This interactive session gives members an opportunity to participate in a real-time mini Advisory Services panel and have instant impact for a local Las Vegas panel sponsor. The session will begin with a brief presentation by the panel sponsor. Members will then be presented with one question pertaining to the land use challenge. With facilitation by ULI Advisory Services program staff, members will briefly deliberate and offer a set of recommendations, recorded in real time, in response to the question. The session will conclude with a brief summary of the recommendations and panel sponsor feedback.

Sponsored by WLI Americas Chinatowns across the country are facing gentrification and displacement. Preserving history and culture and a sense of belonging are critical to the identity of Chinatown. At the same time, it is important to strike a balance between preservation and change. Members of the Las Vegas Chinatown Redevelopment Master Plan team will guide you through the historical evolution of Las Vegas Chinatown, from its humble beginnings to its current status as a vibrant cultural and culinary destination. Topics include innovative urban planning approaches, transit-oriented community, equitable community engagement strategies, economic development and policy tools, and public/private AND community partnerships that can support the revitalization efforts while maintaining the authenticity and vibrancy of Chinatown neighborhoods.

The demand for creative placemaking in real estate development has grown rapidly since ULI's launch of its Creative Placemaking (CPM) project in 2016. ULI's 2020 publication, which inspired this session title, is the second most downloaded publication in ULI's history. ULI has built a body of CPM knowledge from studying real projects supplemented by site visits, interviews, surveys, and more. Art in Place, ULI's recent CPM initiative, involves nine global cohorts aimed at facilitating artist-developer connections. The initiative provides fresh insights and reinforces findings that CPM promotes thriving, equitable, and resilient cities and places. This session brings together a panel of internationally recognized leaders and CPM experts who corroborate ULI research with recent studies, including a 2023 study by the Toronto Metropolitan University and the recently released Volume 3 of The Place Economy containing hundreds of essays by real estate professionals spanning the globe. Panelists will discuss CPM best practices and how to apply them successfully. They will postulate on why to focus on creative placemaking in real estate development, and why now.

What do community members and public-sector leaders need to know to effectively engage in the development process? The business of real estate—from entitlements to design, finance, construction, and operations or sale—is complicated. A general understanding of the development process can help community members, public-sector leaders, and other essential stakeholders engage constructively in the planning and implementation of projects—improving the likelihood that they will advance local priorities. Join this session to learn about ULI's upcoming resource, "Development for Nondevelopers," which aims to inform and empower community and public sector leaders to be partners in creating equitable developments and places. This will be an interactive conversation and opportunity for you to contribute your knowledge and expertise to the creation of this resource.

Integrating arts and culture into real estate development can lead to more lively and meaningful places, while supporting the success of projects. So what can developers and planners learn from the world's most creative pop-up city? A grand experiment in civic engagement and city design, Burning Man lasts just 8 days but its influence is felt year-round and around the world. Join this session to explore placemaking lessons from this temporary metropolis, including strengthening the relationship between identity and place, the power of belonging and impermanence, and strategies for partnering with artists and other creatives in planning and development.

Navy Pier, envisioned in Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago and designed by architect Charles Sumner Frost, was built in 1916 to meet demand for commercial shipping and leisure on the lakefront. Called "The People's Pier," it juxtaposed double-decker freight sheds with grand public spaces, evolving through its first century to meet the needs of Chicagoans. Since 2011, Navy Pier has been reimagined to provide its 8M+ annual guests with unique experiences and a built environment connecting the cityscape to the lakefront. A 2010 ULI report spurred the most recent improvements, including Polk Bros Park, a 13-acre green entrance to the Pier, as well as a JCFO-designed waterfront promenade, the Pier's "green spine." Further enhancing the guest experience are the state-of-the-art Yard theater, the iconic Centennial Ferris wheel, the KOO-designed Sable Hotel and Offshore, the world's largest rooftop bar (Guinness World Records). Together, these projects enhance the guest experience, answering the ULI panel's call that the Pier be a "public place to serve the people of Chicago and present its cultural fabric to the world." Drawing from its maritime past and unique location, more changes are envisioned with renewed focus on not only serving millions of annual guests, but also the thousands of employees, artists, and entrepreneurs that call Navy Pier home, supporting the cultural, tourism, and business economies while creating social impacts that reverberate throughout the community.