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Online Editor, Urban Land
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Brett Widness

Online Editor, Urban Land

Brett Widness has worked previously as an oline editor at Washingtonpost.com and AOL Real Estate. You can follow him at @bwidness.

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  • Hutchison Calls for Energy Independence, More Businesspeople in Congress

    May 21, 2013

    The former Texas senator says she is optimisic about American energy indepenence by the end of this decade, but wishes more business people would run for office, as their perspective is needed on issues like Dodd-Frank, the fiscal cliff, and Obamacare.

  • Four Growth Strategies for Uncertain Times

    May 16, 2013

    Whether it comes in the form of the federal sequestration budget cuts or a new startup disrupting an entire industry, Geoff Colvin, author and senior editor of Fortune, says companies and individuals are increasingly have to do work around higher levels of uncertainty.

  • Cities Leading the Way on Sustainability

    May 3, 2013

    At the second New York Times Energy for Tomorrow conference, titled “Building Sustainable Cities,” panels covering topics ranging from self-driving cars to clean-tech investing in China were hosted by Times columnists, including Thomas Friedman, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Joe Nocera, and Bill Keller.

  • ULI Spring Meeting: May 15–17 in San Diego

    May 3, 2013

    Registration is underway for the 2013 ULI Spring Meeting, taking place May 15 to 17 in San Diego.

  • Colvin Sees Rapid Obsolescence As a Challenge for Builders

    March 22, 2013

    Geoff Colvin, longtime editor and columnist for Fortune, spoke with Urban Land in anticipation of his keynote in May at the 2013 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego. One of the issues he sees for the built environment is adaptability to ever-changing business models.

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