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New models for new cities: Factory OS attracts new investment for construction R&D

Factory OS wants to upend the construction industry.  Thanks to a very bad set of circumstances, the Bay Area is a very good laboratory for the development of efficient practices.   The Bay Area is grappling with a crippling housing shortage that has gotten more acute as a result of several ruinous fire seasons, rising home prices, and reduced building ...

Kathleen Maher

Factory OS wants to upend the construction industry.  Thanks to a very bad set of circumstances, the Bay Area is a very good laboratory for the development of efficient practices.   The Bay Area is grappling with a crippling housing shortage that has gotten more acute as a result of several ruinous fire seasons, rising home prices, and reduced building due to permitting and neighborhood restrictions. Working-class neighborhoods are disappearing from San Francisco and putting pressure on nearby communities including Oakland, Berkeley, Vallejo, and Richmond.  Factory OS, based on Mare Island, is located on the edge of the Bay Area’s
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