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Ron Nyren

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

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Development and Construction
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Design and Planning
Health Care/Life Sciences Development: Both Sides Speak
The Urban Land Institute’s new Health Care and Life Sciences Council formed to bring private sector developers and investors together with institutional representatives, and others, in order to share knowledge and ideas unique to these asset classes. Read what three of ULI’s members have to say about best practices for successfully developing and managing medical and life sciences real estate.
November 5, 2010
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Economy, Market & Trends
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Capital Markets and Finance
Redevelopment Roundtable: What potential does redevelopment hold in the current economy?
Five real estate development experts discuss trends in redevelopment in the United States: where the opportunities lie, what kinds of properties are strong candidates for adaptive use, what sources of financing are available, how redevelopment dovetails with sustainable design, and what the future may hold.
October 1, 2010
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Resilience and Sustainability
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Development and Construction
Green Market Value
Buildings with sustainable design features may cut energy costs and have less impact on the environment than conventional buildings, but there has been little data about the economic benefit for their owners. Is there now evidence that even in the current economic downturn, the green premium holds true?
September 21, 2010
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Development and Construction
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Economy, Market & Trends
Public/Private Partnerships for Developers
Given the economic downturn and the scarcity of capital, public/private partnerships may seem appealing to more real estate developers than ever. Yet navigating the intricacies of these ventures can involve a steep learning curve. Three members of ULI’s Public/Private Partnership Council (Gold Flight) offer insights based on their extensive experience.
September 14, 2010
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Development and Construction
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Economy, Market & Trends
Katrina: Five Years Later, Five Questions for William B. Bradshaw II
William B. Bradshaw II, cofounder and president of the New Orleans–based real estate development firm Green Coast Enterprises, discusses what New Orleans has done right over the past five years and what the most significant aspects of rebuilding that still remain to be done are. He responds to whether the city successfully reinvented and/or expanded its economy and to what the city must do to improve its livability for existing residents and to attract new residents.
September 10, 2010
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Development and Construction
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Infrastructure
Katrina: Five Years Later, Five Questions for Joseph Canizaro
Joseph Canizaro, the president and CEO of Columbus Properties L.P. in New Orleans, a past ULI chairman and past chair of the Bring New Orleans Back Commission’s land use committee, discusses what New Orleans has done right over the past five years and what the most significant aspects of rebuilding that still remain to be done are. He responds to whether the city successfully reinvented and/or expanded its economy and to what the city must do to improve its livability for existing residents and to attract new residents.
September 10, 2010
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Development and Construction
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Economy, Market & Trends
Katrina: Five Years Later, Five Questions for Pres Kabacoff
Pres Kabacoff, CEO of New Orleans–based development company HRI Properties and a member of the ULI Public/Private Partnership Council (Blue Flight), discusses what New Orleans has done right over the past five years and what the most significant aspects of rebuilding that still remain to be done are. He responds to whether the city successfully reinvented and/or expanded its economy and to what the city must do to improve its livability for existing residents and to attract new residents.
September 10, 2010
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Public Sector
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Public/Private Partnerships
ULX: Public/Private Pursuits
From Australia to Canada, from the U.K. to the U.S, see ten examples where cash-strapped city and state governments get new or refurbished parks, libraries, or recreation facilities. Private sector partners get added value such as higher home prices and enhanced foot traffic for retail, entertainment, and dining uses. In some cases, the private sector partner builds and operates justice or transit structures in exchange for development rights.
September 1, 2010
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Development and Construction
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Economy, Market & Trends
Where & How Will We Live?
Five leaders in residential real estate development discuss U.S. housing development trends: why smaller unit and lot sizes are becoming more common, which neighborhoods are holding value in the economic downturn, how demographic shifts are likely to influence the buyer and renter markets, how the public sector is working with the private sector to help keep planned developments alive, and how the recession has affected the movement toward incorporating sustainable design.
July 1, 2010
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Development and Construction
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Residential
Job Transitions
In the current economic downturn, job prospects in the real estate development industry can seem scarce. However, development has always been about reinvention to meet a constantly changing market. The following ten real estate professionals illustrate a variety of career reinvention possibilities. Listed in alphabetical order, they have all changed jobs within the past five years, taking on a different role in the industry— not necessarily because of the recession, but because they saw new opportunities in a dynamic market. Some have become consultants, some have founded their own firms, some have gone to work in the public sector, and some have joined firms in a related profession. They discuss what drew them to their new jobs, how their previous work informs their current work, and how they are drawing on and broadening their expertise.
July 1, 2010
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