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January

• 01-13-20

  Innovating in Retail and Hospitality for China’s Billion-Strong “Digital-First” Network

  China is a nation of more than 1 billion “digital-first” consumers, Jeffrey Towson, managing partner at Towson Group and a Peking University professor, said at a recent ULI event in Shanghai. Because these consumers are starting to act like an interconnected network—influencing each other and generating fresh ways of doing transactions—they are shaping how almost all companies do business.

• 01-03-20

  Linking Connectivity to Livability and Better-Planned Cities

  Improved connectivity leads to better cities and more profitable buildings, and data can play a crucial role in analyzing that connectivity and planning to maximize it, said a keynote speaker at the ULI Asia Pacific Leadership Convivium in Singapore.

• 01-03-20

  Data-Driven Physical Real Estate Still Wins with China’s Retail Consumers

  When e-commerce first became entrenched in China, it seemed to sound the death knell for traditional retail. Sporting venues and other cultural attractions are helping bring foot traffic to the experiential retail of the future, said panelists at a ULI event in Shanghai.

December

• 12-16-19

  Industry Outlook for Property Technology: Asia Pacific

  Members of ULI’s Asia Pacific Tech Council discuss the new council’s areas of focus, the interface between technology startups and the real estate industry, the challenges of incorporating rapidly evolving technologies, the promise of big data, and related trends.

• 12-13-19

  How Mall Developers in Asia Are Using Data to Drive Higher Rents and Revenue

  Singapore-based developer CapitaLand is harvesting data to boost the revenues of its retail tenants and to help it locate future malls. Speaking at the ULI Asia Pacific Convivium, Chris Chong, managing director at CapitaLand Retail, said that the company uses data to boost both footfall and spending for tenants in its malls, which will ultimately benefit the landlord.

November

• 11-15-19

  Singapore, Tokyo Are Top Investment Markets in the Asia Pacific Region for 2020

  After several years of steady growth, Asia Pacific real estate continues to produce strong returns, but caution is increasingly embedded into investor strategies, according to Emerging Trends in Real Estate ^® Asia Pacific 2020, an annual real estate forecast jointly published by ULI and PwC. Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, and Melbourne are ranked as four of the top five markets for investment prospects, reflecting investor preference for regional markets that are large, liquid, and defensive.

July

• 07-01-19

  Jeonju Hanok Village: South Korea’s Heritage Showcase

  Public and private investment reclaimed the area’s cultural heritage. Increased tourism now challenges its authenticity.

June

• 06-21-19

  Looking Both Forward and Backward at China’s Economic Evolution

  Pragmatism and caution have defined China’s 40 years of economic reform, and this steady progress is set to continue, said Shui On Group chairman Vincent Lo speaking at the 2019 ULI Asia Pacific Summit. Lo—who has been investing in China real estate for more than 30 years—said that the nation’s approach can be summed up by the aphorism “cross the river by feeling the stones.”

• 06-21-19

  More Flexible Leases, Changes to Common Spaces Driving Future of Workplaces

  The evolution of the workplace is being driven by changing demands and the power of big data, said speakers representing developers, designers, futurists, and millennials at the 2019 ULI Asia Pacific Summit in Shanghai.

• 06-17-19

  ULI Philippines Real Estate Library Under Construction

  ULI Philippines is creating the first ULI Library outside the United States in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Manila. Named the BGC–ULI Public Library for Urban Sustainability (BU+PLUS), the new facility will be located on the covered roof-deck penthouse area of the De La Salle University Rufino Campus. The library is scheduled to open by the third quarter of 2019.