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Get practical how-to information on designing and developing attractive, profitable, and environmentally responsible planned communities. This book includes 10 case studies of successful projects in the U.S., the U.K., and Australia

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This book profiles the business practices of 10 affordable housing developers, both for profit and non-profit, and includes insights from the company's leader on the current and future state of affordable housing development in the United States.

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This book describes some of the most innovative and successful strategies that have produced housing that working families can afford.

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Healthy Housing for All: How Affordable Housing is Leading the Way explores the affordable housing industry’s achievements in creating healthier housing environments and translates them into lessons for the broader housing marketplace. The innovations in healthy affordable housing present an opportunity to replicate healthy housing successes, as well as to respond to market demand across the residential development industry. The report examines features, programs, processes, policies, and strategies that maximize project success and improve public health outcomes by providing healthy housing for all.

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This report by the Urban Land Institute and Smart Growth America examines unhealthy corridors, including their prevalence and location, the conditions they share, and the impact they have on people’s lives. It also explores the land use and transportation decisions that give rise to and perpetuate their existence, as well as opportunities to use policy and practice levers to shape them into something better.

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Inspired by a growing body of evidence that developments centered on working farms can have a positive effect on human health, environmental sustainability, and real estate performance, Agrihoods: Cultivating Best Practices identifies strategies to aid developers and their partners in planning, creating, and operating single-family, multifamily, or mixed-use communities built with a working farm as a focus.

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How can cities promote economic mobility, advance equity, and drive growth? Through an analysis of best practices, proven policies, and case study examples, you will get practical insights into how your community can expand opportunity for more citizens and boost economic expansion. The book provides real world examples of both place-based and people-based strategies that are being used successfully to provide more equitable outcomes. See how local government and business leaders are working together to improve services in underserved neighborhoods, to add affordable housing to neighborhoods with high-quality services, and to strengthen education, workforce, and financial outcomes for all – and how these efforts are paying off in terms of economic growth for the region. In addition to benefiting from the sharing of lessons learned, readers will come away with replicable tools, techniques, and processes.

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This publication reports on survey results regarding Americans' attitudes toward a variety of community characteristics. ULI's Building Healthy Places Initiative and Terwilliger Center for Housing partnered with Belden Russonello Strategists LLC, a nationally recognized survey and communications firm, to conduct a statistically representative survey of 1,201 adults living in the United States. The results provide an important look at Americans' attitudes and expectations around community, housing, and transportation. The survey also takes a special look at views on health and the built environment. America in 2015 is a companion to ULI's America in 2013, a national survey that explored many of the same topics.

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This report, which grows out of the ULI Building Healthy Places Initiative, will explore the interconnections between human-powered transportation (i.e. walking and bicycling) and real estate. Does active transportation create real estate value? Is “trail-oriented development the new “TOD”? This report will explore how investments in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure are generating economic development and increased real estate value. It will describe what innovative developers and communities are doing to support walking and biking and it will provide case studies of how bike/ped infrastructure is stimulating adjacent development. It will also explore market demand and highlight best practices and innovations in active transportation.

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Based on worldwide public health data, this report lays out the premise for building healthy places and illuminates the role of the real estate and development community in addressing public health issues. This is an essential resource for public officials, real estate developers, engineers, consultants, and students of urban planning.

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Based on a 2013 survey, this report details the shopping habits of American 18- to 35-year-olds. With valuable input for retail and entertainment real estate developers, the report reveals the lifestyles and opinions of Generation Y responders that are most pertinent to real estate and that create a helpful portrait of this important consumer and client group. The findings include how Generation Y often goes out to eat in groups, enjoys shopping, and makes trips frequently as a form of entertainment—an experience that can’t be fully replicated online. Details on these results and more are part of this report that offers an edge on understanding this group of rising spenders.

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Securing high-quality, affordable housing near the workplace poses a complex challenge for communities across urban America, and this book offers the best practices to advocate for the development of mixed-income communities close to employment centers and transportation. The volume is structured in a series of case studies that detail several key aspects of successful workforce housing, including partnership and programming, innovative use of financing and regulatory frameworks, excellence in construction and design, and exemplary community impacts. It also features interviews with project representatives, which provide valuable insight into how to take advantage of difficulties faced and make a project a successful model for replication.

