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ULI Survey Gauges Development and Investment Prospects for China Cities
Mainland China Real Estate Markets 2012
The five top-rated cities for investment prospects are Chengdu, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuhan, and Shenzhen, according to Mainland China Real Estate Markets 2012: ULI Analysis of City Investment Prospects, released today by ULI Asia and the ULI Center for Capital Markets and Real Estate. Three of these cities—Chengdu, Shanghai, and Wuhan—are also the highest rated in the report for development prospects. China’s largest cities—those most widely known outside the country—do not automatically achieve a high ranking just because they are mature cities. Read our announcement.

ULI Asia Pacific Members Plan Region’s Future at Beijing Summit

Professor Nie Meisheng and Peter Rummell

At the May 17 opening session of ULI's first Asia Pacific Summit in Beijing, Peter Rummell, ULI chairman, called on 1,000-plus regional members to work together to shape Asian cities into nice places to live. Rummell was joined by leaders in Asia's real estate community, including Nie Meisheng, president of the ten-year-old China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce.  Read more

Insights from ULI's Spring Meeting
bowlesErskine Bowles, former head of a presidential fiscal commission, tells ULI leaders: “If we make tough choices and get our fiscal house in order, America can compete with the best and brightest in the world. But I’m equally confident that if we don’t, this country is on its way to being a second-rate power.”
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LovinsAmory Lovins, cofounder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, told an audience of ULI members at ULI's 2012 Spring Meeting, that there are numerous ways to reduce use of fossil fuels. Doing so, corporate America could earn a $5 trillion savings in net present value and boost the economy by 150 percent. Read more.

Infrastructure 2012 Highlights Innovative Solutions
Infrastructure 2012 ReportConstrained public budgets and a growing recognition at the local level of the importance of infrastructure are leading states, regions, and cities across the United States to seek innovative infrastructure approaches and solutions. Among the strategies employed by local governments are ballot measures taken directly to the public, public/private partnerships, and the combined application of technology and pricing, according to Infrastructure 2012: Spotlight on Leadership, released today by ULI and Ernst & Young LLP. Read our announcement.


ULI Fall and Spring Meetings

         Denver, CO
San Diego, CA
Chicago, IL
    October 16-19, 2012
    May 15-17, 2013
    November 5-8, 2013 
ULI in the News
Urban Land Institute Honors 6 Development Projects
May 6, 2012 • The Tennessean

Charlotte's Evolution from Sprawling Metropolis to City of Sidewalks
May 3, 2012 • The Atlantic Cities

The Great Cap Rates Debate
April 2012 • Real Estate Forum

A Healthier Real Estate Market, But For Whom?
April 26, 2012 • Forbes

Experts: Raising Building Height Limits Bad for D.C.
April 25, 2012 • Washington Examiner

 Urban Land Magazine

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Making Money in Residential Real Estate
Panelists at ULI’s Spring Meeting agreed that strategies never considered before are worth considering now in this market in which renting seems to have more appeal than buying. However, George Casey, chief executive officer at Orleans Homebuilders, noted that Orleans is building fewer models and foot traffic is slower per community, but sales are greater.

A Competitive Finance Debate
ULI members Glenn Grimaldi, executive vice president of HSBC; David D. Clark, senior vice president, Real Estate, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.; and Kevin Pivnick, managing director, Deutsche Bank, all described a healthy mortgage market in which only the long shots are having trouble finding funding these days. In a session titled “Full Court Press on Commercial/Apartment Debt” at ULI's 2012 Spring Meeting, all three described how they each tend to look at potential deals a bit differently.

Playing along the Railroad Tracks
Where does a city begin when it wants to develop public areas as a catalyst for revitalization when it is not located on a river, a lake, or an ocean? Birmingham, Alabama began with its railroad tracks, and that was just the beginning.

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