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05-09-12
Constrained public budgets and a growing recognition at the local level of the importance of infrastructure—combined with lack of action at the federal level—are causing states, regions and cities across the U.S. to seek innovative infrastructure approaches and solutions. Infrastructure 2012: Spotlight on Leadership, released by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and Ernst & Young LLP, looks at an overall decline in infrastructure funding globally, and it focuses on funding solutions underway in the U.S., citing six case studies.
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05-08-12
Where does a city begin when it wants to develop public areas as a catalyst for revitalization when it is not located on a river, a lake, or an ocean? Birmingham, Alabama began with its railroad tracks, and that was just the beginning.
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05-08-12
The intangible benefits of public art are well-known, but often overlooked. Read how public art at two downtown Los Angeles transit-oriented developments came to generate ongoing income for a private developer and local government.
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04-13-12
With the help of the ULI Rose Center's fellowship program and a team of ULI member experts, Charlotte, N.C. Mayor Anthony Foxx and community members take a new direction forward for transportation on Independence Boulevard.
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03-22-12
As the balance sheets of corporate America are getting stronger and companies that can lease or buy are trading up to Class A industrial properties, the Class B and C buildings have to be rehabilitated to compete and to provide faster delivery. Hear from experts about a number of Southern California projects that transformed industrial properties.
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03-19-12
Patrick Phillips, chief executive officer of ULI, comments on the transporation legislation approved by the U.S. Senate on March 14 by a 74-22 vote, entitled “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century,” or MAP-21. Phillips states that, while Senate bill 1813 proposes no significant additional funding, ULI is encouraged at the bi-partisan support for this bill, because it signals the importance of a strong transportation policy for America.
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03-13-12
ULI members Steven Kohn, Alan Billingsley, John Williams, Tyrone Rachal and David Winstead point to opportunities in distressed assets, retail, multifamily, and construction debt that are currently available despite the current wait-and-see posture due to the European debt crisis.
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03-09-12
U.S. East Coast and Gulf ports are upgrading facilities in anticipation of supersized ships transiting the Panama Canal in 2014, while some smaller port cities are strategically positioned to fight for their share of the new business.
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03-07-12
New satellite cities could draw energy from the sun, wind, and earth—and say no to cars—even without personal rapid transit, argues J.H. Crawford, an American/Dutch writer and theoretician.
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02-29-12
An infill transit station, built with significant private sector funding, helped transform a desolate swath of Washington, D.C., into a vibrant, vital, mixed-use neighborhood.