Mixed-Use
Drawing High-End Consumers Back to Mixed-Use Retail
In a discussion of the ongoing transformation of U.S. retail, panelists participating in the 2020 ULI Spring Meeting Webinar Series agreed that the authenticity, differentiation, and transparency creating a sense of place in mixed-use retail spaces are likely to be what consumers seek in the future. Single-use spaces are about convenience, but that is only half of what consumers say they are looking for.
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Developing Mixed-Income Communities to Ease Housing Attainability in New Orleans
April 10, 2020As in many growing U.S. cities, much of the new housing in New Orleans is on the high end.
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Cities within Cities: Toronto’s New Mega-Mixed-Use Projects
April 1, 2020Seeking innovative ways to accommodate Toronto’s growing population, developers across the city are launching “mega-mixed-use” projects that are redefining urban living for generations to come.
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How Arizona Developers Are Building for Future Job Growth
March 16, 2020With Arizona continuing to be among the U.S. leaders in job growth, several of the state’s most successful retail, office, and mixed-use residential developers discussed the opportunities of the past decade at a ULI Arizona event.
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Bringing Mixed Uses—and Open Space—to a Multiple-Small-Block Development in Portland
February 3, 2020A Seattle developer pioneers a flexible process to bring live/work/make/eat/shop uses to a superblock site on Portland’s inner urban fringe.
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Northwood Investors’ $1.2 Billion Bet on a North Carolina Office Park
December 11, 2019In 2017, the New York–based Northwood Investors spent $1.2 billion to purchase Ballantyne Corporate Park, a highly successful office property in Charlotte—the single-largest real estate transaction in North Carolina’s history at the time.
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Bringing More Mixed-Use Residential to Downtown Fort Lauderdale
March 15, 2019In 2018, downtown Fort Lauderdale added just over 1,000 residential units. An additional 3,000 units have already come to market so far in 2019, with more underway. While speakers at ULI Southeast Florida’s “Fort Lauderdale Emerges” event acknowledged the risk of overbuilding, they were also confident that a blockbuster mixed-use project will attract interest for decades to come.
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ULX: Multifaceted Mixed Use
January 14, 2019Ten projects create synergy among different uses.
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Financial Crisis Helped Highlight Advantages of Mixed-Use Development for Investors
October 1, 2018A panel discussion at the recent ULI Europe Real Estate Forum in Dublin examined how investors are driving demand for and managing mixed-use districts and buildings. Speakers said that rather than many small and varied projects, they have concentrated on fewer and larger high-return projects.
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A Mixed-Use Vertical Village Revives a Retail Ruin in Memphis
September 17, 2018A former Sears, Roebuck & Company distribution center and retail location in the Crosstown neighborhood of Memphis with historic landmark status has evolved into a mixed-use project with retail, health and educational space, plus apartments.