Ron Nyren

Ron Nyren is a freelance architecture, urban planning, and real estate writer based in the San Francisco Bay area.

Design and Planning

San Francisco

Rekindling San Francisco’s Downtown by Reviving Its Streets

ULI San Francisco recently hosted a panel revisiting the recommendations made by ULI Advisory Servies panelists to revive the downtown and highlighting the progress that has been made.

July 15, 2024

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Design and Planning

Office

Adding Life Sciences Space in Proximity to Academic Institutions in Northern California

Berkeley, California, is emerging as a hub for life sciences and technology firms, with new developments opening in the West Berkeley neighborhood. In June, ULI San Francisco hosted a walking tour through two campuses targeting life sciences research and development tenants at the eastern edge of the San Francisco Bay: theLAB Berkeley and Berkeley Commons.

June 24, 2024

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Philanthropic Impact

ULI Leadership

Nancy and Geoffrey Stack Family Foundation Adds $5 Million to ULI Chair’s Fund

Gift extends Stacks’ long history of leadership in ULI, philanthropic support for community transformation, education, and health care

June 14, 2024

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Design and Planning

Attainable Housing

UL10: Micro-Housing

Ten projects deliver compact residential spaces that offer more affordable city living options, foster community, and minimize environmental impacts.

May 14, 2024

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Ron Nyren

Design and Planning

Attainable Housing

Outlook for Office-to-Residential Conversions: What Opportunities Remain for Revamping Office Buildings as Multifamily Residences?

Experts speak about the near-term prospects for converting office buildings into multifamily housing, best practices for evaluating conversion potential, innovative ways the public sector can support these projects, and other related trends.

May 13, 2024

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ULI Leadership

Philanthropic Impact

Members Empower ULI’s Mission at the Local Level through Gifts to District Councils

Donations to the ULI Foundation support a wide variety of programs, initiatives, and groups, and among the options, donors may choose to
direct their gifts to their local ULI District Council. Three donors who have made recent substantial contributions to their respective District
Councils—Jack Cohen, Marc Pollack, and Greg West—highlight the impact individuals can have on their local communities. Their gifts, ranging from $15,000 to $100,000, enable their local District Councils to advance ULI’s mission priorities and carry out community outreach, all while helping members build relationships and share educational and other resources in their area.

May 8, 2024

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Issues and Trends

Industrial

The Rising Promise of Industrial Outdoor Storage

Once overlooked as little more than open-air spaces for trailer parking, industrial outdoor storage (IOS) sites are emerging as a promising niche for their increasingly significant role in the e-commerce and logistics sectors and their potential to earn strong returns for investors.

March 20, 2024

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Resilience and Sustainability

Issues and Trends

Assessing the Impact of the SEC’s New Climate Disclosure Rules on the Real Estate Industry

Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued new rules requiring public companies to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures. The rules phase in over time, requiring the largest companies or public investor shares to begin making climate risk disclosures in 2025.

March 11, 2024

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