At ULI’s 2011 Fall Meeting last month, a panel titled “Social Media and Engagement” provided the audience with not only strategies for how the commercial real estate sector has made use of newer technologies, but also successful case studies from within the industry. The standing-room-only crowd listened to how companies have utilized social media to maximize their return on investment. Read more.
Urban Land magazine asks Toby Bozzuto, president, Bozzuto Development Company, about what was discussed during his 2011 ULI Fall Meeting panel on multifamily development. He provides his perspective on Washington, D.C.–area for-sale properties and foreclosure inventory.
One of the current trends in urban development is the integration of institutions with the neighborhoods surrounding them. In light of this, ULI recently conducted an advisory panel for D.C.’s Gallaudet University. Read more to learn about the panel’s recommendations to help Gallaudet with its master plan, with a specific focus on how the institution might better interact with its neighbors.
How can anyone justify sustainable building retrofits in today’s market? Dana Robbins Schneider, vice president, Jones Lang LaSalle, discusses her involvement in the Empire State Building’s green retrofit and how it can serve as a model for building owners who want to achieve deep energy savings while earning a payback in five years or less.
The real estate market in Mexico is on the verge of transformation. Juan Diego Perez-Vargas, principal, Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz, talks to Urban Land magazine about a new era of the pension fund system that is moving into Mexican real estate.
In recent years, there have been numerous marketing articles and communication strategy workshops on the need to have a social media presence. This need is validated by the tens of millions of hotel reviews on websites like TripAdvisor, where travelers give their feedback about hotels, effectively serving as an unpaid focus group. Read more including two case studies, to learn about this increasingly important trend.
Seven years ago, Rebecca Devine left a large communications agency to found Maven Communications, a public relations firm that develops communications strategies for numerous residential and commercial real estate (CRE) companies. Read what she has to say about how CRE firms can boost their online social influence as well as examples of companies that have had success with new media.
The U.S. and world economies have shown improvement over the past year; however, there are still many uncertainties and troubling trends that worry investors. Last month, Barclays Capital Inc. chief U.S. economist Dean Maki provided his economic outlook during a keynote session at the 2011 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Real Estate Capital Markets Conference in New York City. Hear what Maki said to expect from the U.S. economy over the coming year, interest rates, Federal Reserve policy, and home prices.
As cities both large and small transition from manufacturing-based to service-oriented economies, municipal officials are forced to decide whether a site will be prepped for resale to another industrial user or if it should be remediated for residential development and commercial business. Read more to learn what a ULI panel told the city of Indianapolis to do with a well-sited vacant GM property.
Despite the considerable amount of private equity capital held by opportunity funds, institutional investors, foreign entities, REITs, and high-net-worth investors, all parties appear to be sticking with core assets instead of broadening their investment horizons, say panelists at a recent ULI capital markets conference in New York City. Learn what advice they have for investors in 2011.
A considerable amount of private equity capital is looking for investment opportunities in commercial real estate—and this is expected to increase investment activity in 2011, according to Bob White, founder and president of Real Capital Analytics. Learn what else he told attendees during the opening presentation at ULI’s “Real Estate Finance and Investment 2011” conference in New York City.
Greta Guggenheim, ULI member and president of Ladder Capital, spoke at the 2011 ULI Capital Markets Conference in New York. She discusses the state of conduit lending as well as the role and impact of new issuance in 2011.
