Construction costs aren’t just rising; they’re compounding.

Residential construction inflation: +4.7% in 2025

Nonresidential building inflation: +4.0%

Every quarter you wait, that’s money lost to price hikes in materials, labor, and delays.

I’m not talking about tariffs yet. More on that in another post.

Projects are getting more expensive by the day.

At GIS, we’re already looking ahead—studying the data, adjusting the math, and experimenting in the field.

Lately, we’ve been working on something a little… unconventional: extra-small units.

Not micro-units. Think even smaller.

The price per square foot? High.

But the total cost? Actually attainable.

It’s a weird twist—shrinking the footprint, but expanding what’s financially feasible.

Turns out, when everything else is inflating, sometimes the smartest thing to do is subtract.

We’ve been modeling, tweaking, and pressure-testing.

And we’ve got a project in mind.

More to come on that soon.

Let’s build differently, while we still can.