Fall Meeting
Cities in developing countries are drawing on the power of widely recognized retail brands – particularly big box retailers such as Target and Walmart.
In a candid, poignant session at ULI’s Fall Meeting in Denver, attendees heard firsthand about tough lessons learned in commercial real estate from John L. Bucksbaum, former chair of retail developer General Growth Properties, Inc. (GGP).
Whether it’s a river or small trout stream, restaurants or open spaces, a farmers’ market or a music venue, anything that gives a project a sense of place will encourage social interaction, will lead to the ultimate goal of creating value.
Today’s retail industry is feeling pressure from every direction. Changing consumer behavior, the still-stagnant macroeconomic environment, heightened competition, and price transparency are creating a huge cloud of uncertainty for the industry.
A lively debate at the ULI Fall Meeting in Denver on how cities can make themselves genuinely business friendly and attract outside investment.
Conventional macroeconomics failed to predict the most recent financial crisis and will fail to predict other major economic developments over the next five years.
Often overlooked as developers and planners study the market demands of a youthful Generation Y is the fact that the fastest-growing age group in the U.S. in the population age 65 and older
The Gen Y generation is so large that it will “provide a steady flow” of apartment renters and home buyers for the next 10-15 years, a top real estate demographer said at the ULI Fall Meeting in Denver Oct. 17.
A new report being released today by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Greenprint Center for Building Performance showed a 4.4 percent reduction in year-over year energy consumption in a portfolio of properties from 46 countries.
Imagine a new city as if you had a magic wand and could create a place that makes its residents happy, Enrique Penalosa, president of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, challenged ULI members attending the Fall Meeting in Denver Oct. 17.