PCBC was launched in 1959 as a small educational conference at the Sheraton Palace Hotel in San Francisco. To say that the event has grown and evolved since then would be a considerable understatement. It was, at one point in the housing boom of the early- to mid-2000s, the fastest growing tradeshow in the nation, as ranked by Tradeshow Week magazine. And while that designation was flattering, PCBC’s enduring value and distinctiveness has never been about raw numbers. Instead, as one of our board members puts it, “Connections are the soul of PCBC.”

You can find larger housing industry events. But you will not find any higher caliber events, drawing more influential builders, creating richer intersections of capital—human, intellectual and financial—anywhere in North America. Through targeted educational forums, exclusive networking venues, a curated exhibit floor experience, product “matchmaking” sessions and more, PCBC is dedicated to creating better ways for buyers and sellers to productively engage.

PCBC is a gathering of America’s most prominent residential builders, developers, architects, building scientists, lenders, investors, marketers and product manufacturers. Although PCBC made its name as a homebuilding event, it now draws major builders of a wide range of housing forms—single-family, multifamily, mixed-use, seniors’ and resort development.