ULI Trustee C.Y. Leung Chosen to Lead Hong Kong
ULI Trustee and Founding Chairman of ULI Asia-Pacific, C. Y. Leung, has been selected as Hong Kong's next chief executive. Hong Kong's Election Committee voted for Leung to assume Hong Kong's top leadership role on March 25; his five-year term will begin July 1.
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New Report: Emerging Trends in Real Estate Asia Pacific 2012
The 2012 edition of the highly regarded annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Asia Pacific, jointly published by 
Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterCoopers LLC (PwC), released on Tuesday, 6 December 2011 in Hong Kong. On its 6th year, the report covers 21 cities in Asia Pacific, including Hong Kong and major cities in China, and provides an outlook on the region's real estate investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets, property sectors and other real estate issues.
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Emerging Trends Hong Kong launch event on 6 December 2011.
ULI Asia Pacific Summer eNews 2011
In this issue:
- Investment, Development Rank High in China's Lesser-Known Cities
- ULI Ten Principles for a Sustainable Approach to New Development Report Launch
- MOU Signing between Centre for Liveable Cities & Urban Land Institute
- ULI Selects Four Winners of the 2011 Awards for Excellence: Asia Pacific Competition
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New Report from ULI: Ten Principles for a Sustainable Approach to New Development
Hong Kong's lively, energetic high-density urban environment can be enhanced with a more sustainable approach to new large-scale development hat emphasizes connections to street life, according to a new report,
Ten Principles for a Sustainable Approach to New Development, released on 1 June 2011 by the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
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Download the news release (English version) Download the news release (Chinese version)According to the report, the massive scale of the podium-style developments that have been built in recent years in the city have increasingly lost their functional relationship to the urban street grid, often resulting in the isolation of land uses and the separation of public space from existing neighborhoods. At the launch event, developers, government officials and community representatives shared their views on the Ten Principles and discussed how to make Hong Kong a more livable, walkable and sustainable city.
Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Asia Pacific 2011
Many Asia Pacific real estate markets have rebounded. So where are the best bets for development and investment in 2011? This forecast will give you the heads-up on where to invest, what to develop, which markets are hot, and how the economy, and trends in capital flows will affect real estate. It tells you what to expect and where the best opportunities are in 2011.
Emerging Trends, released at a series of events in Asia over the last several days, provides an outlook on Asia Pacific real estate investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets, and trends by property sector and metropolitan area. It is the fifth Asia Pacific edition of the highly regarded Emerging Trends in Real Estate® annual investor survey, jointly published by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The report is based on the opinions of more than 280 internationally renowned real estate professionals, including investors, developers, property company representatives, lenders, brokers and consultants.
Urban Land Online Magazine Is Now Available! Members Must Opt-In for Hard Copy Delivery
ULI is pleased to announce that Urban Land magazine is now online at www.urbanland.uli.org!
ULI Members have access to the online magazine which has all of the print articles plus new articles added every week. The new Urban Land magazine web site will cover industry sectors, capital markets, trends, the business of development, infrastructure and transit, and planning and design. Look for a variety of formats including video, polls, insights from member experts, case studies, and traditional text articles. The online edition will also include the articles from the print edition so that members will be able to find Urban Land articles in one convenient location.
With Urban Land now being offered online, members will no longer receive the print edition of Urban Land magazine unless they option in. Not only is this environmentally friendly, but it reduces the delivery delay of the magazine's content to our international markets.
To continue to receive the print edition of Urban Land: Go to
www.uli.org and log in. Select "edit your profile". At left, select "email preferences" and check the box for delivery of print Urban Land. Or email
customerservice@uli.org and ask to be optioned in to the print magazine. Member's name and ID number are required.