The most innovative real estate and urban development companies in 2026

Real estate development tends to be marketed and sold using the language of neighborhood elevation. This year’s Most Innovative Companies in real estate and urban development also aimed to improve and redefine communities, but they often worked in a different direction, and at a different scale, than your typical megadistrict.  Take Downtown Cary Park in Cary, North Carolina, from OJB Architects. The innovative park mixes the increasingly critical need for flood control with...