Mark Cooper

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

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Economy, Market & Trends
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Retail/Entertainment
Retail-Led Mixed Use in an Age of E-Commerce Outside Shanghai
The LifeHub@Kunshan complex, just a brief train ride from Shanghai, integrates workforce housing, shopping, entertainment, e-commerce—and local culture.
August 9, 2017
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Mark Cooper
Design and Planning
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Office
Bringing Coworking Concepts and Other Office Concepts to Japan
Delegates at ULI Japan’s recent Spring Conference, held in Tokyo, heard from a number of landlords operating a number of different models for office occupation about how their operations worked and their thoughts on the future.
June 27, 2017
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Mark Cooper
Design and Planning
Incorporating Walkability and Adaptability into Mixed-Use Projects Across Three Continents
To keep pace with changing transportation and working modes, the built environment needs to have adaptability from the ground up. That was the argument made by panelists from the worlds of design, development, and corporate real estate when they discussed themes of resilience, flexibility, and livability of urban space at the ULI Asia Pacific Summit 2017 in Singapore.
June 26, 2017
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Mark Cooper
Industry Voices
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Innovation Districts & Corridors
Robotic Warehouses, Drone Delivery Help Feed China’s Growing Appetite for E-commerce
Logistics property developer GLP is taking advantage of new technologies to increase efficiency for its tenants. Chief executive officer Ming Mei told attendees at the ULI Asia Pacific Summit 2017 that his firm is using big data to improve efficiency in its logistics parks in China, analyzing everything from the temperature of cold-storage trucks to site selection for logistics tenants.
June 16, 2017
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Mark Cooper
Capital Markets and Finance
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Industry Sectors
As China Reshuffles, Could Japan Become a Bigger External Investor?
This year, global investors should be keeping an eye on politics in China, Japan’s outbound investment, and the logistics sector, said a panel of senior industry figures speaking at the recent ULI Asia Pacific Summit 2017.
June 16, 2017
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Mark Cooper
Markets
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Emerging Trends
Big Data, Technology Increasingly Drive Decision Making for Investors
Big data is becoming an important part of the real estate business, said Goh Kok Huat, COO of GIC Private Limited, formerly known as the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, speaking at the ULI 2017 Asia Pacific Summit.
June 12, 2017
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Mark Cooper
Economy, Market & Trends
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News
Airbnb, Smaller Hotel Operators Helping to Revive Japan’s Hinterlands
Japan’s aging population is well documented, but a drain of population from provincial and rural areas to the cities has also occurred. ULI Japan’s Spring Conference, held in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi Hall, included a panel of exerts examining how real estate, technology, and the sharing economy could boost ailing areas through tourism.
May 30, 2017
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Mark Cooper
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Development and Construction
Embracing Density and Mixed Use in Shanghai
Though the pace of China’s growth over recent decades meant innovation in land use often lagged the speed of development as a priority, this is changing due to a need for more sustainable and efficient development. Indeed, the country is undergoing a sea change in the way land is used, and for the better, according to experts speaking at a ULI China Mainland Event.
January 27, 2017
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Mark Cooper
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Philanthropic Impact
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Asia Pacific
Dr. Cheong Koon Hean Receives ULI J.C. Nichols Prize in Singapore
Dr. Cheong Koon Hean, chief executive of Singapore’s Housing & Development Board (HDB), was presented with the J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development at a January 18 ceremony at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore.
January 24, 2017
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Mark Cooper
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Capital Markets and Finance
Opportunities in the Year Ahead for China
Though next year could be a tough one for investors in Chinese real estate, the country’s economy is also more entwined with that of the rest of the world than ever before, speakers said at the 2016 ULI China Mainland Winter Meeting in Shanghai.
December 21, 2016
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Mark Cooper
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