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Top-down construction—constructing floors at ground level, then raising them to the top of the building and then successively downward—potentially offers an attractive alternative to conventional construction.

The second half of 2020 through to the following year was probably the busiest investment period in the two decades at Brookfield in the Asia Pacific region, according to the investment management firm managing partner and chief investment officer Lowell Baron. Baron spoke at a fireside chat session at the 2023 ULI Asia Pacific Summit opposite moderator Radha Dhir, JLL’s CEO and country head for India.

Sponsored content: Airbnb has been working with multifamily owners for several years to unlock hosting for renters. As part of ongoing efforts to drive value for owners and make hosting more accessible to renters, Airbnb introduced the Airbnb-friendly marketplace in November 2022.

Sponsored content: There is no question that the distinctive neighborhoods of Fort Worth, Texas, are a bedrock of culture, innovation, and economy for the city. With revitalization at the forefront of the city’s economic strategy, municipal leaders are focused on aligning the community and creating sustainable growth for all residents.

The latest additions to downtown Memphis hospitality include the Canopy by Hilton Downtown Memphis, the Hyatt Centric Beale Street Memphis, and the Caption by Hyatt Beale Street Memphis. Each new high-profile hotel development integrates and transforms Memphis’ obsolete infrastructure for the benefit of Memphis tourism and contemporary livability.

Designers have a critical role to play in addressing the issue of mental health for our veterans by educating ourselves on these best practices and implementing these strategies thoroughly on projects serving this patient population. In this manner, we are advocates for dignity-driven design for veterans returning home.

ULI Building Healthy Places brought together the sixth cohort of the ULI/Randall Lewis Health Mentorship Program at the 2023 Spring Meeting for three days of learning, network building, and exchange. Since 2017, the program has matched graduate students with ULI members working at the intersection of health and the built environment to learn about ULI and deepen their understanding of opportunities to advance health outcomes through careers in land use, planning, and real estate.

Public-sector leaders of two Southern European cities speaking at the 2023 ULI Europe Conference called on commercial property investors to help them decrease housing supply shortages.

Sid Yog, the founding partner of Xander Group, reflected on his career in discussion with ESR Hong Kong managing director Rui Hua Chang during a fireside chat at the ULI Asia Pacific Summit 2023 in Singapore.

The next era of multifamily real estate will be led by managers that have the ability to produce alpha. The 2010s were defined by a seemingly never-ending bull market. The next cycle will remind investors of the importance of partnering with managers that apply an appropriate risk-reward analysis and have the skill and experience to add value at the real estate level to generate alpha.

Providing end-users with a choice that originates from a binary view—either indoor or outdoor—is no longer enough.

The ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing has announced four finalists for this year’s Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award and eight finalists for the Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing.

Limited supply of real estate assets—particularly properties which have the high environmental standards being demanded by occupiers—as well as the boost provided to rental income by inflation are positives amid persistent uncertainty in the European real estate market, according to a panel of executives during the 2023 ULI Europe Conference.

Civic leaders must pursue sustainability in all areas within their realm of responsibility with a deep, holistically structured, and unwavering commitment.

At the Europe ULI Hines Student Competition final, the team from the University of Manchester in England sized up their fellow competitors. They were impressed by the other presentations, but they felt confident that their own had a slight edge because of its core strength: its diversity.

Curating and creating great spaces is at the heart of what industry players in the built environment sector do every day. Placemaking is the “art and science” of turning the ordinary into the extraordinary.

And, according to bestselling author, entrepreneur, and futurist, Martin Ford, who delivered the closing keynote address at the ULI Asia Pacific Summit 2023, artificial intelligence, or AI, will soon “touch, impact and influence” every aspect of our daily lives.

San Francisco can create a more commercially vibrant and socially inclusive downtown that attracts a diverse range of industries and employers, advances housing attainability, and promotes stronger leadership, according to findings released by ULI.

When Team Omusubi took the stage at the 2023 ULI Asia Pacific Summit in Singapore, they were applauded not just for their winning entry in a prestigious urban development competition. The team of four students from Waseda University in Tokyo also had the unique honor of being the first-ever winners of the Asia Pacific ULI Hines Student Competition.

While some big-box retail stores are closing, some developers are eyeing opportunities with retail-to-life science conversions or additions.

Ten infill residential developments help strengthen the urban fabric and add density where it is needed most.

The 2023 ULI Asia Pacific Summit in Singapore brought together a panel of prominent investors to discuss how a fast-changing global macro environment is impacting Asia Pacific’s commercial real estate markets. Panelists noted that current conditions are uncharted territory for an industry conditioned by 40 years of falling interest rates and inflation.

As the use of mass-timber construction gains momentum in the multifamily development business, it is still taking baby steps in the U.S. industrial market. Last October, Affinius Capital and Seefried Industrial Properties attracted plenty of attention when they completed a 161,000-square-foot (14,900 sq m) wood-paneled warehouse outside Dallas, one of the first of its kind in the country, and more are planned or under construction.

Strict one-use-per-parcel zoning rules have long limited the growth of mixed-use projects in Spain, but the builders of a new office, residential, and commercial project in Madrid hope their example will pave the way for other integrated projects.

As part of the 2023 Net Zero Week, ULI Young Leaders share their excitement about a decarbonized future for the industry.

ULI Asia Pacific Young Leaders hosted a forum on housing attainability in May with a focus on Australia, China, and Singapore. The event started with a short presentation by Ken Rhee, Senior Director of ULI China and the primary author of the newly released 2023 ULI Asia Pacific Home Attainability Index.

Nature and water are often “hidden” in certain parts of cities, within confined structures or swamp ecosystems. The March ULI InfraXchange featured Michael Van Valkenburg Associate-led project Waterloo Greenway Waller Creek in Austin, Henning Larsen’s project with Jurong Lakeside Garden in Singapore, and ULI Philadelphia’s North Broad Renaissance Initiative, a ULI Curtis Infrastructure TAP project.

Most homeowners do not have flood insurance, and what’s worse, many buyers are unaware when purchasing a home of its flood history. Armed with new research on the steep costs of not disclosing flood history and claims, advocates are pushing states to strengthen or introduce new flood risk disclosure laws.

Value-added real estate investment will be the engine of returns as the macro environment remains unpredictable and debt providers exert caution, according to a panel of executives at the ULI’s United Kingdom conference in May.

A 100-year-old correctional facility in Whittier, California, becomes a new master-planned community.