an acre just housing but you also have to fit a large park and sports fields is certainly dense…

@shawngorham @ryanmjohnson Definitely similar concept. But I'm thinking something higher density, larger, and higher-end

Why aren't American developers building high density "country clubs"? 15-30 acres, 3000+ homes. Large park, sports fields, wellness activities. Grocery store & restaurants. On-site elementary & middle school. Safe enough that parents can let their kids walk around unsupervised

You think you’re getting a local news stand. But mostly just more Rafi

@PHfloor @SethBorman @aaron_lubeck @culdesac This is a street, sir

@SethBorman @aaron_lubeck @culdesac Do you mean this retail?

Is it a 400 year-old Andalusian village on the Mediterranean? Nope, it’s a walkable build-to-rent project on the Phoenix light rail line. @culdesac

@KyleCherrick @culdesac On my bucket list to visit here

It’s @culdesac but with ocean views! @ryanmjohnson

Valentines Day market at Culdesac

@itsaboutdoing @aaron_lubeck @culdesac Certainly there’s going to be selection bias at any place, but overall vibes are quite good dwell.com/article/culdes…

@ryanmjohnson @aaron_lubeck @culdesac Is the experience as a resident living up to expectations so far? I’d imagine there is some level of selection bias, since most people wouldn’t move in unless the lifestyle appealed to them in the first place.

@ElkaHall123 @itsaboutdoing @aaron_lubeck @culdesac We’ve become the epicenter of a new neighborhood of thousands of units. And wait until we finish our last 9 acres in Tempe.

@itsaboutdoing @aaron_lubeck @culdesac YouTube has several good videos. It’s only partly completed.