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Cranes fill the sky and construction crews complicate navigation through Seattle’s streets as development projects downtown and in other close-in urban neighborhoods usher in a higher and denser city.

The Fall 2021 issue of Urban Land is now available for ULI members. The cover topic is “Urban Living: How the Pandemic Is Shaping Cities.” Other topics include “Net Zero: Chicago’s C40 Competition” and “Infrastructure: Managing Stormwater.”

Commercial real estate lending in the United States continued to grow in the second quarter, led by a surge in commercial mortgage–backed securities (CMBS) mortgages, according to the latest research from CBRE. Volume improved across all major lending groups, with CMBS conduits leading all other lenders in terms of market share.

New research quantifies the dire impacts of climate-driven drought and flooding on the world’s largest cities and their residents.

Insurance coverage is traditionally real estate owners’ and lenders’ line of first defense against extreme climate events, but the increase in recording-setting floods, storms and wildfires in the past few decades is threatening the insurance industry, raising the cost and decreasing the availability of the financial safeguards they provide to real estate stakeholders.

Four developments selected as winners in the ULI Awards for Excellence: Asia Pacific competition show a commitment to high-quality civic spaces, engagement and integration with the natural environment, and strong public/private cooperation, setting creative examples for development in dense urban environments. Read how one of the winners reimagined a water reservoir decommissioned in 1899.

The Aon Risk Survey looks at the top current and future risks its clients face. The top risk continues to be an economic slowdown and a slow recovery, while cash flow and liquidity ranked at the low end for both the present and future.

Real Estate Research Corporation’s most recent survey of the attitudes of institutional investors shows a marked change in buy, sell, or hold responses compared with a year ago. For example, the buy percentage of investors focused on acquiring office properties in central business districts (CBDs) declined from 38 percent in the third quarter of 2012 to 20 percent in the third quarter of this year.

A new report from the ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance shows that several of the world’s leading commercial real estate owners and managers are making significant progress in reducing energy consumption, carbon emissions, and water use in their buildings, demonstrating a 3.4 percent reduction in energy consumption, a 3.3 percent reduction in carbon emissions, and a 4.3 percent reduction in water use between 2015 and 2016.

A novel condo development incorporates fully robotic parking and direct access to high-end units.