Floating homes have already become a successful part of communities across Europe. Now, Floating Town founder Jeff Kraatz and his crew of experts believes North American marinas and cities have an opportunity to bring that same concept to their waterfronts.

Floating Town goes beyond individual houseboats by exploring how thoughtfully planned neighborhoods utilizing a repeatable playbook of 50+ floating homes can create entirely new communities on the water.

While the homes themselves float, developing a successful floating community requires extensive work - from planning and approvals to infrastructure, affordability, and collaboration with local leaders.

With millions of miles of waterfront across North America remaining largely underused, Floating Town is helping cities explore a new possibility for growth: creating safe, vibrant, sustainable communities on the water.

• Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn)

The next real estate frontier. Hiding in plain sight is an obvious solution: available space + mature floating solutions + know how execution experts