Trish Riggs

Trish Riggs is a public relations consultant and freelancer with Keadle-Riggs Communications. Riggs was a senior vice president with the Urban Land Institute from 2005 to 2019.

Development and Construction
ULI Full Members in the News
Read about career developments of ULI members John Gleeson, Drew Brown, Marc Mogull, and Linda A. Striefsky.
March 30, 2011
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Trish Riggs
Industry Sectors
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Economy, Market & Trends
Community Building and Affordable Workforce Housing in Post-Recession Economy
Affordable workforce housing will play a key role in the post-recession economy, said ULI chief executive officer Patrick Phillips at a workforce housing forum hosted earlier this month in Orlando by the ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing. Read what he and other industry leaders said about the demographic and population shifts that will drive the development of such housing going forward.
March 25, 2011
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Trish Riggs
Economy, Market & Trends
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Industry Sectors
Workforce Housing, the Gen Yers and Changing Needs of Seniors
According to John McIlwain, ULI senior resident fellow for housing, at a recent forum hosted by the ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing, development of such housing in the post-recession economy will be influenced by two population groups at opposite ends of the age spectrum: Gen Y and senior citizens. Read what participants said about the obstacles that are poised to affect these two large demographic groups’ housing choices.
March 23, 2011
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Trish Riggs
Development and Construction
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Economy, Market & Trends
Financing—Easing Up?
During a session on financing, panelists concurred that capital may be easing for development—specifically multifamily rental—that includes housing for moderate-income workers. Read what Manny Menendez, vice president of multifamily lender strategy and relationships for Fannie Mae, as well as other panelists, had to say at the recent ULI Terwilliger Center Workforce Housing Forum in Orlando.
March 15, 2011
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Trish Riggs
Economy, Market & Trends
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Capital Markets and Finance
ULI Terwilliger Center: Housing and the 112th Congress
The pressure to reduce the federal deficit through spending cuts, uncertainty regarding federal housing finance systems, and dire fiscal straits faced by state and local governments could result in higher housing costs overall for home owners and renters. Watch a video of J. Ronald Terwilliger and read what the experts predicted at a workforce housing forum recently hosted by the ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing.
March 11, 2011
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Trish Riggs
Industry Sectors
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Design and Planning
Workforce Housing: “An Economic Necessity, Not a Social Issue”
The most effective way to garner support for workforce housing development in the still-shaky economic environment is to position this type of housing as an important component of community viability and long-term sustainability, according to housing experts assembled by the ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing. Read about an examination of the challenges and opportunities in financing and developing workforce house.
March 9, 2011
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Trish Riggs
Resilience and Sustainability
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Industry Sectors
Top 10 States for LEED-certified Commercial and Institutional Green Buildings
The U.S. Green Building Council today released its 2010 list of top 10 states for LEED-certified commercial and institutional green buildings per capita, based on the U.S. 2010 Census information. The District of Columbia leads the nation, with 25 square feet of LEED-certified space per person in 2010, with Nevada being the leading state, with 10.92 square feet per person in 2010.
March 2, 2011
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Trish Riggs
Economy, Market & Trends
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Development and Construction
Get Ready for “Super Gridlock” Following Mid-Term Congressional Elections, Sabato Tells ULI
Election predictions: not just gridlock, but super gridlock, resulting from 1) what is likely to be a Republican-controlled House of Representatives; 2) a Senate with such a slim majority of either party that it is effectively controlled by neither, and 3) a Democrat president likely to be faced with vetoing legislation that attempts to undo existing Administration initiatives. Read the other predictions of Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
October 20, 2010
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Trish Riggs
Economy, Market & Trends
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Capital Markets and Finance
“There Were Many Keys to This Bomb and We Held One”: ULI Chairman Jeremy Newsum on Real Estate’s Missteps, Opportunities for Future
The real estate industry must accept its “proper share of the blame” in the series of missteps leading to the global economic recession and the housing and commercial property decline, according to ULI chairman Jeremy Newsum. “There were many keys to this bomb and we held one,” he said at ULI’s 2010 Fall Meeting. Read what Newsum said are the role of real estate in the downturn, and the repositioning necessary for companies to survive the remainder of the fallout and be poised for growth.
October 20, 2010
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Trish Riggs
Economy, Market & Trends
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Residential
New Melting Pot and Sunbelt States Reflect Trends in Immigration, Domestic Migration That Will Change Urban Growth
Two of the major demographic groups reshaping how America is growing are immigrants, who are radically changing the ethnic composition of the United States, and baby boomers, who are delaying retirement and staying active as they age. The result: new “Melting Pot” and “Sunbelt” states that will reap the economic benefits. So says William H. Frey, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Read how the patterns of immigration and migration have changed since the last census.
October 19, 2010
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