Sibley Fleming

Atlanta

Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance

Editor-in-Chief, Urban Land Vice President, Urban Land Institute at Urban Land Magazine

National Real Estate Editor, Bisnow Media Formerly Managing Editor, National Real Estate Investor magazine Normal day: edit 14 daily CRE e-newsletters

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ULI Washington’s Third Annual Future Forum: Creating a Playbook of Resilient Housing and Economic Development Solutions

2 months ago | urbanland.uli.org | Sibley Fleming |Kelly Annis |Ron Nyren

Yesterday, more than 400 commercial real estate professionals and elected officials gathered at the National Building Museum for the third annual Future Forum, a regional conference for public and private-sector leaders. The conference was developed by ULI Washington with collaborating partners, the Coalition for Smarter Growth (CSG), DCBIA, Greater Greater Washington, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
Q&A with Senthil Sankaran, Managing Principal, Amazon Housing Equity Fund

Oct 1, 2024 | urbanland.uli.org | Sibley Fleming |Beth Mattson-Teig |Marianne Eppig

Led by Senthil Sankaran, the Amazon Housing Equity Fund supports the creation and preservation of multigenerational affordable housing for moderate- and low-income families. That includes firefighters, teachers, and police who fall between 30 percent and 80 percent of area median income (AMI). “We are very intentional about that being our primary targeted range . . . mainly because, below 30 percent of AMI, the deepest need . . . usually has other public subsidies . . . attached to it,” Sankaran says.
UL Interview: Dr. Robert D. Bullard

Sep 24, 2024 | urbanland.uli.org | Sibley Fleming |Holly Dutton |Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme |Hannah Miet

Dr. Robert Bullard and the Bullard Center for Environmental Justice Dr. Robert D. Bullard—known as the father of environmental justice and celebrated for his commitment to the idea that all people, regardless of background, have a right to clean air and clean water—has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Institute’s highest honor, the ULI Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development.
UL Interview: Sara Bronin, Chair of the White House Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Sep 23, 2024 | urbanland.uli.org | Sibley Fleming |Hannah Miet

The public comment period for, aimed at accelerating timelines for historic preservation reviews, ends October 9.
Q&A with Accordia Partners Co-Managing Partner Kirk Sykes on the Boston Real Estate Inclusion Fund

Jul 29, 2024 | urbanland.uli.org | Sibley Fleming |Karen Jordan |Ron Nyren |Ken Rhee

The property—at 22 Drydock Avenue, in Boston’s Seaport District—is slated to be the city’s first life sciences building to achieve LEED Platinum and net-zero carbon emissions. In early April 2024, Small Change, an investment crowdfunding platform for real estate development with social impact, and Boston Real Estate Inclusion Fund (BREIF) jointly announced an investment opportunity in a $430 million life sciences building under development by Related Beal.
Understanding Bias in Commercial Real Estate Valuations

Jul 15, 2024 | urbanland.uli.org | Sibley Fleming |Brett Widness |Colin Galloway |Deborah L Myerson

On Thursday, CREW DC, AAREP DC, and ULI Washington delivered the third and final program in a series intended to demystify valuations and provide practical insights on negotiating equity and debt. Held at the offices King & Spalding at 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, Julia Stevenson, head of acquisitions at Langdon Park Capital, served as moderator.
One Vanderbilt

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.
Capital Markets Part 2: Raising Equity Today

Apr 11, 2024 | urbanland.uli.org | Sibley Fleming |Morgan Maloney |Patricia Kirk |Holly Dutton

This is the second installment of Urban Land’s coverage of a special three-part capital markets series held at ULI’s Spring Meeting in New York City (March 9-11); you can read coverage of Part 1 here). On Wednesday, before a standing-room-only audience, Kyle Bolden, senior audit partner in the Real Estate Hospitality & Construction practice of Ernst & Young, moderated a panel on raising equity amid ongoing market uncertainty.
Part I: Capital Markets: Securing Debt Today at 2024 ULI Fall Meeting

Apr 9, 2024 | urbanland.uli.org | Sibley Fleming |Matt Norris

What does it take to secure debt in today’s challenging commercial real estate environment? It all boils down to experience, relationships, and a lot of creativity. That’s according to an expert panel speaking this morning at ULI’s spring meeting at the New York Hilton Midtown. The panel is the first in a series of three, which will include Raising Equity (10 a.m. Wednesday) and Borrowers’ xperiences—Recent Success Stories (10 a.m. Thursday).
Growing the Building Small Movement

Apr 2, 2024 | urbanland.uli.org | Sibley Fleming |Karen Jordan |Patricia Kirk

Starland Yard & Eastwood Media Since the publication of Building Small: A Toolkit for Real Estate Entrepreneurs, Civic Leaders, and Great Communities in 2021, author and developer Jim Heid has continued to grow the building Small movement. Last year, he launched a free-yet-private online platform that serves as an interactive network where like minds solve the big problems of building Small.