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Build-to-Rent Fall
September 8-10, 2026
Omni DallasDallas, TX

Pre-Conference Workshop: Innovation & Sustainability in BTR Construction

September 8

Program: 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Networking Cocktail Reception: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Supply + Build + Automate + Sustain

Explore the technologies and sustainable practices reshaping the BTR lifecycle

Why attend?

Key trends and latest developments

  • Discover how AI is transforming site selection, design, and operations while reducing carbon footprints and costs.
  • Explore how modular methods accelerate delivery while reducing material waste, embodied carbon, and variability.
  • Learn how mass timber, low-carbon concrete, and composites are reshaping BTR design and climate adaptation.
  • Understand how leaders leverage AI forecasting, ESG transparency, and nearshoring to combat inflation and instability.
  • See how circular economy principles and ESG frameworks protect NOI and future-proof assets against climate risk.

What will you learn?

  • How AI, automation, and smart technology are transforming BTR construction
  • Ways to leverage industrialized construction methods to improve efficiency and speed delivery
  • The benefits of next-generation building materials and emerging construction technologies
  • Strategies for integrating sustainability across the entire BTR lifecycle
  • Practical approaches to reducing environmental impact and carbon footprints
  • Best practices for creating future-ready, high-performing BTR communities

Who will you meet?

Senior decision-makers including:

  • Homebuilders
  • Developers
  • Owners/Operators
  • Fee builders & general contractors
  • Construction tech companies
  • Architects, design firms & engineers
  • Material suppliers & manufacturers
  • Sustainability consultants & ESG advisors
  • Supply chain & procurement professionals
  • Investors & capital providers
  • Technology & software vendors

Andy Zhu

Principal

MFX Ventures

Always love going to IMN's BTR Forum every year. It is a highlight of my conference circuit calendar!