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In his book The Agile City, James S. Russell presents quiet solutions to help heal the environment, as well as offers serious measures on a larger scale that will help people meet the climate change challenge, and prosper as well. Read a review of the book, and learn what Russell believes people will have to change about their buildings, communities, and thinking in order to become agile in the face of climate change.

Teams from 245 buildings around the country are going head to head in this year’s U.S. EPA Energy Star National Building Competition. Although the winner will be chosen based on which structure realizes the largest percentage reduction in energy use, the competition is also intended to highlight the importance of sustainability and to share best practices case studies.

Builders and developers are being pushed to put up structures that are environmentally responsible. But can you do that and still make money? And how about the building owner who is seeking to invest in remodeling and upgrading? With the right kind of financing, the answer has recently come to be ”yes,” said speakers at the 2021 ULI Fall Meeting.

Since assuming office in 2018, Assessor Fritz Kaegi has overseen the assessment of all residential and commercial properties in Cook County, the region in northeastern Illinois that includes Chicago.

Alternative, or nonbank, lenders are filling in gaps in the mortgage world where they find them, whether it be the result of increasing capital requirements for banks, consolidation in the banking sector, or a pullback by commercial mortgage–backed securities lenders. Last year alone, the five largest players in the sector collectively funded some $20 billion of interim loans. Plus, interest rate survey data from Trepp.

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China is a nation of more than 1 billion “digital-first” consumers, Jeffrey Towson, managing partner at Towson Group and a Peking University professor, said at a recent ULI event in Shanghai. Because these consumers are starting to act like an interconnected network—influencing each other and generating fresh ways of doing transactions—they are shaping how almost all companies do business.

At ULI’s 2017 Spring Meeting in Seattle, attendees heard from voices from outside the land use industry, including Daniel James Brown, author of the New York Timesbest-selling book The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Goldat the 1936 Berlin Olympics. “This is a story that reminds us of who we are at our best,” said Brown.

Micro hotels are sparking the interest in both hotel chains and boutique developers as each seeks to capture a greater share of the millennial market.

Relatively new to the YLG network, YLG in Australia is gaining momentum, growing its membership, and is launching an ideas competition in Sydney.