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Urban Plan Makes Community Real for Roseville Students


Students in the Advanced Placement Economics class at Roseville Area High School, Minnesota, take on "Urban Plan," sponsored by the Urban Land Institute. "This is the most real-life simulation I have ever seen in a high school classroom," declared teacher Steve Bekemeyer.

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His Highness the Aga Khan: Consider Impact of Investment Decisions
Aga Khan IVHis Highness the Aga Khan, founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, urged guests of last night’s leadership dinner at the ULI Europe Annual Conference in Paris to consider the social and environmental impacts of its investment decisions.

His Highness the Aga Khan - who was recently named 2011 Laureate of the ULI J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development - said the industry would benefit from “a great deal” of upside potential if it made investment decisions which pursued a balanced mixed of financial, social, economic and environment goals.

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CEO Phillips Speaks About Greenbelt's Suburban Experiment
Patrick L. PhillipsULI CEO Patrick Phillips spoke with NPR/WAMU about Greenbelt, Md., one of America’s first suburbs. Unlike most small towns, Greenbelt was preconceived and the plan was to design and build a model suburb that would be affordable and neighborly. “We’re coming back to the principles we saw being developed at Greenbelt - mixed-use, more compact development, a variety of housing types, and a more walkable environment," Phillips said.

Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Europe 2012
Emerging Trends Europe 2012An economic crisis has left the European real estate industry in limbo, with preferred markets chosen more on their potential as safe havens than high-growth hubs, and with highly specialised non-core investments gaining attention as alternatives to traditional property types, according to Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Europe 2012, the annual industry forecast published by ULI and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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Hines Competition Challenge for a New Downtown Houston District
Hines Urban Design Competition Downtown Houston’s historic post office property has been selected as the site for the tenth annual ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. Now underway, the 2012 competition challenges teams to devise a scheme that not only gives a unique identity to this new downtown Houston district, but also set the tone for how area redevelopment can incorporate elements of public open space, affordable housing, and transit in order to catalyze economic development. Read more about the 2012 competition.

New ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance
Greenprint Center for Building Performance Announcement
ULI and the Greenprint Foundation have joined forces to create the ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance. This dedicated research center will draw on the momentum and resources of ULI and the Greenprint Foundation to accelerate measurement of energy and carbon emission performance of existing buildings. 

Read our announcement, and learn more about Greenprint and the Greenprint Performance Report™.

The Bay Area's Urban Plan Dilemma
Kate White, executive driector of ULI San Francisco, discusses the Pacific Institutes analysis of the Bay Area’s urban plans aimed at reducing greenhouse gases. According to the report, land prioritized for smart-growth development intersects with public health risks due to toxic air and has created tension between public health advocates and smart-growth-oriented urban planners. Read the California Watch article.

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ULI in the News
■ Major downtown property in real estate competition
January 23, 2012 • Houston Chronicle

■ California's Big Redevelopment Gamble
January 20, 2012 • The Atlantic Cities

■ Room to move up or down, even in a slow housing market
January 20, 2012 • Chicago Tribune

■ Don't shift redevelopment focus to the West Bottoms
January 16, 2012 • Kansas City Star

■ No Closure for Denver’s Beltway Loop
January 16, 2012 • New York Times

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Fixing the Housing Markets: Three Proposals
Little on the horizon promises change, but there are three ways the federal government could revive housing, says John L. McIlwain, ULI’s senior resident fellow, housing. The two most significant ideas are politically controversial and would require stronger leadership than has been shown on housing to date.

Recreational Development
Six members of ULI’s Recreational Development Council discuss what is affecting their market, including the prospects for the resort and vacation home industry in an uncertain economy, the mind-set of potential buyers, the changing nature of second-home products, and strategies for navigating the challenges ahead.

Good Morning, Vietnam
Vietnam has arrived on the international property development market in a big way—and brought with it a strikingly international style. But uncertainties linger about the future.

Upcoming Events
Creating Reliable Valuations in the Absence of Good Historical Data
February 16-23, 2012

The National Building Museum’s Honor Award Gala
Washington, D.C. | March 15, 2012

Basic Pro-forma Modeling Using Excel
Chicago, IL | April 12-13, 2012

Advanced Pro-forma Modeling Using Excel 
Chicago, IL | April 12-13, 2012 

ULI Spring Meeting
Charlotte, NC | May 8-10, 2012

Basic Real Estate Finance 
Washington, DC | May 17, 2012

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