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Newly updated and consistently recognized as one of the most accurate forecasts for commercial real estate trends, this edition from the Emerging Trends in Real Estate series offers information on investment opportunities in European metropolitan areas. Based on interviews with leading real estate authorities, this resource offers advice and predictions on all of the important variables of European markets, including investment trends, capital markets, markets to watch, and what is happening in multifamily, retail, office, industrial, and hotel development.

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This comprehensive book is a practical how-to guide to developing hot retail projects such as lifestyle centers, mixed-use centers, and rehabs of failed malls. Project sizes range from small, ethnic-oriented community centers to major multilevel malls.

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How can aging inner-ring suburbs remain vital and attract investment from private development? This book describes the strategies and solutions employed by 10 inner-ring suburbs—some experiencing significant redevelopment and others striving to attract redevelopment.

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This lavishly illustrated book describes the development of 15 affordable housing projects, designed by some of the nation's most gifted architects. It shows how affordable housing can be durable, environmentally sensitive, comfortable, attractive, and economical to maintain.

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Increasingly, workers such as teachers, firefighters, retail managers, and nurses are unable to find affordable housing in the communities where they work. This comprehensive book describes the problem, includes case studies, and examples of financially feasibile for-profit developments and provides a toolkit of public and private programs that are being used to encourage the development of housing for the workforce.

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Small-scale, incremental real estate development is gaining momentum as an alternative to more conventional approaches. Small-scale development helps create authentic places, acts as a magnet for new investment, and helps attract talent-based employment, all while fostering a more resilient local economy. This, in turn, helps communities better differentiate themselves when seeking new investment in an increasingly competitive landscape. Despite those virtues, entrepreneurial developers working to 'build small' face jurisdictional and capital barriers that impede bringing this approach to scale. Drawing on extensive research and using case studies, interviews with over 100 developers, and first-hand knowledge gained from tours of several U.S. cities, author Jim Heid articulates what small-scale development means, why it is essential to communities of every size and in every location, and how entrepreneurial developers and community leaders can help remove obstacles to small-delivering successful projects and resulting in a better approach to building community.

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This basic primer covers the nuts and bolts of developing all types of real estate, including multifamily, office, retail, and industrial projects. Thoroughly updated, this new edition includes numerous case studies of actual projects as well as small-scale examples that are ideal for anyone new to real estate development.

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Richly illustrated, this publication highlights recent award winners and finalists of the ULI Urban Open Space Award, includes articles framing the debate on the value of these spaces, and offers a general overview of the award's history since its inception in 2010.

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The basic forces that drive societal change—from demographic shifts, to advances in technology, and transitions in economic functions—have influenced the shape of cities throughout history. This book explains America's urban renaissance and establishes a framework to understand and capitalize on the range of real estate opportunities available in cities across the country. Cities are classified into four categories of development potential.The result of the analysis is an important and inspiring conclusion that goes to the heart of this book: that every American city, irrespective of its economy, market dynamic, and geography, has unique real estate opportunities and potential for progress. A big-picture view of urban America, this book covers prospects for each major urban property type. It analyses four key categories of cities and discusses specific metropolitan areas in terms of their real estate investment potential.It covers investment strategies and capital sources, explains 13 trends that are converging to create a paradigm shift in urban America, and provides real-world case studies that demonstrate how to make forward-thinking real estate decisions.

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Conducted in partnership with Enterprise Community Partners, this research initiative examines the various cost drivers hindering the development of affordable rental housing. It explores both the cost drivers of affordable rental housing and proposes actionable recommendations to expand the supply of affordable rentals.

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A visionary developer and master planner, James Rouse was a key figure in the story of how and why the United States was built the way it was during the last half century. This engaging biography touches upon all aspects of Rouse's life.

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Completely revised and updated, the fifth edition of this bestselling textbook covers each stage of the real estate development process, explaining the basics of idea conception, feasibility, planning, financing, market analysis, contract negotiation, construction, marketing, and asset management. This new edition has been revised to include new topics such as sustainability, green building, and how development financing has changed since the Great Recession. It includes all-new examples, case studies, and photographs. The text is intended for university students in schools of business, planning, architecture, engineering, and law. It is also a useful beginning point for those shifting careers, either into development or between roles in development.

