The ULI Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development (uli.org/visionaries) is the preeminent honor in the land use and development field. The $100,000 prize recognizes an individual who has established visionary standards of excellence in land…
Six months into the pandemic and in light of the issues surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion, the real estate industry is at a crossroads. The opening general session will look at how the markets are…
Tech campuses are the litmus test of urban planning and placemaking, amid recruiting wars that virtually all firms face today. In the Bay Area, arguably an office-campus epicenter dating from the early days of Silicon…
This has been a challenging year for everyone, and there are no comparables from which to learn. What have the pandemic and economic downturn meant for the resort and hotel sector? This panel will discuss…
San Francisco has always been proud of its unique and vibrant neighborhood retail streets. As magnets for the millennials who call San Francisco home, these streets attract a mix of local, national, and direct-to-consumer brands…
Access to capital in many communities continues to be limited for real estate developers of color. Panelists will share their stories with the goal of helping members understand how this is still a problem that…
The "ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast" is a semiannual survey of industry experts, the latest completed October 9. According to their forecasts for a broad spectrum of 27 metrics, where will the economy and real…
In this presentation, Bakari asks participants two questions: “How far have we come?” and “Where do we go from here?” Using historical context to answer the first and his life’s story to answer the second, he takes the audience on a journey. The goal is to make an America better than we were and better […]
Three leading regional planning non-government organizations—New York's Regional Plan Association (RPA), San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR), and the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) of Chicago—will share their best practices and how their work is…
In this session, Dr. Amesh Adalja will discuss multiple facets of the COVID-19 pandemic. First setting the historical context of coronaviruses, he will discuss the early days—and mistakes—in dealing with the pandemic. He then will…
Join the ULI Women's Leadership Initiative for View From the Top. Learn from a diverse panel of leading women developers in the Bay Area who have worked to develop a vibrant, high-density, transit-oriented community in…
This has been a challenging year for everyone, and there are no comparables from which to learn. What have the pandemic and economic downturn meant for the housing industry? This panel will discuss the current…
Washington, D.C., is leading the way to a more sustainable future with plans that foster neighborhood resilience. New projects by the DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) are shoring up civic infrastructure and fulfilling…
Six months into the pandemic and in light of the issues surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion, the real estate industry is at a crossroads. The opening general session will look at how the markets are responding to world events and how the hardest-hit real estate sectors are adjusting accordingly with an eye to the future.
While a general understanding of the public policy roots of residential segregation in the United States is growing rapidly among both development stakeholders and the public, the history of segregation in individual cities is not…
This session spotlights the creative, inspiring EastPoint project, a new small-scale retail and office development in Oklahoma City. EastPoint illustrates best practices in high-impact development, including community engagement and reinvestment. In pulling together financing for…
How can offices be the place that offers this depth? How can we create experiences, spaces and synergies that enable people to connect in informal, spontaneous ways that spark innovation and aren't available to us…
With our seemingly overnight shift to working from home in March, the ways colleagues interact with one another changed forever, accelerating remote work while revealing the necessity of being physically together. This session will explore…
This has been a challenging year for everyone, and there are no comparables from which to learn. What have the pandemic and economic downturn meant for the mixed-use and retail sectors? This panel will discuss…
What will be the short- and long-term geopolitical and economic consequences of the global pandemic? Zanny Minton Beddoes examines the scale of the damage and the impact on government finances, trade and globalization, and the role of the state. As business and factories reopen, what does the future of business look like? What trends have […]
As regions become hotter, stormier, and wetter, climate change is likely to lead to migration and shifting economic development patterns, both worldwide and in the United States. Accordingly, as some cities and regions invest in…
This has been a challenging year for everyone, and there are no past comparables from which to learn. What have the pandemic and economic downturn meant for industrial development? This panel will discuss the current…
To gain a full understanding of the impact limited availably of capital has on real estate developers of color, we will hear from those who have had to face this challenge and what it has…
The housing crisis has reached epic proportions. In response, California's leaders have introduced a slew of legislative measures to compel cities to accept more residential development, encourage production of "missing middle" housing, and curb local…
Our panel of thought leaders will discuss how to drive value creation for stakeholders in the real estate industry, in both the short and long term, through the ongoing adoption of technology and changing uses…
Do you know what’s coming? Just as important, do you know how to think about what’s coming? Contemporary investment tools and frameworks are spectacularly ill-suited to the challenges and risks posed to society and institutions by heat, drought, wildfire, inundation, and storms, as well as to the ability to anticipate them. It’s time to start […]
This has been a challenging year for everyone, and there are no comparables from which to learn. What have the pandemic and economic downturn meant for office development? This panel will discuss the current transaction…
Urban freeways across America are aging and in disrepair. Reconceptualizing freeways and focusing the much-needed inevitable investment with a "people first" approach results in a multilayered return for the physical, social, environmental, and economic health…
With a new generation of renters caring more deeply about their climate impacts and the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzing more consumer interest in health, the multifamily sector is ripe to be a leader in sustainability and…
Financial institutions and other funders play a key role in driving capital towards those projects and developers who have been systematically shut out. Compelling new models are evolving to facilitate this important work. Inclusive policies…
Over the past few years, health and well-being have emerged as a material consideration for the real estate industry. Industry leaders are incorporating health and well-being as an explicit component of broader ESG (environmental, social…