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Finding Solutions to Maintain Toronto’s Densest Affordable Housing
Aging high-rise residential towers in the city of Toronto are home to nearly 13 percent of the current population, but are falling behind on maintenance. A ULI Advisory Services panel was invited to evaluate a range of solutions.
Read MoreValuing Climate Risk in the Real Estate Sector
Insurance remains the primary tool for managing climate-related risk. But for how long?
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In Brief: Recognizing Tree Cities of the World
The Arbor Day Foundation and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have announced the first cities to be recognized through the Tree Cities of the World program, including Paris, Toronto, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. A total of 59 cities earned this international designation.
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Living with Water: How Coastal Developers Are Building for Rising Tides
Out of the rising tides of climate change have emerged nimble projects that embrace rising floodwaters and shifts in thinking about design and construction, according to panelists at the 2020 ULI Housing Opportunity Conference in Miami.
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Climate-Driven Risk Is Severely Underestimated across Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate Entities, Says Economist Spencer Glendon
February 21, 2020Society—and the real estate industry—are “grossly unprepared” for a coming era of instability due to climate change, economist Spencer Glendon, senior fellow at the Woods Hole Research Center in Falmouth, Massachusetts, told ULI Governing Trustees at a meeting in Washington, D.C.
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World Cities Are Passing Aggressive Measures to Cut Carbon in Real Estate
February 18, 2020Proactive developers adapt their due diligence procedures, manage change, and deploy green features to protect their bottom line.
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Sharing Sidewalk Labs’ Vision of a City of the Future
“Cities need to grow to thrive,” Dan Doctoroff said. “But we can’t take growth for granted.” Doctoroff is the chairman and CEO of Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet. Doctoroff was speaking at the 2020 ULI Europe Conference.
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Future-Proofing Large Developments in a Time of Change
February 14, 2020A central goal for developers as they assess changing priorities for tenants is being prepared for future disruptions, panelists said at a ULI Washington event titled “Designing for a New Decade.” This can mean anything from thinking about how climate change affects projects to how technology can alter the industry landscape.
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Seeing the Built Environment as Both the Problem and the Solution for Climate Change
February 10, 2020Nearly every speaker at the ULI Europe 2020 Conference in Amsterdam had something to say about one issue: climate change. The property industry is directly at risk from increasingly frequent extreme weather events, and stricter regulations are shaping the development and maintenance of properties.
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Mass Timber’s Expanding Presence in the Commercial Building Industry
January 23, 2020First movers on using mass timber for both structural and design elements are seeing a growing wave of projects lining up before them. The regulatory environment is also adapting while the business model is expanding.