Urban Ascent: How Downtown Tower Living Reclaimed the Wealth-Building Crown from the American Suburb
For two decades, the suburban single-family home stood as the default engine of American household wealth creation. That calculus is now shifting in a measurable and arguably irreversible direction, as downtown tower units in major metropolitan markets post appreciation figures that are quietly eclipsing their low-density counterparts. The forces behind this reversal are structural, generational, and unlikely to abate.