Join us for an exclusive ULI Trends Session hosted by the ULI Airport Development Council (ADC) that dives into real estate development opportunities on and around airports. From mixed-use developments to hospitality and logistics hubs, discover the latest trends, investment strategies, regulatory insights, and opportunities shaping this market. Gain insights from industry leaders, examine successful case studies, and discover how to capitalize on the unique advantages and unlock the sky-high potential of real estate on and around airports.

This session will cover trends in the data center industry, including building design, demand drivers, and challenges. Building design will focus on what makes a data center unique compared to an industrial building. Demand drivers will cover hyperscaler demand for both cloud and artificial intelligence/machine learning needs and investor capital inflow. Challenges will focus on power constraints, capital limitations in the debt market, and monetization plans for built campuses.

According to the World Economic Forum, "Infrastructure is a system of systems that links the built environment, the natural world, and the human experience." Cities and towns are archetypal "system of systems" where everything connects to and impacts everything else. Infrastructure, services, open spaces, community activities, and more cannot and should not be addressed in isolation. Recognizing, devising, instituting, and operationalizing a comprehensive, integrated systems-based approach to delivering multifunctional and next-generation infrastructure is essential to the future of all communities. Given the scale of the anticipated global infrastructure spend of $97 trillion dollars through 2040, including a $15-trillion-dollar funding gap, now is the time to pivot to new delivery models that comprehensively address equitable, sustainable, and economically viable alternatives to conventional infrastructure solutions. This panel will explore blurring the distinction between infrastructure, community regeneration, commercial development, sustainability, and social equity via a differentiated approach to project initiation and delivery.