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Brett Widness

Brett Widness is the managing editor of Urban Land. Previously, he worked in online editorial at the Washington Post, AARP, and AOL, now part of Yahoo!

Resilience and Sustainability
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News
Climate-Related Flooding and Drought Expected to Cost World’s Major Cities $194 Billion Annually
New research quantifies the dire impacts of climate-driven drought and flooding on the world’s largest cities and their residents.
June 24, 2022
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Capital Markets and Finance
UL Interview: How One Fund Sees Opportunity in Smaller and Mid-Sized Industrial Properties
While much of the focus on U.S. industrial is on large, single-tenant facilities, with big names like Amazon taking whole facilities. But multi-tenant industrial may offer diversification and risk reduction while helping small manufacturing firms grow over time. BKM Capital Partners spoke with Urban Land
May 17, 2022
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Philanthropic Impact
New in Knowledge Finder: The Global Parking Industry
The latest Reading List from Urban Landis now available on ULI’s Knowledge Finder, covering the nearly $100 billion worldwide industry of parking.
May 2, 2022
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Capital Markets and Finance
Investing in Mexico: Seeing Opportunities in Industrial and Hotel
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.
April 21, 2022
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Capital Markets and Finance
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Spring Meeting
Strong Dollar and Growth Driving Capital Flows to U.S. Real Estate
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.
April 19, 2022
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Philanthropic Impact
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Spring Meeting
ULI: Where the Future Is Built
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.
April 19, 2022
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Economy, Market & Trends
Survey Finds Broad Support for More Housing in 26 U.S. Metro Areas
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).
April 12, 2022
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Philanthropic Impact
Spring 2022 Issue of Urban Land
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.”
Members Only
April 11, 2022
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Resilience and Sustainability
Trammel Crow Industrial Lights Up Rooftop Solar with Altus Power
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, solar-power company Altus Power and commercial real-estate developer Trammell Crow have reached a $600 million deal to install solar panels on U.S. industrial properties. The deal will create 300 megawatts of capacity and is Altus’ largest to date.
April 1, 2022
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Economy, Market & Trends
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News
In Brief: Which U.S. Cities Are Attracting Generation Z Renters?
Applications for U.S. apartments from renters of all generations increased by an average of 10 percent year over year from 2.9 million applications in 2020 to 3.2 million in 2021, according to Yardi’s RentCafe. The increase in activity was mainly driven by the youngest renter group, the oldest of whom are 25 years old.
March 29, 2022
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