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Does wellness make business sense as a development objective? How have developers pursued this objective? What has the market response been? And how have developers measured their success? Building for Wellness: The Business Case highlights 13 projects of varying product type and scale that were developed with health and wellness in mind. In a series of profiles, developers share their motivation for incorporating a variety of health and wellness features, how these features factored into the overall development and operations process, and how the market has responded.

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Based on expert forums of practitioners from the public and private sectors, this book describes tools used nationwide to better support compact development, including visioning, planning, and new regulations.

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Fighting the trend to design cookie-cutter urban communities, this resource looks at city planning and design in a multi-dimensional way—paying attention to the history and environment of a particular area in order to create places with identifiable character and personality.

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Providing expert insight into the ways the nation's metropolitan areas are changing, this book explores the land use issues that affect quality of life and makes recommendations for reducing sprawl and dependence on cars, encouraging sustainability, investing in infrastructure, and addressing other issues such as workforce housing availability, shopping, and leadership in land use.

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Explaining how finances drive each decision in the real estate development process, this helpful industry guide recognizes the complexities and significant risks of each project and illustrates how to reconcile conflicting elements to ultimately achieve success. A 36-year real estate development veteran, author Charles Long shares the practical information and personal insights that he has gained over the course of his career, and weaves relevant real world examples into the text, helping to clarify the principles necessary to effectively manage a project in today's financial landscape. Ideal both for those starting out in real estate development and experienced professionals who want to learn the theory behind the practice, this book offers a different perspective on making the monetary decisions that are involved in property development projects.

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Packed with photos and site plans, this practical how-to-guide for developing resorts—such as hotels, timeshares, and second-home, retirement, and planned communities—provides an inside look at the challenges faced and lessons learned by actual practitioners in the industry.

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Spanning four decades, this book of Buzz's essays chronicles the dynamic changes in real estate financing from the viewpoint of a practitioner and industry leader who was making real estate deals throughout the period.

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Maximize opportunities and minimize risk with this practical guide for analyzing real estate markets. Whether you are a developer considering the suitability of a location, a lender evaluating financial feasibility, a planner gauging the best land uses for a community, or a public official reviewing proposals and incentives, this book explains how to assess development potential. Packed with illustrations and examples, you will learn how to define market areas, inspect proposed development sites, evaluate competitive properties, analyze supply and demand; find and interpret economic and demographic data; and understand the unique characteristics and trends affecting residential, retail, office, hotel, industrial, and mixed-use property types.

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Bay Area in 2015 is based on a survey of 701 adults in the Greater San Francisco Bay area that was conducted during February 2015 as a companion to a national survey, ULI's America in 2015 report. It analyzes the housing, transportation and community preferences of residents in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. Among other preferences, the survey found that the majority of Bay Area residents prefer neighborhoods that are walkable and would like to see more bike lanes built in their communities. Bay Area residents are also more interested in apartment living than the rest of the nation. Despite having doubts about whether they can afford to buy a home–only 40 percent say they are ""very confident"" they will be able to buy the home they want in five years–aspirations remain high, with 70 percent of Bay Area residents saying they expect to own their home in the next five years.

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In a time of diminished resources, the public sector is facing new challenges -- ranging from meeting the needs of aging baby boomers and the massive millennial generation to coping with a national infrastructure deficit to fostering economic competitiveness. Addressing these challenges requires a collaborative effort by the public and private sectors to use the skills and resources of each to shape and carry out developments that respond to these challenges. As a result, public private partnerships (PPPs) in development, infrastructure, and public facilities are ever more essential. This book will arm public and private sector representatives with an understanding of the obstacles and opportunities inherent in PPPs, as well as provide a toolkit of best practices and lessons learned for the creation of effective PPPs.

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Now in its 37th year, Emerging Trends in Real Estate is one of the most highly regarded and widely read forecast reports in the real estate industry. This updated edition of the annual examination of the commercial market provides an outlook on real estate investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets, trends by property sector and metropolitan area, and other real estate issues around the globe. Comprehensive and invaluable, the book is based on interviews with leading industry experts and also covers what's happening in multifamily, retail, office, industrial, and hotel development.

