Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Anthony Trella – Suburban To Urban

Tony Trella has is the principle of The Meranth Company; an organization he founded in 1993 with the plan of provide advisory services in the commercial real estate development industry. Prior to starting his own advisory firm Tony ran commercial real estate development company to which he was responsible developing tens of thousand of acres of land for master planned communities.

Tony gave us the full life cycle of the American Dream from World War II to today and looking into the future.

After World War II the veterans coming home wanted a home with a white picket fence to raise a family. This is where Master planned communities were born though they did not realize that they were pioneering residential housing development in the United States.  

Today many people young and old are trading in their suburban home for a life to which live, work and play are in walking distance.  Many millennials have watched their parents live out their idea of the American dream, however the American dream on the millennials is to live in smaller residence in a urban setting.


Tony raised an extremely interesting point as to what will happen when all of the coast and urban areas are maximized to capacity. He believes instead of reverting back to suburban housing real estate developers will build complete urban cities with all facets of urban living except they will be built in rural areas.

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