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As green building mushroomed in recent years, some industry and legal observers predicted a flood of litigation would accompany that growth. The issue has even spawned a new term—LEEDigation. Though the level of concern about green building risks may have been overblown, read what legal experts are offering as recommendations to guard against green building–related disputes.

As sage smoke wafted up, the knowledge holder gently waved an eagle feather from side to side, enveloping the booklet. And with that, the ground-breaking Guide to Truth and Reconciliation in Land Development was cleansed, blessed, and released to the world.

Washington, D.C., is on the verge of welcoming a new business improvement district (BID)—the Anacostia BID in the southeast quadrant of town—bringing the city’s BID tally to nine and presenting new opportunities to dramatically transform more neighborhoods and bolster the city’s overall economic well-being. What can other cities learn from the success of the capitol’s business improvement districts?

The June Brexit referendum is lending momentum to the office REIT sector. Brexit will keep U.S. interest rates very low for longer, making REIT yields more attractive and providing inexpensive capital for expansion. Plus, interest rate survey data from Trepp.

Thanks to strong market fundamentals, positive second-quarter earnings reports, and post-Brexit assurances of ongoing low interest rates, real estate investment trusts (REITs) pushed forward in July with a 3.87 percent total return, with the lodging segment posted the strongest total returns for July at 10.23 percent. Plus, interest rate survey data from Trepp.

With sea levels rising and catastrophic storms and flooding becoming more frequent and severe, waterfront cities need to reinvent themselves to protect land, buildings, infrastructure, and people. At the 2015 Fall Meeting in San Francisco, panelists discussed projects that tackle these challenges in ways that enhance public safety and also create value.

Efforts to find creative solutions for dying malls have increased in these economic times as consultants, city officials, and new urbanists are called on to walk the lonely corridors of the dozens of half-vacant facilities in the United States.

This past summer and fall, Urban Land Institute Advisory Services panels got a firsthand look at a trio of troubled malls at the request of local economic development groups and stakeholders seeking innovative solutions. Findings from the panels suggested that one mall still had strong vital signs, a second would probably perish without prompt attention, and a third was likely to fare better in another format.

The Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area is a prime example of how strong employment growth is putting a strain on the housing supply available in many U.S. cities. Since 2000, the number of Twin Cities households that face a housing cost burden—defined as spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing—has increased by 25 percent to a total of 199,000 households as of 2015, according to the Metropolitan Council.

A multidisciplinary team in Amsterdam is racing to print a prototype home.

There are ways to align the savings from reduced energy costs incurred by both landlord and tenant.