Mr. Taylor Lawch
Senior Vice President JBG SMITH Properties
Taylor Lawch is a Senior Vice President of Development at JBG SMITH (NYSE:JBGS), a mixed use developer, owner, and operator based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Since joining JBGS in 2014, Taylor has focused on the master-planning and redevelopment of JBG SMITH's National Landing Virginia portfolio, the Amazon HQ2 pursuit and subsequent HQ2 development, and various multifamily, office, and retail developments throughout the region. Prior to joining JBG SMITH, Taylor worked for Walker & Dunlop and MidCap Financial, financing multifamily, seniors housing and skilled nursing projects across the Country. Mr. Lawch graduated from Washington & Lee with a B.S. in Business Administration.
Speaking at
Tue Oct 29
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time
Resorts World Las Vegas - Level 2, Jasmine AB
Sparking Development with Arts and Culture: Best Practices in Real Estate Development
Category
Placemaking
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.