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Brookfield Residential joins property owners to accelerate rebuilding options.

'Builders Alliance,' co-founded by Brookfield Residential, links Palisades and Altadena homeowners on the path to returning to their neighborhoods

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Altadena families who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire have joined with Brookfield Residential to rebuild their homes with a coordinated approach that makes rebuilding more manageable and a new home attainable. By working together and choosing from sets of turnkey designs matched to their homesites, the families benefit from reduced costs and expedited construction time – including required City approvals – making them some of the first homes to return to Altadena. The homes begin trenching (excavating for foundations and utilities) in February of 2026, with completed rebuilds expected in fall, 2026. These homes will be among the first to return to the neighborhood, making a meaningful step in restoring the La Viña community of Altadena.

These seven families from this neighborhood join others soon to be working with Brookfield Residential – in both Altadena and Pacific Palisades – through the new and innovative Builders Alliance, a not-for-profit organization launched in response to the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton Fires. The 10 homebuilders of the Builders Alliance are dedicated to achieving significant time and cost savings and end-to-end project management, leveraging economies of scale and simplifying the process for families. The group just unveiled a first-of-its-kind, tech-enabled portal to support fire survivors' rebuilding efforts. The portal offers a robust library of homes up front, and filtered by specific lot, zoning, the owner's preferences and price range, making rebuilding do-able for as many homeowners as possible.

Brookfield Residential President and Chief Executive Officer Adrian Foley co-founded the Builders Alliance. He also co-conceived the Builders Alliance portal and is a leading member of the Alliance.

"We're proud to cooperate with the other founders of the Builders Alliance and to demonstrate how innovative technology can support families as they rebuild and regain stability," said Foley.  "As homebuilders, our resources and expertise are essential to this effort, and with that comes a responsibility to help." 

The seven Altadena families rebuilding with Brookfield Residential are all in La Viña, the gated neighborhood of approximately 272 homes Brookfield Residential built developed between 1997 and 2003. The Eaton Fire destroyed 52 La Viña homes. Rebuilding in close proximity also helps reduce construction costs.

The coordinated rebuilding efforts Brookfield Residential offers through the Builders Alliance are significant. Because of its size, Brookfield Residential can leverage efficiencies resulting in homes with an attainable price per square foot. Rebuilding together helps preserve the character and sense of connection that define La Viña.

Altadena Families Rebuilding

Among the Altadena homeowners rebuilding through Brookfield Residential is Kristin Bertell, who lost her La Viña home in the Eaton Fire.

"Almost immediately after the fires, the Brookfield Residential team reached out to help, including Adrian Foley, with members of their executive team," said Bertell. "What really resonated with me and with other members of our community was Adrian explaining this is not about making money but recognizing the company's commitment to La Viña.

"We are breaking ground in February of 2026 and expect to move-in in later in the year," said Bertell. There are many nuances of working with disaster recovery situations. Brookfield Residential has been very transparent every step along the way. They invited us to share our frustrations and explain the complicated process of rebuilding.

"We have followed the progress and frustrations of many other members of the Altadena community, and we are confident that we will move into our rebuilt home in the most cost and time-efficient way possible."

Digital Portal

Brookfield Residential has uploaded over 40 home designs to the digital portal, which covers both Altadena and Pacific Palisades. Homeowners can match their address to home choices that include pre-designed residences at costs equal to or below average insurance proceeds. This efficiency also significantly shortens the time needed to rebuild.

The no-charge Builders Alliance Portal is a digital representation of every residential parcel in the Palisades and Eaton Fire areas. Powered by Canibuild, a leading prop tech company, the portal uses available site and zoning information to show homeowners which home designs fit their lot, along with estimated costs and timelines. Property owners enter their address and can filter options by preferences such as square footage, bedrooms, bathrooms and price. Many builders offer pre-approved plans with low set costs and shortened timelines, while others specialize in fully custom homes. This vast database, combined with user-friendly navigation, allows homeowners to align rebuilding with their personal needs and the character of their neighborhood.

The phone number for inquiries to Brookfield Residential about building through the Builders Alliance is (855) 768-7578.

The Brookfield Residential Southern California team has the passion, the expertise and the local knowledge to craft homes and neighborhoods that speak to homebuyers at every stage of life. We are an award-winning homebuilder and industry leader with an exceptional reputation for quality, design, and customer service.  We're committed to being more than a homebuilder, we strive to create the best places to call home.

