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2 weeks ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Brett Widness
Three-time Paralympian medalist, Denver resident, bestselling author, and motivational speaker Amy Purdy shared her inspirational story during the closing session of the 2025 ULI Spring Meeting. At 19, Purdy had both her legs partially amputated due to a bacterial meningitis infection and was near death. Purdy shared that doctors said she had only a 2 percent chance of surviving. Her spleen was removed, and eventually she would need a kidney transplant.
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1 month ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Beth Mattson-Teig |Jack Skelley |Brett Widness
TeamLHBK from the University of Cambridge in the UK has been named the winner of the sixth annual ULI Hines Student Competition—Europe. The jury’s decision was announced by ULI and Hines, the global real estate investor, developer and manager, following a two-day in person final held at Hines’ European headquarters, “Grainhouse” in London. Six diverse multidisciplinary teams representing various universities and business schools from across the region participated in the competition final.
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2 months ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Brett Widness |Beth Mattson-Teig
From the November/December Issue of Urban Land 2014: A ULI Advisory Service panel made recommendations about the future use and preservation of Houston’s Astrodome, among the first indoor sports facilities in the world.
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2 months ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Brett Widness
ULI Europe is calling for innovators from across the built environment and technology to submit groundbreaking solutions to tackle the dual crises of housing affordability and decarbonization of the built environment, in the ULI PropTech Innovation Challenge (PIC) 2025. PIC is a ULI Young Leaders-led initiative with a remit to foster innovation across the built environment.
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2 months ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Brett Widness
June 1982: Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Hamtramck Mayor Robert Kozaren, and General Motors Chairman Roger Smith pose before the remains of Chrysler’s former Dodge Main plant at a formal project groundbreaking in May 1981.
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2 months ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Brett Widness |Ella Fertitta
According to CBRE’s “North America Data Center Trends H2 2024" report, the overall vacancy rate in primary markets fell to a record-low 1.9 percent at year-end. Only a handful of facilities with 10 MW or more are slated for delivery in 2025 and are not yet leased, reflecting the scarcity of large-scale available inventory. Also from the report:Atlanta led all primary markets for net absorption in 2024 with 705.8 MW, well above perennial leader Northern Virginia’s 451.7 MW.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Bendix Anderson |Michele Lerner |Brett Widness |Simon Chinn
Embarking upon a career in real estate can seem almost impossible for a young person starting without money and the right connections. That’s especially true in a place like New York City, where barriers to entering the real estate business are high. “Opportunities are scarce,” said Kirk Goodrich, president of Monadnock Development, based in Brooklyn. That’s true for many people beginning careers in real estate—and especially true for African Americans and other people of color.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Ron Nyren |Brett Widness |Simon Chinn
The Colorado Rockies moved to Coors Field in Denver’s Lower Downtown as a major league baseball expansion team in 1995. Often among the league leaders in attendance, the team has partnered with developers to generate revenue for maintaining and improving the field while also drawing activity downtown year-round.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Brett Widness
Two of the three leading indicators for U.S. commercial real estate ended 2024 on an upbeat note, particularly on the lending and construction phase. The commercial real estate lending market saw significant growth in Q4, as capital reallocation and improving fundamentals fueled a spike in loan originations, according to CBRE.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Hannah Miet |Rosie Hepner |Brett Widness
Conversions of office buildings for residential uses are becoming increasingly viable in some regions. According to Steven Paynter, a principal at Gensler who leads the firm’s global building transformation and adaptive use practice, office-to-residential conversions are viable in 25–30 percent of the buildings his team analyzes.
