A GROWING FAD. The Pandemic has accelerated a build-to-rent trend that was already well underway.

BIZJOURNALS.COM – (By Florian Martin) – The pandemic, which has led to more demand for space and skyrocketing home prices, has accelerated a trend that was already well underway.

Houston developers are jumping into the exploding build-to-rent market / The pandemic has accelerated a build-to-rent trend that was already well underway. When Robert Clay, long-time owner of Houston-based industrial real estate firm Clay Development & Construction, was looking into new business opportunities about two years ago, he came across something that piqued his interest. His daughter, who is in the commercial mortgage business, showed him a build-to-rent deal she was working on.