Ten landscaped open spaces give communities some breathing room.

Washington, D.C.–area real estate investment trust JBG Smith has broken ground on two new outdoor placemaking destinations in Northern Virginia’s National Landing. The area will eventually be home to Amazon’s HQ2.

Rooftops designed to facilitate drone deliveries, whole floors in residential blocks dedicated to coworking or community spaces, and mobile supermarkets were among the futuristic concepts discussed at the 2022 ULI Singapore Annual Conference.

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.

Four teams have been selected as finalists in the 20th annual ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, an event that challenges teams of graduate students to devise a comprehensive design and development plan for a real-world urban site in Oakland, California.

The University of Texas at San Antonio can create a new vision for its Institute of Texan Cultures that advances the museum’s mission, strengthens the university’s presence in the Hemisfair District, and supports the San Antonio community, according to a report released by ULI. The report is based on recommendations from a panel of land-use and resilience experts convened in June through the Institute’s virtual Advisory Services Panel offering.

At the ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego this year, attendees will have the opportunity to tour the University of California, San Diego, campus in La Jolla and witness recently completed and under-construction buildings that integrate living and learning, foster collaboration and entrepreneurship among students, and appeal to members of the wider community. The changes on campus benefit from the new Mid-Coast Trolley extension route, which opened in November 2021.

Ten inventive approaches to stashing vehicles enliven the urban environment.

An area in the Old Oakland neighborhood in downtown Oakland, California, will be the study site for the 20th annual ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition.

In Denver’s Lower Downtown (LoDo) neighborhood, an interesting addition to the urban fabric has emerged over the past five years in the form of activated streets and alleyways that serve as a connective tissue for art, entertainment, culture, and gathering. In early October, ULI Colorado’s Building Healthy Places committee hosted a panel to discuss our new age of activated alleyways.