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

In 2022, Philadelphia-based development firm Post Brothers bought two office buildings on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C., with plans to convert them into approximately 530 residential units. Despite the site’s proximity to Dupont Circle and a coveted residential area, assembling a viable capital stack proved more challenging than anticipated. Ultimately, a $465 million Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy loan from Nuveen Green Capital in December of 2025—billed as the largest ever originated under the program—made the conversion possible.

National Harbor, Maryland, would become the second U.S. location and the first to utilize a smaller-scale venue design model; the project would receive approximately $200 million in state, local, and private incentives.

In the Belgian municipality of Edegem, a 20-minute bike ride from Antwerp’s city center, a camera film roll packing plant has become Minerve, a biodiverse, sustainable mixed-use residential and commercial neighborhood.

For almost 200 years, the Warsaw Citadel in the heart of Poland’s capital was a restricted military and administrative area, cut off from public access. With the recent opening of the Polish History Museum, as well as the new Polish Army Museum, the 19th-century fortress’s 74-acre (30 ha) grounds now serve as a multifunctional facility and park that both preserves and showcases the country’s rich cultural heritage.

The Washington Commanders and HKS have unveiled the first conceptual renderings of the team’s new, world-class stadium. The roofed stadium will be a dynamic, year-round destination for sports, entertainment, and community engagement, integrating sustainable design practices and reimagining the fan experience through immersive spaces.

Urban Land magazine began in July 1941, as a typewritten “news bulletin” to ULI members “that will come to you from time to time to keep you informed of items which, we believe, will be of interest to you in connection with the Urban Land Institute program.”

Newly constructed libraries serve as “third spaces” and offer connectivity and multimedia in addition to community resources.

As demand has surged, regulators target traditional facilities, with new models emerging to make storage nearly invisible

Home to 7.5 million people and constrained by surrounding mountains and sea, Hong Kong has evolved into one of the world’s most vertically and densely developed cities. These pressures have driven innovative approaches to transit-oriented development, public housing, and open space. The city served as an ideal setting for Cohort 8’s closing forum by offering both inspiration and critical lessons for cities grappling with similar challenges.

ULI spoke with Craig Lewis, placemaking practice group manager at Arcadis, about how prioritizing cognitive engagement in urban design can help create healthier, happier cities that promote connection and community.

It’s not as if the old two-story building at the corner of 12th and Remington Court, in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood, was ever particularly remarkable. Even in its original incarnation, it was a straightforward, utilitarian, mixed-use structure—competently built but not especially well-proportioned or ornately detailed.

How Urban Land chronicled real estate’s boom-and-bust cycles from the 1970s through the 1980s—tracking inflation, energy shocks, technology shifts, and overbuilding as they reshaped cities and markets.

During a Women’s Leadership Initiative program hosted by ULI Washington, artists, developers, and cultural leaders made the case that art embedded early—and paid for fairly—is essential to community identity, economic value, and long-term resilience

Nine federal properties across the Southeast are under review as policymakers weigh consolidation, disposal, and adaptive reuse strategies to reduce costs and return underused buildings to local communities.