Joan Campbell is ULI’s research librarian and brings more than 35 years of research experience to her role. Over her 27-year career at the Institute, she has helped thousands of ULI members with research assistance on real estate, planning, and urban development topics.
In sprawling metro areas such as Atlanta, the very notion of a “suburb” is in flux. No longer is the delineation between urban and suburban housing types and community attributes crystal clear as certain types of suburbs are evolving to include higher densities, walkability, and other urban characteristics.
The Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) Singapore is hosting a special daylong tour of the city-state’s cultural and historic sites on the Monday prior to the 2017 Asia Pacific Summit, which takes place June 6–8 at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore.
Newer suburban developments have embraced the idea of a vibrant and inviting public realm and mixed-use environments to go with it. Though the town center concept is not new, it is being reinvented and adapted to a variety of contexts.
The pressing need for inclusivity to be part of urban revitalization was a key topic at ULI’s recent Mid-Winter meeting in Washington, D.C., attended by the Institute’s global trustees, with former ULI visiting fellow Richard Florida and ULI trustee Edward Glaeser leading a discussion on the future of cities.
Spring Meeting cochairs Greg Johnson and Patrick Callahan explain what makes their hometown--technology capital, destination for outdoor enthusiasts, a city of innovators--unique.
In an effort to strengthen land use decision making among local government leaders and to foster regional solutions to land use challenges, ULI Washington has launched the Regional Fellows program, modeled after the Daniel Rose Fellowship, a program of the Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use, which is jointly operated by ULI and the National League of Cities.
ULI’s work to promote sustainable, resilient communities was cited in Professional Societies and Climate Change, a new report from the Kresge Foundation that analyzes the extent to which research and education organizations are including environmental concerns in efforts to advance their missions.
President Donald J. Trump’s new economic policies signal further job growth and expansion for an already strong economy, but uncertainty remains high as his approach to trade, immigration, and industry deregulation unfolds over the next several months, according to ULI member and leading real estate economist Kenneth Rosen.
Known as a multicultural melting pot, Singapore is one of the world’s most forward-thinking cities on embracing density, sustainability, and livability as guiding principles for urban design and development in a resource-constrained environment.
In 2015, a pan-European group of ULI members decided that the real estate and land use industry—and ULI in particular—had a role to play in sharing best practices and innovative solutions for decision makers on the front lines of this crisis.
