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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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Philanthropic Impact
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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
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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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Design and Planning
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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
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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
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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
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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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Design and Planning
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Universities and Educational Facilities
Outlook for Academic Campus Development
How can academic institutions and private sector partners collaborate to spur development in a challenging economy?
February 6, 2024
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Design and Planning
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Resilience and Sustainability
UL10: Green Financing
Ten projects take advantage of financial tools that promote environmentally positive development
January 29, 2024
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Inside the ULI Foundation
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Leadership
John and Ann Porter Commit to Supporting Etkin Scholars Program at ULI Charlotte
John Porter, president of Charter Properties, and his wife, Ann, have committed to continue funding the Etkin Scholars Program in Charlotte, North Carolina, thus extending a national scholarship program that Bruce Etkin, former chairman of Etkin Johnson Real Estate Partners, established in 2021 with a $1 million gift. The Porters’ donation helps fulfill Etkin’s vision that other ULI members would be inspired to continue and expand the program.
January 25, 2024
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Philanthropic Impact
$1 Million Gift from Alex Rose Helps Create Endowment to Increase Reach of ULI Advisory Services Program
A $1 million gift from Alex J. Rose, executive vice president for Continental Development Corporation, will help the ULI Foundation establish a $7.5 million endowment to provide long-term funding for its advisory services program, which assembles panels of volunteer ULI members to provide expert advice and recommendations to communities facing land use challenges.
December 11, 2023
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