Mark Cooper

Mark Cooper is senior director, thought leadership, ULI Asia Pacific and a freelance journalist based in Hong Kong.

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Capital Markets and Finance
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Asia Pacific
Global Investors Seeking Safer Havens in European and Asian Markets
The closing panel at the 2025 ULI Asia Pacific Summit brought together real estate players from a wide range of geographies and capital markets roles. Audience polling at the start of the discussion revealed that Summit attendees believe the world will become more multipolar after a generation of American exceptionalism, with some audience members feeling that the U.S. will fall behind Asia or Europe.
July 9, 2025
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Multifamily
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Attainable Housing
How Does It Feel to Live Here? Housing Realities and Aspirations Across Asia Pacific
Setting the tone for this year’s ULI Asia Pacific Summit, moderator Lola Woetzel, senior partner emerita at McKinsey & Company, presented a panel of industry leaders with the perennial question: “How does it feel to live here?” The discussion brought into sharp focus the complex realities shaping housing across the region.
July 7, 2025
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Capital Markets and Finance
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Hong Kong
Developing Senior Housing for an Aging Hong Kong Populace
ULI Asia Pacific report builds the business case.
February 14, 2024
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Economy, Market & Trends
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ULI Asia Pacific
Asia Real Estate Leverages Proptech to Cut Carbon
With the Asia Pacific region comprising 4.3 billion people and many of the world’s biggest cities, the sheer scale of the sustainability challenge there is daunting. However, asset owners are increasingly using more sustainable designs and technologies to boost the performance of their assets.
July 17, 2023
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Finance & Investment
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Leadership
Asia Pacific’s Largest Asset Owners Balancing Carbon Taxes and Other Policies on Road to Net Zero
Asia Pacific asset owners are just beginning to grapple with decarbonization and how to factor transition and climate risks into their valuations; even so, some markets and investors are already ahead of the pack. This topic was discussed as part of a recent ULI Asia Pacific webinar, part of a series looking at decarbonization.
April 3, 2023
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Mark Cooper
Development and Construction
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News
Developers See New Opportunities in Industrial and Logistics Across Southeast Asia
A confluence of economic and geopolitical trends is changing global supply chains and driving increased demand for industrial and logistics real estate in Southeast Asia, according to industry leaders at ULI Asia Pacific’s REImagine conference.
November 18, 2022
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Economy, Market & Trends
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Asia Pacific
Building Resilient Communities in Southeast Asia’s Greater Bay Area
The ULI Asia Pacific Summit, held in Hong Kong and livestreamed in late August, devoted considerable time to questions of climate resilience, but one panel in particular focused on building cooperative community resilience in Asia.
September 16, 2022
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Economy, Market & Trends
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Asia Pacific
Taking the Long View on Hong Kong’s Future
The importance of education, China’s economic resilience and the urgent need for Hong Kong to open its borders once more were covered by Weijian Shan, executive chairman of PAG and one of Asia’s leading business figures, at the ULI Asia Pacific Summit in Hong Kong.
September 12, 2022
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Finance & Investment
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Real Estate Trends
Tech Firms Remain a Bright Spot for Asia Pacific’s Economy
Two of Asia’s leading entrepreneurs gave real estate investors a glimpse into the worlds of Web 3.0 and deep tech at the ULI Asia Pacific Summit.
September 12, 2022
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Panel discussion: What next for China’s property market?
Capital Markets and Finance
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Asia Pacific
What’s Next for China’s Recovering Housing Market?
The ULI Asia Pacific Summit, held in Hong Kong in August, asked a panel of experts what was next for China’s property market. The residential development market in particular has been challenged, with restrictions on lending, defaults among developers, and falling sales.
September 12, 2022
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