# The MADDPROJECT Newsletter

Not your ordinary development, design, and construction newsletter. This is a distillation of lessons and ideas from a couple of decades of design and real estate development work.

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## [A \[Big\] Announcement.](https://maddproject.substack.com/p/a-big-announcement)

_2026-05-19 · Antonia Botero_

One of the ingredients of our secret sauce, now available as software.

## [Trials and Tribulations: Chasing a Bankrupt Development Site](https://maddproject.substack.com/p/trials-and-tribulations-chasing-a)

_2026-04-21 · Adrian Guenther_

What four months inside a bankruptcy proceeding taught us about distressed real estate.

## [Five Construction Best Practices to Insist on](https://maddproject.substack.com/p/five-construction-best-practices)

_2026-04-01 · Antonia Botero_

What we've learned across 40+ projects and $1+ billion in development

## [What Most Developers Get Wrong About Land](https://maddproject.substack.com/p/the-land-deal-looked-great-on-paper)

_2026-02-18 · Adrian Guenther_

How deal structure, entitlement, and site conditions determine what land is actually worth

## [That Development “Consultant” Just Cost You $500,000](https://maddproject.substack.com/p/that-development-consultant-just)

_2026-01-29 · Antonia Botero_

The four questions all development teams must answer.

## [Let's meet in NY!](https://maddproject.substack.com/p/lets-meet-in-ny)

_2025-07-26 · Antonia Botero_

We'll be in NY all week and would love to meet with new and old friends.

## [Condo Economics.](https://maddproject.substack.com/p/condo-economics)

_2025-06-25 · Adrian Guenther_

And why we like condos as an investment opportunity in this part of the cycle.

## [Design-Driven Development](https://maddproject.substack.com/p/design-driven-development)

_2025-05-30 · Antonia Botero_

When design experience means better development margins through math, not through paint color "vibes."

## [Fund One, Now Open!](https://maddproject.substack.com/p/fund-one-now-open)

_2025-01-15 · Antonia Botero_

A break in our usual programming to share some news.

## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Y8oqRYTNpxu0)

_2025-01-15 · **Sponsored**_

Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist

## [Deals that work.](https://maddproject.substack.com/p/deals-that-work)

_2025-01-03 · Antonia Botero_

Good deals are out there, but not everyone is seeing them.