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Industry experts examine how a widening wealth gap is creating a two-tier demand structure, boosting luxury assets while introducing new fragilities for mass-market commercial real estate

As borrowers exhaust extension options, assets move toward refinancing, restructuring, or forced sale.

ULI Europe publishes new guide on asset-level collaboration to accelerate decarbonization of occupied buildings

From stadium-anchored destinations to experience districts, successful mixed-use sports and entertainment developments are evolving into adaptable, community-centered places that deliver cultural relevance, financial performance, and economic activity every day.

Despite a perfect storm of housing shortages, climate risks, and stalled downtowns, urban design is emerging as a positive, coordinating force to meet these challenges, bridging policy, capital, and community to achieve a common goal. Gensler’s latest research highlights where cities are already adopting this new ethos—and what civic leaders need to do now.

Otemachi One, the largest mixed-use development in Tokyo’s Otemachi District, combines offices, shops, event venues, a luxury hotel, and expansive public green space at the threshold of Tokyo’s Imperial Palace. The development occupies a prime site that was previously home to three office buildings, including Mitsui & Co.’s former headquarters.

More than a year after wildfires devastated one of Los Angeles County’s most venerable Black communities, architects, planners, and real estate leaders strive to ensure that rebuilding does not mean displacement.

One of nine supertall buildings under construction in Toronto, SkyTower will offer residential, hotel, and amenity space

From Minnesota to New Orleans, the Institute’s Real Estate Diversity Initiative is building a more inclusive pipeline of developers through hands-on training, mentorship, and community-based partnerships.

ULI Philadelphia and the ULI Net Zero Imperative, in partnership with the City of Philadelphia’s Division of Housing and Community Development and the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation, hosted a two-day technical assistance workshop in May 2025, focused on retrofitting existing affordable housing to net zero.

As federal and state leaders renegotiate the Colorado River’s operating rules amid long-term water shortages, the outcomes could reshape development patterns, water policy, and real estate investment across the American West.

Developers are using sustainable transportation, transit-oriented development, and mobility amenities to increase real estate value, reduce parking demand, and strengthen long-term resilience.

Decades of underfunded upkeep across federal properties have created a mounting repair backlog that threatens agency operations and could grow dramatically without portfolio reductions and policy reforms.

Amid a variety of forces—geopolitical, economic, and organizational—requiring a recalibration of terminology and workforce management approaches, the commercial real estate industry shows signs that it is continuing to invest in strategies to foster belonging and inclusion. This is one of the key findings from the recently released Global Real Estate Workforce Survey (Volume IV), which offers a timely overview of how firms are managing the ongoing challenges.

Redevelopment and one family’s fight reshaped a city.