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Sep 20, 2024 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Marta Schantz
The ULI Atlanta District Council (ULI Atlanta) has announced its expansion of programming with the creation of a satellite in Savannah, Georgia. ULI Savannah will locally support the Institute’s global mission of shaping the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Karen Jordan |Marta Schantz |Michele Lerner
Northern Mexico has experienced a significant expansion in the Mexican industrial real estate sector since its major decline from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, due, in part, to low-cost production in China. During the pandemic, that trend began to shift. “What happened [during] the pandemic was a serious lockdown in China, at a national level,” says Juan Zúñiga, an international transactions attorney who is a managing partner at San Diego–based Rimon PC.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Marta Schantz |Hannah Miet
Hundreds of events are scheduled September 22-27 for Climate Week NYC 2024, an annual event that drives climate action by those at the very top of business and politics, but also by communities, artists, and activists. This year’s theme: It’s Time.The built environment is a part of the dialogue, as are cross-sector issues like circular economy, water, finance, biodiversity, adaptation, health, environmental justice, policy, and more.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Marta Schantz
Hundreds of events are scheduled September 22-27 for Climate Week NYC 2024, an annual event that drives climate action by those at the very top of business and politics, but also by communities, artists, and activists. This year’s theme: It’s Time.The built environment is a part of the dialogue, as are cross-sector issues like circular economy, water, finance, biodiversity, adaptation, health, environmental justice, policy, and more.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Rachel Rosner |Marta Schantz
For more than a decade, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) has partnered with ReConnect Rondo, a community-led effort to repair and restore a once-thriving neighborhood of middle-class Black families in St. Paul, Minnesota. At its peak, Rondo was home to more than 80 percent of the city’s African American population. In the late 1950s and 1960s, however, Rondo was devastated by the construction of I-94.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Michele Lerner |Marta Schantz |Brett Widness
Developers and casual visitors to Baltimore notice the eyesores that once-attractive houses—now empty and damaged—have become. The mismatch between discarded homes and the shortage of houses in the city, particularly for low-income households, frustrates housing advocates, city officials, and builders, as well as residents. Baltimore isn’t the only place facing such a challenge, though.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Marta Schantz |Brett Widness
Imagine an investment that satisfies all your criteria: market viability, solid returns with managed risk, and a commitment to ESG principles. Such an investment isn’t wishful thinking; it’s sustainable workforce housing. The question is not why investing in a sustainable future is essential; instead, it is how could you not invest in such a strategy?
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Marta Schantz |Hannah Miet
Despite myriad government policies, investor reporting requirements, and operational benefits driving the demand for whole-building utility data, the real estate sector still has a hard time getting it from utilities. “Utility information is power,” says Jess Bissey, managing director and chief resilience officer at AEW Capital Management. “We leverage this information for both risk management and value creation.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Marta Schantz |Hannah Miet
Despite myriad government policies, investor reporting requirements, and operational benefits driving the demand for whole-building utility data, the real estate sector still has difficulty getting the information from utilities. “Utility information is power,” says Jess Bissey, managing director and chief resilience officer at AEW Capital Management. “We leverage this information for both risk management and value creation.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Sibley Fleming |Beth Mattson-Teig |Ron Nyren |Marta Schantz
Max Touhey/Max Touhey | www.metouhey.com Opened in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic, SL Green’s $3.3 billion One Vanderbilt office tower—the fourth tallest in New York City—serves as a prime example of what the future of cities could hold. After achieving $300 per square foot—the highest rent in the city—the supertall is 99 percent leased, with a weighted average lease term of 15 years.
