In a “speed learning session” at ULI’s 2011 Fall Meeting, two academics from the University of Illinois reported notable successes and challenges in the growing trend of “postindustrial redevelopment”—coordinated redevelopment of urban areas offering underused industrial and residential land. Read more to learn about new approaches that are achieving important successes in sustainable development.

New York City Department of City Planning Commissioner Amanda M. Burden talks to Urban Land magazine about the value of urban open space, how it can be a catalyst for economic development, why she created the Amanda Burden Urban Open Space Award.

Simon Treacy, group chief executive, MGPA, speaks to Urban Land magazine about his keynote session at the 2011 ULI Fall Meeting on capital markets. Treacy explains what the U.S. credit ceiling debate and the turbulence in European markets mean for real estate investing domestically and overseas.

At ULI’s 2011 Fall Meeting, a panel explored the connection between parks and real estate value, explaining the planning, design, and management techniques for creating successful urban parks. The creation of urban open space is increasingly recognized as a value generator for real estate, read about what the panel stressed as the best success for transformative success.

In a day that started with news of European leaders agreeing to a Greek-debt plan, and which would end with the Dow Industrial Index having surged 340 points, some of the industry’s top capital-market experts warned ULI 2011 Fall Meeting attendees to remain wary, especially of leverage. Read what panelists Simon Treacy, Michael G. McGaffrey, Kelvin Davis, Roy Hilton March, and Ron Sturzenegger had to say about capital markets.

Brandon Palanker of Rennaissance Downtowns talks about the importance of social media to the land use industry and discusses case studies that have produced tangible, measurable results.

Rebecca Devine, principal, Maven Communications, discusses what was said during her social media and real estate panel at the 2011 ULI Fall Meeting in Los Angeles last month.

At ULI’s 2011 Fall Meeting last month, a panel titled “Social Media and Engagement” provided the audience with not only strategies for how the commercial real estate sector has made use of newer technologies, but also successful case studies from within the industry. The standing-room-only crowd listened to how companies have utilized social media to maximize their return on investment. Read more.

Urban Land magazine asks Toby Bozzuto, president, Bozzuto Development Company, about what was discussed during his 2011 ULI Fall Meeting panel on multifamily development. He provides his perspective on Washington, D.C.–area for-sale properties and foreclosure inventory.

Given their druthers, 79 percent of Americans in a 2011 survey said flat out that they are opposed to new development projects in their communities—one finding that helped form the backdrop for a panel on “Elevating Design through Public Involvement and Politics: Is It Possible?” last Wednesday at the Urban Land Institute’s 2011 Fall Meeting and Urban Land Expo in Los Angeles.