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Global GDP Share in 2000

In addition to keynote addresses by Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute, there is a strong slate of can’t-miss sessions.

Three new master-planned communities—two in Miami and a third in Sunrise, a west Broward County suburb that skirts the Everglades—are among the most highly anticipated real estate projects in south Florida right now as business and civic leaders gauge consumer appetite for dense, walkable, and mixed-use urban lifestyles. In a state known for sprawling, single-family subdivisions, a move toward vertical, compact communities represents a new chapter.

According to its most recent Trepp survey, spreads were unchanged. It was a very quiet and short week with few, if any, deals coming to market. Rates and terms quoted by lenders appeared unchanged with the market’s focus on getting transactions papered and closed by year-end.

Monday’s Numbers

Across San Francisco Bay, Oakland is undergoing a building surge as rising rents in San Francisco drive workers and small businesses to seek affordability.

Lisa A. Sturtevant is a senior visiting fellow with the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing.

Real estate investment trusts that specialize in the multifamily sector, particularly those with an exposure to the high-end sector in New York City, continue to struggle in the face of new construction. Plus, interest rate survey data from Trepp.

According to an analysis in Bloomberg Businessweek (July 26 – August 1, 2010), home prices in Asian cities, together with some Scandinavian countries, significantly increased during the first quarter 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. How did housing prices in Europe and the United States compare?

Thirty years of European infrastructure investments and education have produced a different pattern of urban transportation—one that could influence decisions in the United States. Read what largely neglected form of transportation could help U.S. cities reduce commuter trips by car in urban centers.