A deadly condo collapse in 2021 has changed the residential landscape of South Florida with rigorous inspections of older buildings, condo associations struggling to pay for repairs, and investors finding new potential in well-located properties.
After 28 years and nearly every role imaginable, the longtime ULI leader is retiring, leaving behind an institute shaped by her care for its members.
As Europe’s real estate market enters a new phase, investors are looking beyond the rate cycle to economic stability, policy certainty, competitiveness, and the conditions needed to put capital back to work.
A 2022 ULI Leadership Institute study became the roadmap for reconnecting city leaders, property owners, and developers, thus helping to transform a long-stalled hospital site into the catalyst for broader neighborhood revitalization.
Industry Voices
As market conditions evolve, the greatest opportunity in commercial real estate may lie in improving the buildings that already exist.
Housing, infrastructure, investment, and place quality are becoming critical tests of whether policy ambition can translate into long-term growth.
The opening of Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park marks a major step in a decades-long effort to reconnect New Orleans with the Mississippi River.
From Calgary and Salt Lake City to LA28, the Olympic and Paralympic Games expose a fundamental urban challenge: whether cities and regions can work as one when the pressure is on.
As market demands evolve, adaptive reuse is helping owners identify new uses for edifices whose original functions no longer align with how people live, work, and travel.
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.
Capital Markets
As global bond yields push borrowing costs higher, industry leaders weigh whether commercial real estate is entering a prolonged era of more expensive capital—and what it could mean for investment, lending, and development.
Economists point to a weakening labor market, persistent inflation, and rising borrowing costs as key risks for commercial real estate—even as consumer spending and property demand remain resilient.
A roundtable co-convened by ULI, CREFC, and IBHS found that more consistent building and resilience inputs could help owners, lenders, and insurers better evaluate physical risk, strengthen underwriting, and support investment choices.
South Florida Spotlight
State-based incentives and the permanent Opportunity Zone program could create new ways to finance workforce housing—and South Florida may be an early testing ground
Five strategies for using existing buildings to create vibrant cultural districts—and make the economics work.
The former Miami Beach mayor looks back at the revitalization of South Beach, the rise of a global real estate market, and the challenges now facing the region.
A decade after ULI helped chart a path for one of Miami-Dade’s most flood-prone watersheds, the project offers a case study in why resilience planning often moves more slowly than storm risk.
After years of stalled progress, changes to development regulations and a coordinated public/private strategy are helping to attract new housing, investment, and redevelopment along the historic commercial corridor.
The redevelopment of Huizenga Park transformed an aging downtown green space into a vibrant civic gathering place and established a precedent for future public realm projects.
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