As the market moves beyond emergency loan extensions, owners and lenders confront a harder question: Which assets are actually recoverable?
From federal office buildings to surplus municipal land, underused public assets are attracting developers seeking sites for mixed-use projects, housing, and economic development.
With billions of dollars in projects facing delays or cancellations, experts assess the broader implications for real estate and economic development.
What does it mean to study planning online? The question seems trivial—courses delivered at a distance, the commute removed, keeping your current job, avoiding the move to another city (with or without a family)—and the common marketing follow-through: flexibility, study “at your own pace,” a curriculum shaped around “busy schedules,” a faster route to the next stage of a career. The Master of Urban and Regional Planning program at the University of Florida opened this market in 2012 and, in 2019, earned the first full accreditation for a planning master’s delivered entirely online (University of Florida); others, across the United Kingdom, have followed under the same banner of convenience, from distance-learning consortia (Urban and Rural Planning, Leeds Beckett University) to “time out” study patterns built around work (Planning and Urban Leadership, UWE Bristol), to mention few. Yet the answer to the opening question describes a pattern (the same degree, minus the commute and the cost of accommodation) and leaves the more interesting question untouched: not how planning is taught now, but who it reaches, and what, in reaching them, the discipline learns about itself.
Industry Voices
HKS architect Mark Williams discusses the challenges of converting NFL venues to meet FIFA standards, from natural grass systems to arena infrastructure and fan experience.
As electricity demand surges, battery storage and solar powered projects financed through Opportunity Zones offer a fast, cost-effective path to expand grid capacity; stabilize energy costs; and deliver long-term, contracted returns.
Why existing U.S. DOT loan programs for development near transit go largely unused—and how the Build HUBS Act aims to make them workable for real estate deals.
Explore how urban placemaking is reshaping Greater Paris beyond the périphérique. Discover how La Défense and Saint-Ouen tackle growth, community, and remote work.
New policy, capital, and delivery models are reshaping the case for factory-built housing.
Explore how DOORWAYS’ Jefferson Avenue Campus in St. Louis integrates housing and 360-degree HIV care to empower residents and redefine urban development.
Community Builders
From the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority to her own Philadelphia portfolio, this veteran developer built a career grounded in community development and relationship-driven housing.
From community-driven development work in Portland to leadership roles at the U.S. Green Building Council, Hallová demonstrates how real estate can build long-term community wealth and inclusion.
Lisa Benjamin has spent 20 years at the intersection of policy and land use. Explore her journey leading the Atlanta Beltline, Habitat for Humanity, and the City of Atlanta.
Capital Markets & Finance
Real Estate Investors Must Rely Less on Financial Engineering and More on Operations, ULI Panel Says
At the Institute’s Spring Meeting, economists and investment strategists say higher interest rates and uneven growth are pushing commercial real estate back to fundamentals.
As construction activity slows outside data centers, reduced project starts could weigh on job creation, local investment, and urban growth trajectories.
Economists analyze the rising risk of stagflation. Discover how high inflation and low growth could impact multifamily, retail, and industrial property values through 2026.