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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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Capital Markets and Finance
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Resilience and Sustainability
How C-PACE Financing Is Powering Green Historic Renovations
Thirty-eight states have passed legislation authorizing Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing to date. While C-PACE has been around for more than 20 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated its adoption.
July 25, 2022
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Development and Construction
ULI Outlook for Green Affordable Multifamily Housing
Members of ULI’s Sustainable Development Council and Affordable/Workforce Housing Council discuss sustainability strategies for affordable multifamily housing, plus the challenges and opportunities for net zero.
June 6, 2022
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Resilience and Sustainability
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Sustainably Growing the Mass Timber Industry
Mass timber has come a long way in the United States in the past eight years. Fulfilling mass timber’s green potential means responsible forest management and planning for what happens to the timber after the building’s end of life.
June 1, 2022
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Design and Planning
Adapting an Art Deco Banking Center: The Rebirth of First National Center of Oklahoma City
For much of the 20th century, the banking hall at the First National Center in Oklahoma City served as a showpiece for the downtown financial district.
May 3, 2022
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Resilience and Sustainability
The Rising Tide of ESG Goals for Real Estate Companies
At the “Real Estate Companies: The Front Line of Climate Change” session on day three of the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego, moderator Christine Robinson, partner, sustainability and ESG services, for Deloitte & Touche, asked experts about the challenges and successes in mainstreaming environment, social, and governance (ESG) accounting and reporting.
April 21, 2022
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Resilience and Sustainability
How Federal Agencies Are Investing in Sustainability, Resilience, and Equity
Representatives from four federal agencies describing the financing opportunities their agencies offer at a panel at the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego.
April 21, 2022
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Resilience and Sustainability
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Spring Meeting
Future-Proofing Real Estate Assets for a Net Zero Future
Over the past five years, more than 300 cities in the United States have committed to meet the targets of the Paris Climate Accords. However, as of 2020, only a handful have made meaningful progress in developing climate action plans, said Alaina Ladner, energy and sustainability practice lead for JLL. “Cities, companies, investors, and tenants are looking to the building sector to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals,” she added, speaking at the “Future-Proofing Asset Value: The Pathway to Net Zero” panel as part of the 2022 ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego.
April 20, 2022
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Design and Planning
UL10: The Green Outdoors
Ten landscaped open spaces give communities some breathing room.
April 1, 2022
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Development and Construction
Product Council Outlook for Public/Private Partnerships
ULI MEMBER–ONLY CONTENT: Members of ULI’s Public/Private Partnership Councils discuss how public/private collaborations are evolving; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; project types with strong potential for public/private partnerships in the coming year; ways to better incorporate provisions for sustainability, resilience, and equity; and other trends.
Members Only
March 4, 2022
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Design and Planning
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Spring Meeting
ULI Spring Meeting Tour: A Ballpark Sparks Development in San Diego’s East Village
Attendees of ULI’s Spring Meeting will have the opportunity to tour San Diego’s ballpark and nearby developments that are recently completed, under construction, or in the works.
February 25, 2022
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