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October

• 10-31-23

  ULI, PwC Report Outlines “The Great Reset” as Commercial Real Estate Enters a New Era

  The ULI and PwC US today releasedEmerging Trends in Real Estate^®2024, the annual industry-leading report unveiling critical data and trends in the real estate sector. The top markets to watch this year include Nashville and Phoenix. Retails rebound and AI adoption are driving optimism.

• 10-30-23

  Outlook for Mixed-Use Development: How Can Urban Mixed-Use Developments Succeed in the Post-Pandemic Era?

  专家谈论近期的发展前景pment, challenges, and opportunities of obtaining financing in the current economic climate, strategies for balancing the mix of uses, ways mixed-use developments can better support local businesses, and other related trends.

• 10-27-23

  “Missing Middle” Policies Beginning to Bend Cost Curve

  Dan Parolek, an architect and urban designer and founder of Opticos Design, wrote a book on addressing the gap between single-family homes and large apartment complexes. Parolek recent spoke on a ULI webinar on housing solutions.

• 10-26-23

  Why Smaller CBDs Are Bouncing Back First: New Research Takes a Look at the Diverging Paths of Recovery

  An analysis of hundreds of cities indicates that trips to CBDs in large cities (say, ones above 1.5 million residents) have plateaued around 60 percent of their pre-pandemic levels; smaller towns (for example, ones with fewer than 150,000 residents), in contrast, have fully bounced back.

• 10-23-23

  Practical Decarbonization: Helping a Charter School Save Money and Invest in Solar

  Increasing construction expenses and pressure to decarbonize with innovative climate solutions are challenging traditional approaches in design. For Austin Achieve, a tuition-free, open-enrollment public charter school, HKS put innovative ideas into action to balance sustainability and the needs of a diverse community.

• 10-23-23

  A Critical Safety Net: Insurance Availability and Affordability Reach Crisis Levels

  Until recently, insurance was a straightforward part of commercial real estate transactions—an important component, but generally a simple check-the-box exercise with predictable annual increases aligned with inflation. In the past few years, things have changed drastically, with skyrocketing premiums that have jarring implications for underwriters and owners.

• 10-19-23

  Six Developments Selected as Winners of Urban Land Institute’s 2023 Global Awards for Excellence

  Six impressive developments from around the world have been selected as winners of the 2023 ULI Global Awards for Excellence. This year’s winners include two from North America, two from Europe, and two from Asia Pacific.

• 10-13-23

  The New Town Movement: Three Towns that Helped Build Los Angeles, and What They Teach Us about Building Cities

  New towns and master-planned communities played a major role in the growth of the Los Angeles metropolitan area throughout the 20th century. With the invention of mass-produced housing in the 1940s—a factory in the field, as exemplified by Levittown in New York—Los Angeles developed rapidly after large ranches such as Palos Verdes and Bixby Ranch were master-planned for housing and neighborhood amenities.

• 10-13-23

  Three Strategies for Using Social Infrastructure to Build Resilience

  Social infrastructure, or the physical spaces communities use to gather and build relationships, are critical to building resilience to fires, storms, and other climate hazards, according to a recent report by the Urban Land Institute.

• 10-12-23

  UL Interview: Building a Diverse Pipeline with Mitch Rudin

  Savills chairman and CEO demonstrates the interdependence of driving revenue and DEI