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ULI 75

Leadership: Q&A with Smedes York

ULI trustee Smedes York served as chairman from 1989 to 1991. He is chairman of York Properties Inc. in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was mayor of that city from 1979 to 1983. Smedes is a second-generation ULI leader from the York family and here discusses the current economic and real estate markets, his experience, and his views for the future.
Economy, Markets, & Trends

ULI Real Estate Business Barometer -- January 2012

The top 11 trends in this month’s Barometer point to cautious optimism in the economy, mixed signals in the capital markets, and a welcome spark in the weak housing market. Compared with a year ago, 67 percent of the key indicators in the Barometer are better and 33 percent are worse.
Retail/Entertainment

In-Store Retailing: A Tsunami of Change

Cities and suburbs will be affected as the creators of virtual stores make it more fun and convenient to purchase items via computer, day or night, accelerating the shift in shopping habits.

New Developments

Top Twitter Feeds to Follow for Housing

January 13, 2012

Urban Land’s list of the 15 most influential housing industry people on Twitter—a tool that helps everyone stay abreast of what is working for their peers.
Abandoning Redevelopment: California’s Big Experiment

January 19, 2012

California is often the first state in the country to enact trailblazing legislation. Now, it has become the first to abolish its redevelopment agencies. What is happening and will this be an eastern moving trend?

ULI 75

Changing Partnerships: New Approach to the Public/Private Paradigm

To learn how much public/private partnerships have evolved, one need look no further than a Massachusetts town more than three centuries old, which is the focus of a new paradigm for redevelopment—a private/public partnership in which the developer is taking most of the biggest financial risk.
Residential

The Rental Boost From Green Design

There is growing evidence that energy-efficient and green apartments rent up faster than others and are experiencing less turnover—a trend the apartment industry would do well to watch.

Out with the Old, in with the Town Center

In an interview on NPR, Anita Kramer, VP of the Center for Capital Markets and Real Estate at the Urban Land Institute said, “You're also going to see a town center [discussing the plans to replace Laurel Mall in MD.] that reflects a growing trend across the country,” Hear more about this trend.
Capital Markets

What I Learned at the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council Conference, January 9–11, 2012

Stephen R. Blank, ULI’s senior fellow, finance, shares what he learned about the current state of commercial mortgage–backed securities at the recent Commercial Real Estate Finance Council Conference.