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The United States is becoming more urbanized. Cities are becoming stronger. But millions of people are being left behind, unable to participate in the urban success, says Henry Cisneros, coauthor of a new ULI book on the topic.

Urban theorist Richard Florida warned of “a growing divide between places that are winning and places that are failing to keep up.” That societal split is the subject of his latest book, The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It.

Architects must take more responsibility for their work, legendary designer Frank Gehry told a general session audience Tuesday during the 2017 ULI Fall Meeting. Architects need to “get into the fray,” Gehry said.

Retail is the pulse of any vibrant urban environment, including downtown Los Angeles (DTLA). Just ask Avison Young’s Derrick Moore, who has brokered some 400 DTLA retail leasing deals in the last few years.

The Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) Singapore is hosting a special daylong tour of the city-state’s cultural and historic sites on the Monday prior to the 2017 Asia Pacific Summit, which takes place June 6–8 at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore.

Four district councils have received grants to support creative placemaking projects that will use arts-based placemaking strategies and programming to strengthen the connection between the built environment and human health.

Beyond Seattle there is much to explore around the Puget Sound and the Pacific Northwest, and the Spring Meeting provides a great opportunity to delve into a few of the region’s smaller but fascinating markets.

ULI will sharpen the strategy of its Center for Sustainability to focus on programs and tools that provide real estate providers with actionable data to create value and improve environmental and economic performance of buildings and tenant spaces.

A new report from the ULI Terwilliger Center says that U.S. suburban housing markets are well positioned to remain preferred places to live and work over the coming decades, even as urban cores and downtown neighborhoods continue to attract new residents.

According to a new report from CBRE, investment in the U.S. data center sector reached record levels in the first half of 2017. First half of 2017 investment totaled $18.2 billion, more than double that for all of 2016 (inclusive of all single asset, portfolio and entity-level/M&A transactions). At this pace, investment in the data center sector is on track to surpass the total for the three previous years combined.