Elizabeth Razzi

Elizabeth Razzi served as editor in chief of Urban Land from 2011-2021. She has been a writer and an editor for The Washington Post, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, and other publications.

A review of this issue of Urban Land brings two themes to mind: transportation and globalism. They are intimately intertwined, of course, with advances in transportation—along with the internet—enabling today’s global economy.
There are not enough people with long-term vision, particularly when it comes to investments that can significantly reduce energy use, Duke Energy Chief Executive Officer James E. Rogers said in his keynote address at the ULI Spring Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, in May.
Peter Calthorpe, a ULI J.C. Nichols Award laureate, promotes breaking down the Asian phenomenon of superblocks—massive residential complexes that leave long stretches between intersections, isolating people and frustrating pedestrians.
China’s emerging inland cities such as Chengdu, Wuhan, Xi’an, and Changsha are gaining attention for real estate investment and development opportunities, a trend that suggests a pullback from some of China’s mature coastal markets that are perceived as overbuilt, according to a report released by ULI at its inaugural Asia Pacific Summit in Beijing in May.
On any given morning, will your workplace be unreachable because a power failure rendered the doorway security system inoperable?
ULI Trustee and Founding Chairman of ULI Asia-Pacific, C. Y. Leung, has been selected as Hong Kong’s next chief executive.
A “coincidence of destiny” links His Highness the Aga Khan with J.C. Nichols, one of ULI’s founders. An unexpected connection was discovered recently among a cathedral in Seville, Spain; a tower in Kansas City; and an etching in the glass award bestowed with the ULI J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development.
A ULI panel assessed options for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library in Washington, D.C., including adding stories and leasing space to generate money for repairs, and selling the historic landmark.
“Overall, it’s interesting to see that a number of the student-designed houses are consciously transcending DOE’s constraints for the competition...[which] indicates that these students are interested in pursuing a deeper strategy of sustainability,” noted Uwe Brandes, an architect and urban planner who is ULI senior vice president of initiatives.
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