Where wealth lands: Land, place, and the geography of community ownership

Place is not a backdrop to ownership. Public decisions move land value before construction begins — and whoever holds title at that moment realizes the first uplift.

This is the eleventh paper in IIBD's Community Wealth Infrastructure series and the first in its applied phase. It applies the series architecture to land and place.

Part of the Community Wealth Infrastructure Series (Working Paper No. 11), published by IIBD.

Suggested citation: Williams, R., & Dillon, D. (2026). Where wealth lands: Land, place, and the geography of community ownership (Community Wealth Infrastructure Series, Working Paper No. 11). IIBD.