Development
“Missing Middle” Policies Beginning to Bend Cost Curve
丹Parolek建筑师和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.
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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.
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Inglewood’s Transformation: How an NFL Stadium Brought the City Back from the Brink of Bankruptcy
Today, the city is a vibrant enclave of Greater Los Angeles and a destination for shopping, entertainment, and sports.
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Seizing Opportunity: How Affordable Housing Guru Daryl Carter Is Empowering Diverse Real Estate Leaders
On a recent summer afternoon in Manhattan, Daryl Carter, founder, chairman and CEO of Irvine, California–based Avanath Capital Management and a member of the ULI Global Board, was walking along Lexington Avenue when he—like a superstar—got recognized on the street. The passerby, who previously worked at Freddie Mac, simply wanted a minute of Carter’s time.
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Recent Articles
Past Meets Progress: Indigo’s Innovative Take on the Future of Community Building
September 11, 2023Just outside of Houston, a development of the future is emerging—but it is probably not what you think. Instead of flying cars and sky-scraping utopias, this version of Tomorrowland has its roots firmly and sustainably planted in days gone by.
Outlook for Housing Attainability
August 14, 2023专家讨论日益增长的住房危机阿塔inability for lower- and middle-income households across the United States, including ways the private and public sectors could help increase housing production, preserve existing affordable housing, and give more people access to housing; strategies for encouraging communities to accept more housing construction; and other related trends.
Systematic Density for Dummies: Arrested Development Generates Losses That Accrue
July 27, 2023Two chronic circumstances of the real estate industry compromise the design and productivity of cities—the fact that assets and host markets are often out of sync, and the developer’s inability to control processes and functions. It is time to take better control and facilitate change.
Planning Great Cities for the People and the Planet of the Future
July 12, 2023As the world’s population continues to grow, there will be a need for increased urbanization to accommodate more people. The question is how and when should urban planners decide to regenerate, when to expand and when to create new cities, for sustainable growth and development of future cities, since each approach comes with its benefits and its drawbacks.
Top-Down Construction: Engineering Solution Reduces Costs and Carbon
July 10, 2023Top-down construction—constructing floors at ground level, then raising them to the top of the building and then successively downward—potentially offers an attractive alternative to conventional construction.
A Gain in Spain: Mixed-use Development Finds a Home in Madrid
June 9, 2023Strict one-use-per-parcel zoning rules have long limited the growth of mixed-use projects in Spain, but the builders of a new office, residential, and commercial project in Madrid hope their example will pave the way for other integrated projects.