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Multifamily Tax Exemption Program makes housing affordable to more renters.

Self-proclaimed “creative troublemaker” Josh Linkner, founder and chief executive officer of five tech companies that sold for a combined $200 million, delivered the keynote for the Closing General Session of the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego.

At the “Real Estate Companies: The Front Line of Climate Change” session on day three of the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego, moderator Christine Robinson, partner, sustainability and ESG services, for Deloitte & Touche, asked experts about the challenges and successes in mainstreaming environment, social, and governance (ESG) accounting and reporting.

A coordinated regional commuter rail system envisioned for the national capital region could unlock opportunities and increase equity for residents and neighborhoods, panelists asserted during a session Thursday at the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego.

The ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance announced that five more of its real estate members have aligned to Greenprint’s net zero carbon operations goal. These real estate leaders join the 25 ULI Greenprint members that have already adopted this goal to reduce the carbon emissions of their collective portfolio under operational control to net zero by the year 2050.

Urbanizing suburbia is something many developers are looking to achieve, adding density as land prices rise. San Diego and its surrounding area have been prime locations for use of this strategy. On Thursday, a panel at the ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego explained the thought process and how to execute on this goal, focusing in particular on life sciences architecture.

At the 2022 Spring Meeting in San Diego, panelists shared some of the opportunities they see in Mexico, while addressing some of the perceived challenges, both real and imagined.

Representatives from four federal agencies describing the financing opportunities their agencies offer at a panel at the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego.

This year, Earth Day commemorates a theme that resonates with the work of ULI and its global membership: Investing in Our Planet. The theme reflects many evolving factors influencing public and private sector investment decisions pertaining to climate change.

Life sciences and technology firms have been flocking to the San Diego metro area for the past decade. Often located on the outskirts of downtown, consideration and efforts are underway to make the market’s urban area a destination for work, live and play. A panel featuring many players in San Diego business development and academics joined moderator Lisa Cholmondeley, Gensler, to discuss strategy in “San Diego’s Life-Sciences Ecosystem: A 21st-Century Transformation.”

ULI’s Terwilliger Center for Housing is increasing its focus on work done at the district council level, Christopher Ptomey, the center’s executive director, said in introducing a panel Wednesday at the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego. The panel, titled “Attainable Housing for All: Replicable Best Practices from Local Housing Challenges,” presented work at the district council level in Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.

Yesterday’s general session titled “Real Estate, Construction, Infrastructure, and Logistics” was delivered by Dr. Parag Khanna, managing partner of FutureMap and author of Connectography: Mapping the Future of Civilization.

Developers that want to build momentum and lure users, especially for big projects, need to think beyond the walls of their buildings and instead create places that become nodes for innovation, panelists said at the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego. Economic clusters—places anchored by companies or institutions that attract other businesses and residents—are key, said panelists.

Over the past five years, more than 300 cities in the United States have committed to meet the targets of the Paris Climate Accords. However, as of 2020, only a handful have made meaningful progress in developing climate action plans, said Alaina Ladner, energy and sustainability practice lead for JLL. “Cities, companies, investors, and tenants are looking to the building sector to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals,” she added, speaking at the “Future-Proofing Asset Value: The Pathway to Net Zero” panel as part of the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego.

A session spotlighting the city of Los Angeles’s goal for all new buildings to reach net-zero-carbon by 2030 and 100 percent of buildings to be net-zero carbon by 2050, drew a standing-room-only crowd, and prompted an engaging conversation during a panel titled “Commitment to Action: How Developers Can Help Achieve Citywide Sustainability Goals” on Tuesday at the ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego.

With over half of California residents experiencing cost burdens for housing, the state is facing a shortage and is in search of solutions. A panel at the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting titled “Legalize Housing: Innovative Housing Policies to Produce More Housing at All Income Levels” looked at what is working in the San Diego market.

A panel of capital markets experts opened the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting with a discussion of the direction of global markets and capital flows in an environment of rising interest rates as well as global uncertainty such as the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

ULI global CEO Ed Walter welcomed attendees to the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego with the debut of a new mission tagline: “Where the Future Is Built.” Walter and ULI global chair Peter Ballon then discussed in a fireside chat how ULI has fared through the past year of the pandemic.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed new rule on climate disclosure could have a major impact upon the real estate sector, according to experts.

Out of the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Qualified Opportunity Zone (OZ) funds accelerated last year, with nearly $7 billion in new capital raised during the second half of 2021. Much of that money appears to be directed into new multifamily housing projects erected in high-growth markets

Urban Land’s Spring 2022 cover depicts a groundbreaking micro-housing project in the heart of downtown at 320 West Cedar Street in San Diego’s Little Italy, designed, developed, owned, and managed by local architect Jonathan Segal. We spoke with Segal about The Continental and his innovative approach to projects that push the envelope of possibilities.

This article is adapted from the recently released ULI report 10 Principles for Embedding Racial Equity in Real Estate Development.

There is broad support to allow accessory dwelling units, duplexes and triplexes in residential neighborhoods, according to a new Zillow survey covering 26 U.S. metro areas. A clear majority of homeowners surveyed (73 percent) voiced support for at least one of these “modest densification” options, and support was higher among renters (84 percent).

A redevelopment plan for an Oakland, California site presented by a team comprised of students from the University of Texas at Austin has taken top honors in the 20th annual ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The ideas contest provides graduate students the opportunity to devise a comprehensive design and development scheme for a large-scale site in an urban area.

ULI MEMBER–ONLY CONTENT: The Spring 2022 issue of Urban Land is now available for ULI members. The cover topic is “The Housing Issue: Smart solutions to meet a growing need.”

The spring 2020 issue marks William P. Macht’s last as author of Urban Land’s widely popular column, Solution File. While the column will continue under other expert bylines, we wanted to take a moment to honor Macht’s past 20 years of contributions to the magazine and to industry thought leadership.

Twenty-nine professionals in real estate development, planning, design, engineering, finance, and public health from across the globe have been selected to participate in the fifth cohort of the Health Leaders Network—designed to empower real estate and land use professionals with the skills, knowledge, and networks to improve health and equity outcomes in their professional practice and communities.

The Building Healthy Places Initiative has announced the participants in the fifth cohort of the ULI/Randall Lewis Health Mentorship Program, which is supported by ULI Foundation governor Randall Lewis

Suburban greenfield projects fade away as stakeholders focus on connecting cities and reinvesting in areas with preexisting infrastructure and transit.

For decades, the storied North Michigan Avenue shopping district has been a key engine driving downtown Chicago’s economy. But a slow decline already underway before COVID-19’s arrival accelerated as restrictions to contain the pandemic kept many tourists and local shoppers out of stores. City officials and local leaders are trying to lay the foundation for a turnaround after the release of a report from a panel convened by the Urban Land Institute’s Chicago district council.