Archives
- 03-20-23
Reshaping the City: Zoning for a More Equitable, Resilient, and Sustainable Future
A new ULI report shares promising insights and examples of zoning regulations from across the United States.
- 11-14-22
Wegmans Grocer Anchors $715 Million City Ridge Mixed-Use Redevelopment in Washington, D.C.
City Ridge will include 160,000 square feet (14,800 sq m) of office space; retail and restaurant space; and 690 rental apartments, including 56 affordable units.
- 09-06-22
Solution File: UnCommons Addresses Walkable Urbanism, Mixed Use in Las Vegas
UnCommons was initially designed before the pandemic and then modified in response to it.
- 07-28-22
Attendees of ULI’s 2022 Fall Meeting in Dallas will have the chance to visit two master-planned communities northwest of the city’s downtown.
- 02-15-22
ULI MEMBER–ONLY CONTENT: When the old Michael Reese Hospital, dating to the 1880s, closed in 2009, the city rounded up the money to buy the 50-acre (20 ha) site, added more land around it, and then submitted a bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics with a new stadium replacing the hospital as the centerpiece. Chicago eventually lost that bid but has not given up on the site since.
- 10-12-21
ULI Fall Meeting Tour 2021: Coolest Neighborhoods in the World–Chicago’s Uptown
Voted one of TimeOut magazine’s “Coolest 40 Neighborhoods in the World,” Uptown is a diverse community on the North Side of Chicago. ULI Fall Meeting attendees got the opportunity to tour the neighborhood, which offers spectacular lakeside views, a growing entertainment district, and a thriving food and cultural scene.
- 10-11-21
ULI Fall Meeting 2021 Tour: Play Ball! Wrigley Field’s Redevelopment Story
This morning, 2021 ULI Fall meeting attendees toured the area surrounding one of the oldest professional ballparks in the United States, Chicago’s Wrigley Field, which has been home to the Chicago Cubs baseball team for more than a century. When the Ricketts family took over Cubs ownership in 2009, it decided not only to rehabilitate the aging stadium, but also to turn a former parking lot next door into a mixed-use entertainment district bringing office, retail, and hotel uses to the area, as well as much-needed open space called Gallagher Way.
- 08-18-21
Fall Meeting Preview: Touring Wrigleyville’s New Mixed-Use Entertainment District
ULI MEMBER–ONLY CONTENT: Those who attend the 2021 ULI Fall Meeting in Chicago will have the opportunity to tour mixed-use development near Wrigley Field.
- 03-17-21
Prepping for Post-COVID: Six Projects in the Fast-Growing Carolinas Near Completion
At the 2021 ULI Carolinas meeting, held as a virtual/in-person hybrid event in March, the annual Crane Watch session showcased projects under construction in North and South Carolina that use innovative planning and design in their placemaking efforts, creating iconic projects that help shape the neighborhoods that surround them. The projects this year included a historic storefront restoration, a shipping container–based food yard, and a massive nine-block development.
- 11-16-20
Solution File: A City Center at the Fringe
A public/private partnership in Surrey, British Columbia, builds a mixed-use point city center near Vancouver.