Kevin Brass

KEVIN BRASS writes regularly about property and development for the New York Times International Edition and the Financial Times.

Design and Planning
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Emerging Trends
After the Storms: How 2017 Storms Affected Forecasts for Texas, Florida, and Elsewhere
The surveys and interviews for the Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2018report were complete; the data had been compiled, and the reports had been written. Then, for some of the major U.S. Sun Belt cities, everything changed. Historic storms raged across the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean, destroying property and lives and upending all the forecasts and predictions for property markets in the Southeast. Investors and developers were sent scrambling to reassess their analysis and financial models.
January 22, 2018
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Development and Construction
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Real Estate Trends
Costs, Resistance to Denser Development Holding Markets Like San Diego Back
In many ways, San Diego illustrates the challenges facing many attractive U.S. cities, including the demand for affordable housing, struggling retail, and the need for more senior housing. At the top of the list is a strong community wariness of any new development, which has made it difficult to build meaningful mixed-use projects, said speakers during a January panel discussion organized by ULI San Diego–Tijuana.
January 22, 2018
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Development and Construction
Germany’s New Hot Spot: Berlin
Europacity and the recently sold Sony Center are two examples demonstrating why Berlin is considered a market to watch.
January 8, 2018
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Design and Planning
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Emerging Trends
Redesigning the Grid: Barcelona’s Experiment with Superblocks
Can the city create a healthier, less automobile-centric environment by closing more streets to traffic?
December 18, 2017
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Development and Construction
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Economic Development
“Magic” Johnson Is Setting His Sights on Infrastructure Deals
NBA champion and dedicated urban developer Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. is targeting a new prize—infrastructure. “If you look at infrastructure in America, it’s old,” he told the audience at the 2017 ULI Fall Meeting.
October 26, 2017
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Resilience and Sustainability
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Fall Meeting
Getting Cities Right
A diverse panel of property industry experts pushed back on a recent New York Timesarticle asking, “Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?” during a lively 2017 ULI Fall Meeting session.
October 25, 2017
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Design and Planning
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Emerging Trends
City Resilience Officers, Developers Share Lessons from an Extreme Season
The hurricanes that ravaged the U.S. Southeast and the Caribbean and the fires raging through the Northwest have refocused and energized resilience discussions.
October 25, 2017
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Industry Voices
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Architecture – Design
Frank Gehry: Architects Should Become Partners with Developers
Architects must take more responsibility for their work, legendary designer Frank Gehry told a general session audience Tuesday during the 2017 ULI Fall Meeting. Architects need to “get into the fray,” Gehry said.
October 24, 2017
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Kevin Brass
Development and Construction
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Fall Meeting
L.A. Developers Bullish on Their City, but Point to Oversupply
As ULI opened its 2017 Fall Meeting in Los Angeles, Robert Lowe, chairman and founder of Lowe Enterprises and the conference’s cochair, told attendees that the Los Angeles of today is much different than the L.A. that hosted ULI six years ago.
October 24, 2017
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Development and Construction
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Mixed-Use
Playa Vista: From Spruce Goose to Google
The enormous mixed-use development on Los Angeles’s Westside is a tech and media hub. After decades of debate and false starts, Playa Vista is now home to more than 10,000 people.
October 23, 2017
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