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As seen in New Jersey, redevelopment and demolition remove obsolete office buildings from the market, while communities are rethinking how aging commercial properties can better serve changing economic and demographic realities.
West transforms a long-isolated civic area into a residential, office, and retail district designed to restore pedestrian connections and support San Diego’s ongoing evolution at its core.
Empty buildings don’t simply wait for redevelopment. They shape investment, street life, and neighborhood momentum in ways that tax policy and makeover economics rarely measure.
ULI’s new Moving Cities Forward report examines how sustainable transportation, parking, transit access, and land use increasingly shape real estate value and development strategy.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma illustrates how tribal nations are using casino revenue and long-range master planning to turn gaming success into lasting investments in housing, infrastructure, health care, and economic opportunity.
As electric vehicle adoption accelerates, developers explore how underused commercial properties can become the next generation of neighborhood infrastructure.
A strategy built on customer research, targeted capital improvements, and curated leasing demonstrates how established retail centers can remain competitive.
At EastPoint, community participation extended beyond public meetings to include governance and financial stake in the project’s success.
At the 2026 ULI Carolinas Meeting, leaders from government, life sciences, and professional sports argued that housing, infrastructure, and energy systems—not population growth itself—will determine whether the region can sustain its momentum.
A ULI-led roundtable found that more consistent building and resilience inputs could help owners, lenders, and insurers better evaluate physical risk, strengthen underwriting, and support investment choices.
From power plants and candy factories to newspaper printing plants, obsolete large-scale buildings are finding new life as housing, offices, markets, schools, health care facilities, and community gathering spaces. adaptive use, building reuse, post-industrial
As developers ready for a wave of sexagenarians and people nearing that age, communities for them are evolving with age-in-place features, greater flexibility, wellness, and technology.
A research initiative is identifying the factors that limit adoption of local power banks and is bringing industry leaders together to validate solutions before a final report arrives this fall.
With price discovery still constrained, economists debate whether commercial real estate values are underestimating long-term risks, future cash flows, and the market’s next investment cycle.
Charlotte's Truist Center transformed its headquarters and public plaza through placemaking, public art, and historic preservation, creating a vibrant downtown destination.
Completed in 2025, the project integrates a restored church, a 57-story residential tower, rental housing, child-care facilities, and community space.
Learn how cities and real estate owners are measuring, managing, and mitigating extreme heat risk through planning, data, and climate resilience strategies.
How cities are redesigning offices, housing, and public spaces after the pandemic, with insights from ULI's 2026 Resilience Summit in Nashville.
Commercial real estate firms are using climate risk data to guide acquisitions, capital planning, insurance, and resilience investments, experts said at ULI's 2026 Resilience Summit.
As extreme heat intensifies, cities and developers are using heat mapping, urban planning, and climate resilience strategies to reduce heat risk and rising costs.
How should resilience be valued? Experts at ULI's 2026 Resilience Summit discuss climate risk, insurance, underwriting, and multifamily investment.
As climate risk becomes a greater consideration for insurers and investors, cities that invest in resilience may be better positioned for long-term real estate investment.
A new ULI report identifies five characteristics shared by successful mixed-use redevelopments of former factories, breweries, shipyards, and other industrial sites.
The city's overhaul of permitting, plan review, and long-range planning offers practical lessons for municipalities seeking to speed housing and commercial development.
Cleveland’s Midline project pioneers a new district-scale model to transform vacant industrial brownfields into hubs for advanced manufacturing and good jobs.
The inaugural Americas Entrepreneurs Program pairs women business owners with mentors, executive coaches, and peers to help strengthen their ventures and expand professional networks.
A first-of-its-kind partnership between NASCAR and the U.S. Navy offers a model for using operational public land for temporary events while preserving its primary…
Five ways in which the legislation will shift the funding and regulatory landscape.
Corporate financing troubles have dominated the conversation, but multifamily continues to benefit from active competition among real estate lenders.
Why do employees return to the office? Danielle Posa explains how workplace culture, well-being, and office design influence engagement and…
Preserve’ developed by industry to support investment teams in consistently assessing how the transition to a low-carbon economy could affect real estate asset performance and value.
Former CEO expanded ULI’s membership, research, and international reach while laying the foundation for many of the Institute’s enduring programs.
His projects included office towers, arenas, military base overhauls
The Coronado event could become a blueprint for partnerships between military installations and surrounding communities.
The longtime planner, developer, and leader helped spearhead transit-oriented development in from Denver Union Station and the Central Platte Valley to redevelopment projects that reshaped communities across the Front Range.
Explore ULI's new global headquarters in Washington, D.C., where Gensler's workplace research informed a flexible, sustainable office designed to connect people with the city.
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