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How the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Rewrites Real Estate, Energy, and Infrastructure Timing When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1)  became law in mid-2025, it was sold as a simple tax extension. In practice, it marked the next phase of America’s regulatory supercycle —a decade-long series of mega-bills that keep rewiring how money, permits, and power flow through the built environment. A New Federal Baseline H.R. 1 made the 2017 tax cuts permanent, restored 100 percent bon

Developers obsess over rates, rents, and construction costs. But in 2026, one variable increasingly separates winners from losers : time. Permit time. Review time. Re-submittal time. Hearing time. Because time is carrying cost—and carrying cost is margin. That’s why a quiet shift matters: cities are piloting AI-assisted permitting and plan review to reduce backlogs and accelerate housing delivery. What AI can actually do ( and what it can’t ) AI is not a magic stamp that app