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Volume 5 · Issue 4 · 2026

Land, Buildings and Essential Systems

Long-horizon property ownership depends on power, water, access, insurance and the ability to adapt. This article proposes a dependency register and a staged capital process that distinguishes building condition from continued economic usefulness.

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Real estate, infrastructure and physical resilience · Original editorial analysis

The Building Is Only One Asset: Underwriting the Systems That Keep Property Useful

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Journal Opal · 2026-11-06 · CC BY 4.0

Long-horizon property ownership depends on power, water, access, insurance and the ability to adapt. This article proposes a dependency register and a staged capital process that distinguishes building condition from continued economic usefulness.