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ULI Greenprint has announced that its membership has grown to include more than 70 private companies, demonstrating the real estate industry’s momentum toward and commitment to decarbonization. Through measurement, benchmarking, knowledge sharing, and implementation of best practices, ULI Greenprint members strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 for buildings under operational control.

This fall, a fleet of electric buses will begin quietly rolling across Montgomery County, Maryland, their batteries charged by a new microgrid, designed to cut the fleet’s carbon emissions by 62 percent.

A June webinar hosted by ULI Europe brought together a panel of real estate investment professionals to share views and best practices on the rise of social impact investing across Europe and North America as part of the launch of a new ULI report, Social Impact: Investing with Purpose to Protect and Enhance Returns.

Two years after the start of the global pandemic, the outlook for the U.S. hotel industry is decidedly positive. STR, a CoStar Group company and a global leader in hospitality analytics, continues to report ever-improving metrics in the United States. The prospects for the sector are embodied in six themes.

Sponsored Content:The old adage, “Leave it better than you found it,” is central to Hilco Redevelopment Partners’ vision of transforming old, run-down areas and making the economy, environment, and community more sustainable.

For more than 25 years, the nonprofit Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation has focused its efforts on revitalizing a small cluster of struggling urban neighborhoods with great potential, rich cultural heritage, untapped economic development opportunities and hardworking community members looking to build generational wealth.

ULI has released a case study on One Museum Place, a 250-meter-tall premium office tower with a six-story lifestyle podium located in downtown Shanghai. Developed by U.S.-based developer Hines, the mixed use project opened in March 2018, and has since won a number of green building certifications including LEED Platinum for Core and Shell and industry accolades including 2022 ULI Asia Pacific Excellence Award. Located next to Shanghai Natural History Museum and Sculpture Garden, One Museum Place is considered one of the city’s premium buildings.

Building on the 2020 pilot and 2021 update focused on the COVID-19 pandemic’s implications for housing, the 2022 edition of the index explores the attainability implications of shifts in housing demand and regional competitiveness due to demographic changes, pandemic-influenced employer and employee location decisions, and the high cost of both building and finding homes in the largest and most economically vibrant regions.

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.

Michael F. Kelly, a ULI Trustee, Foundation Governors, and a former president of ULI, passed away at the age of 91 in May. Kelly was chairman of Marquette Partners until his retirement.

Even if utilities transition more slowly toward renewable energy sources as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision, the movement toward all-electric buildings is still as important as ever.

Speculative development was once considered a high-risk investment, but now more and more developers are turning to it as consumer demands for speed and choice continue to put downward pressure on the supply chain and landlords race to acquire industrial assets.

Thirty-eight states have passed legislation authorizing Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing to date. While C-PACE has been around for more than 20 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated its adoption.

At the recent Wharton D.C. Innovation Summit, a panel of experts discussed the policies being pursued by U.S. cities to reduce carbon emissions and how technology is evolving.

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced $2.3 billion to help build infrastructure that can withstand extreme weather and natural disasters. Tens of millions of people in the United States were living under heat warnings as temperatures hit record highs in the United Kingdom.

ULI/Randall Lewis Health Mentorship participants gathered at the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting for health and sustainability-related forums and tours, including ULI’s Building Healthy Places Forum.

Entegrity Energy Partners—an energy services, sustainability, and solar development company—developed a net zero commercial office space for company use, along with 28 market-rate apartments in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Bringing together a committee of diverse stakeholders, from community members to design and development professionals, the Root District is an incredible opportunity to deliver a model neighborhood, as defined by the people who live there.

How the Pinal County Attorney’s new office in Florence, Arizona, mimics desert wisdom.

What ULI members need to know to ensure that revenues support equitable decarbonization of the built environment.

The lean, green Austrian capital is back on top of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s list of most livable cities.

Sponsored Content:To ensure that the city-state’s tourism landscape continues to offer a constant pipeline of new, high-quality, and compelling attractions, Singapore is expanding its tourism offerings in the Jurong Lake District, the largest business district outside the central area.

Anthony “Tony” E. Mansour Sr., who was best known for developing El Dorado Hills, a master-planned community near Sacramento, California, passed away on June 5. He was 84.

As investors attempt to quantify the future effects of climate change on their assets and portfolios—estimates rise into the trillions of dollars— authorities around the world are moving to require more widespread, more comprehensive, and more auditable climate disclosure from companies, particularly companies that are publicly listed.

The Dodge Momentum Index increased less than one percentage point in June to 173.6 from the revised May reading of 173.1, pushing the measure to a 14-year high.

Ten developments from across North America have been selected as winners of the 2022 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence. The winners of the ULI Americas Awards for Excellence become finalists for the 2022 ULI Global Awards for Excellence, competing against projects from Europe and Asia. The Institute will announce the winners of the Global Awards ahead of the 2022 ULI Fall Meeting in October.

Planners are taking a more defensive approach to waterfront design in the hope that they can deliver the appeal of urban life near the water without putting lives at risk.

Clare De Briere, executive vice president and regional manager in Los Angeles for Skanska USA Commercial Development, has been appointed chair of ULI’s Americas Executive Committee. She will serve on a voluntary basis for a two-year term starting July 1, and has also joined the Institute’s Global Board of Directors.

Over the past two years, McHugh Construction completed several notable hospitality projects, including the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago; Southall, a new 325-acre (131 ha) farm-based resort in Franklin, Tennessee; and Sable at Navy Pier, the first Chicago hotel ever built on top of Lake Michigan.

Lars Huber, the CEO of Hines Europe, has been appointed as ULI Europe Chairman. Huber, who succeeds Marnix Galle, Executive Chair of the Board of developer Immobel, will serve on a voluntary basis for a two-year term starting on July 1.