Cities are now using AI to review permits, and the bar for a clean submission just went up. Here's what changed in zoning this year and how AEC firms can keep pace.
Zoning research has been the slowest step in early development for decades. Here's what changes when it stops being a research project and starts being a conversation.
Water is one of the fastest changing parts of Arizona's approval process. Here's how state and local requirements work and what developers should check before committing to a site.
Phoenix zoning data is scattered across multiple sources, and missing one can sink a deal. Here are the five datasets every CRE developer should check before making an offer.
ICSC is still a deal show. But the brokers and developers closing deals fastest in 2026 have something in common: better information, faster. Here's what AI is actually doing in commercial real estate right now.
Phoenix is spending billions to build one of the most AI-forward construction markets in the country. And developers are still answering their most basic due diligence question with a phone call and a PDF.
Before your client asks what's entitled on a site, you should already know. Here's how the best CRE brokers use ChatAEC to show up with answers.
The Phoenix Business Journal covered the launch of ChatAEC, AIAEC's AI platform built specifically for zoning and land use workflows.
Arizona is growing faster than its approval systems can keep up. Ali Fakih explains why long entitlement timelines put developers at risk and how earlier zoning clarity helps.
Watch the full ChatAEC product demo — see how AI-powered due diligence, zoning research, and site analysis works in real time for AEC professionals.
AI built for those who build the world, ChatAEC delivers fast, site-specific zoning intelligence to help developers, architects, engineers, and municipal planners make earlier, more informed decisions.
Ali Fakih, founder and CEO of AIAEC, joins host Taylor Baker on the Achieve Podcast to discuss building AI-driven tools for the construction and permitting industry and the journey from civil engineer to tech entrepreneur.
Zoning research has been the slowest step in early development for decades. Here's what changes when it becomes a conversation.
Four years of development have positioned the platform to revolutionize the development lifecycle
Federal money just landed on the back end of the AEC pipeline. The bigger opportunity is upstream.
