Completed in 2025, the project integrates a restored church, a 57-story residential tower, rental housing, child-care facilities, and community space.
A new ULI report identifies five characteristics shared by successful mixed-use redevelopments of former factories, breweries, shipyards, and other industrial sites.
The city’s overhaul of permitting, plan review, and long-range planning offers practical lessons for municipalities seeking to speed housing and commercial development.
Cleveland’s Midline project pioneers a new district-scale model to transform vacant industrial brownfields into hubs for advanced manufacturing and good jobs.
Focus on Resilience
Industry leaders at the 2026 ULI Resilience Summit said physical climate threats increasingly shape commercial real estate valuation, investment strategy, and long-term asset strength.
Cities are redesigning offices, housing, downtowns, and public spaces to better reflect how people live, work, and gather today.
Rising temperatures are increasing operating costs, affecting public health, and prompting cities and property owners to rethink how they plan, invest, and manage the risk.
Charlotte’s reimagined Truist Center demonstrates how public art, streetscape improvements, historic preservation, and community partnerships can extend the value of corporate real estate beyond the building itself.
As climate risk becomes a greater consideration for insurers and investors, cities that invest in resilience may be better positioned for long-term real estate investment.
Climate risk is forcing owners, lenders, and insurers to rethink how resilient buildings are valued.
From C-PACE financing to tax credits and private capital, resilience investments are helping to protect assets, improve business continuity, and preserve property value.
Owners, investors, and insurers are integrating climate risk into acquisitions, capital planning, underwriting, and asset management to better manage physical and financial risk.
Industry Voices
Former CEO expanded ULI’s membership, research, and international reach while laying the foundation for many of the Institute’s enduring programs.
His projects included office towers, arenas, military base overhauls
The longtime planner, developer, and leader helped spearhead transit-oriented development in from Denver Union Station and the Central Platte Valley to redevelopment projects that reshaped communities across the Front Range.
Informed by 20 years of workplace research, the Institute’s new Washington office, designed by Gensler, serves as a case study in rethinking the urban office experience.
ULI-backed strategies helped this coastal California locale build its economic base on industry. Now, a proposed AI-era manufacturing building and a massive new housing plan are poised to test that strategy—and reshape the town.
The proposed Capital Campus reflects a growing belief that higher education—not office towers—could become the next major driver of urban revitalization.
Capital Markets & Finance
With billions of dollars in projects facing delays or cancellations, experts assess the broader implications for real estate and economic development.
As the market moves beyond emergency loan extensions, owners and lenders confront a harder question: Which assets are actually recoverable?
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.