Brookfield Residential Properties Inc. is a leading land developer and homebuilder in North America. The company entitles and develops land to create master-planned communities, builds and sells lots to third-party builders, and conducts its own homebuilding operations, with participation in select strategic real estate opportunities includes infill projects, mixed-use developments, and joint ventures. As the flagship North American residential property company of Brookfield Corporation (NYSE: BN; TSX: BN), Brookfield Residential is committed to excellence in residential development.

The Builders Alliance consists of experienced, licensed homebuilders, ranging from small boutique firms to larger companies. They include ARCA, Brookfield Residential, Christopherson Builders, Empress Builders, Genesis Builders, Homebound, Metricon Homes, Richmond American Homes, Stonefield Restorations, Thomas James Homes and Woodside Homes. Homeowners who rebuild through the Builders Alliance work directly with the builder they choose. That builder will manage everything from permitting to construction using their teams and trade partners.  The Builders Alliance serves as a trusted and neutral provider of reliable information for homeowners seeking to rebuild, and does not share business interests with any of the participating builders. 

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SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Figure, a California-based company developing autonomous humanoid robots, today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Brookfield, one of the world's largest alternative asset managers with over $1 trillion of assets and 100,000 residential units under management. Brookfield will help Figure develop the world's largest and most diverse real-world humanoid pretraining dataset and build critical AI infrastructure for scaling Helix, Figure's proprietary vision-language-action model, and facilitate deployment of humanoid robots in new commercial settings. Brookfield has also invested in Figure's Series C fundraising as part of the broader partnership.

"This partnership marks a major milestone in our journey to build general-purpose humanoid robots," said Brett Adcock, Founder and CEO of Figure. "Brookfield's scale gives us an unmatched platform to capture massive amounts of real-world, humanlike navigation and manipulation data across a variety of household environments necessary to unlock general-purpose humanoid robots."

The partnership reinforces Brookfield's position on the forefront of AI, unlocking deployment opportunities over time for its operating companies and advancing its leadership in the rapidly-scaling AI infrastructure space.

Bruce Flatt, CEO of Brookfield, said, "This approach to collaboration furthers Brookfield's position at the forefront of integrating artificial intelligence to drive productivity in real assets and business."

Stewart Upson, Head of Global Strategy for Brookfield, said, "We're proud to be collaborating with Figure on this, unlocking direct deployment opportunities over time with a view to enhancing our operations."

Building the Largest Pretraining Data Set for Helix

The project represents a historic advancement in the development of humanoid intelligence. Brookfield is one of the world's largest real estate owners globally with over 100,000 residential units. In addition, Brookfield has over 500 million square feet of commercial office space and 160 million square feet of logistics space. In partnership with Brookfield, these types of environments are strategic and critical to Figure's data collection project for Helix. Using human video capture in a variety of Brookfield environments, Figure will amass critical AI training data for Helix to teach humanoid robots how to move, perceive, and act across a spectrum of human-centric spaces. Figure has already launched data collection efforts in Brookfield environments and will continue to scale this program in the coming months.

Building the AI Infrastructure of the Future

In addition to data collection, the partnership will explore broader infrastructure collaboration — including support for next-generation GPU data centers, real estate for robotic training environments, and commercial use cases across Brookfield's global footprint.

Accelerating Commercial Deployment of Humanoid Robots

Brookfield and Figure will also explore opportunities to deploy humanoid robots within Brookfield's portfolio over time. Figure has initiated early commercial deployments with select customers, and the addition of use cases within Brookfield's platform will demonstrate the ability to scale utilization across different sectors and applications. Together, Figure and Brookfield are solving one of the most ambitious challenges in AI: enabling robots to perform a wide range of real-world tasks in human environments to improve productivity and efficiency.

About Figure

Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

About Brookfield

Brookfield is a leading global investment firm focused on building long-term wealth for institutions and individuals around the world. We have three core businesses: Asset Management, with over $1 trillion in assets under management; Wealth Solutions, our investment-led insurance business, and our Operating Businesses across infrastructure, renewable power, business and industrial services, and real estate.

We have delivered a 19% annualized compound return for shareholders since 1993, supported by our unrivaled investment and operational experience. Our conservatively managed balance sheet, extensive operational experience, and global sourcing networks allow us to consistently access unique opportunities. At the center of our success is the Brookfield Ecosystem, which is based on the fundamental principle that each group within Brookfield benefits from being part of the broader organization.

Brookfield Corporation is publicly traded in New York and Toronto (NYSE: BN, TSX: BN), and Brookfield Asset Management is publicly traded in New York and Toronto (NYSE: BAM, TSX: BAM). For more information, please visit our website at www.brookfield.com.

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