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ULI Advisory Services Panel Report - Moscow, Russia

The Panel were asked to consider how Moscow becomes a leading global city. This term is not universally familiar but has become common in urbanist parlance to mean: a city generally considered to be an important node in the global economic system with political and cultural influence. Saskia Sassen (1991) describes global cities as places with political, trade, financial, information and cultural importance.

Moscow Report_Final_Dec_4-9_2011.pdf

New Report: Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Europe 2012

Download here: Emerging Trends in Real Estate® Europe 2012

An 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 PwC and the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

ET Europe 2012 Report.pdf

Office to Residential Conversion

Office to Residential Conversion: Where the Action is?

On November 4th, 2011, the Urban Land Institute held a seminar to consider Government proposals to relax planning rules for conversion of office space to residential use. This seminar was organised jointly by the ULI UK Residential and Office Councils, hosted by Lazard & Co Limited.

ULI Europe InfoBurst: Office to Residential Conversion

ULI Europe InfoBurst - November 2011.pdf

ULI Europe Report: Global Investment Performance Standards

With unlisted real estate rapidly being regarded as a crucial financial asset , there is a growing requirement to establish a robust regulatory and reporting framework against which the performance of non-listed real estate investments can be made. In the latest of its agenda-setting InfoBurst reports, ULI Europe examines several examples of existing indices and investigates both the negative and positive aspects of these.

InfoBurst - Global Investment Performance Standards.pdf

ULI Europe Helps Young Leaders Learn How to Raise Capital

Working through a group case study, 25 ULI Young Leaders spent two days in “summer school” June 9 and 10 at Cambridge, UK.

The programme focused on learning how to structure real estate funds, present a proposition, hire a placement agency, and pitch to a panel of investor experts.

2011 Young Leaders Summer School Review.pdf

ULI UK Residential Council: REITs Seminar

Why are they no residential REITs? With the right support, a vibrant residential REIT sector that links institution or private finance with housing delivery is poised for take-off claims the ULI.

Residential REITs are highly popular and successful in other countries, so why are there none in the UK despite the fact that the market capitalisation of UK commercial REITs is £28.2 billion?

ULI UK Residential Council: REITs Seminar

InfoBurst - July 2011.pdf

City Branding and Urban Investment

With increased competition between cities in Europe to attract investors, business and consumers, the role of city branding in building sustained awareness and reputation is more important than ever. ‘City Branding and Urban Investment’, a new InfoBurst report published today by the Urban Land Institute (ULI), examines different approaches by four cities to increase their brand value.

UIN City Branding InfoBurst.pdf

LessEn Roundtable Summary

Behaviour Change in Building Energy Efficiency

The summary of the recent Behaviour Change in Building Energy Efficiency LessEn Roundtable is now available.

LessEn Roundtable - July 2011.pdf

Public-Private Partnerships in Sustainable Urban Development

European cities are under immense pressure to decrease CO2 emissions and increase energy efficiency by 2020. In this new Urban Investment Network InfoBurst report, ULI Europe explains what cities are doing on the ground-level to fight climate change by focusing specifically on renewable energy.

ULI InfoBurst June 2011.pdf

Open Space: an asset without a champion?

Governments have long recognized the need to preserve certain open space lands because of their importance, but this report reveals the new impetus for open space creation and preservation is coming from the private sector. This report presents the findings of a survey of 350 real estate professionals, aimed at discovering the value of open space in Europe’s cities.

Open Space Report 2011.pdf