Eryn Halvey ’22 MSRED, Analyst on AECOM’s Economics and Advisory team, contributed to a citywide analysis of New York City’s proposed City of Yes for Housing Opportunity zoning amendment, the first comprehensive reform effort to the city’s zoning code since 1961. Halvey’s work modeled development capacity under the Universal Affordability Preference program, mapping changes in maximum allowable floor area and identifying neighborhoods and parcels with newly available development potential.

The analysis offers a framework for understanding how adjustments to zoning regulations could affect future housing production, outlining shifts in feasibility, unused development rights, and patterns of capacity change across the city.

Brandon Perrotta ’18 MSRED, Director of Acquisitions and Development at Luxus Developments, is part of the team delivering Four Seasons Private Residences Las Vegas, a 171-unit condominium project.

The project operates as a stand-alone residential construct—detached from a hotel program—introducing domesticity into a landscape historically optimized for tourism and short-term occupancy. Its financing structure, with US $686 million secured for construction and pre-sales exceeding US $700 million, signals how capital flows, ownership models, and long-term dwelling are being recalibrated in Las Vegas.

With construction underway and completion expected in 2027, the project contributes to the ongoing redefinition of urban life-forms in a city where the boundaries between leisure, residence, and investment are continually renegotiated.