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The Building Healthy Places Toolkit outlines evidence-supported opportunities to enhance health through changes in approaches to buildings and projects. Developers, owners, property managers, designers, investors, and others involved in real estate decision making can use the strategies described in this report to create places that contribute to healthier people and communities, and enhance and preserve value by meeting the growing desire for health-promoting places

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In a global marketplace, how do real estate developers and investors who could put their money nearly anywhere think about infrastructure? And how do city leaders use infrastructure to position their cities -- relative to other cities regionally, nationally, and internationally -- for real estate investment and economic development? This report, based on a survey conducted in January 2014 of real estate and public leaders from around the world, explores the role that infrastructure plays in shaping the future of cities and metropolitan areas.

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This book offers guidance on post-disaster rebuilding and building in anticipation of future disasters in a way that helps preserve the environment, boost economic prosperity, and foster a high quality of life. This report, which came out of a week-long advisory-services panel, acknowledges that the increased frequency of severe weather events, as well as rising sea levels, are compelling the real estate industry to address climate change by working with the public sector to implement adaptive measures that better protect both the built and natural environment.

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Distilling lessons learned from three health-focused Urban Land Institute advisory services panels in Colorado, as well as other findings on public health gleaned from a workshop with leading experts, this publication includes up-to-the-minute thinking on how to design and build healthy communities. It serves as a tool for public officials, development professionals, and others to help lay out the key elements that make a community more conducive to activity and that encourage better eating and healthier living.

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Describing a wide range of communities, this record offers practical information for sustainability-oriented developers and urban-design professionals. Packed with outstanding photography, this overview of projects developed over the past 50 years discusses the importance of open space, mixed housing types, connectivity, and other smart-growth features in master-planned communities. This book is a must read for those in the real estate industry, including developers, planners, architects, and consultants.

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Looking at infrastructure in the context of project development, this book examines existing infrastructure--how it was built and paid for--to illuminate the tools being used to fund and finance these investments as well as the shape they are taking. Eight case studies that highlight the infrastructure for redevelopment efforts from across the country are featured. As American suburbs build in more compact ways--with higher-density development clustered in nodes or along corridors, and with increasing options for getting around without a car--reworking or rethinking infrastructure can be essential and this book fills that information gap.

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Aimed at real estate industry professionals, developers, and investors, this guidebook fully explains the best practices and methods for retrofitting an existing office building to be green--increasing the efficiency of resource use while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment. Covering numerous eco-friendly systems, this reference demonstrates how green features are definitely worth the investments they require. Case study examples of projects that have incorporated these aspects as well as how they were constructed are included.

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Examining the parking garage from an architect's perspective, this book chronicles the evolution and future of parking garage innovations—from early elevator and ramp designs through the modern, sustainable structures of today.

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Richly illustrated with color photographs, site plans, and diagrams, this book explains how to design and develop pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use developments.

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Fueled by the aging baby boom generation, active adult retirement communities are poised to be the next hot trend. This book, written by seasoned professionals, provides an introduction to the business, best practices, and latest trends. Highlights ; Explains the various types of active adult retirement communities and the issues involved in their development. ; Tells you who buys and why and how to assess the market for a specific development project ; Explores how to create the all-important active adult lifestyle through choices of location, hard and soft amenities, and nonresidential project components. ; Covers the chief considerations in project planning and design, such as the design of the community, inclusion within a master-planned community, and residential and recreational products. ; Explains the marketing strategies, tools, and techniques necessary to make a project successful. ; Summarizes the principal legal considerations that apply uniquely to active adult developments and highlights lessons learned from experience. ; Includes the latest trends in residential units, amenities, marketing, regulations, and technology. ; Showcases a wide range of product types, locations, price ranges, and target markets in ten case studies of successful projects.

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Avoid unnecessary costs and traffic by accurately estimating the parking requirements for mixed-use projects according to the types of tenants they will attract. Now in its third edition, this authoritative book has been updated throughout by author Mary S. Smith, a leading parking expert, in collaboration with parking professionals and developers. It includes many additional land uses, and revised parking ratios, and addresses trends such as increased use of ride sharing services and scooters. This book is essential for developers, planners, government agencies, consultants, and engineers.

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The Case for Open Space explores the benefits of private sector involvement in creating, maintaining, operating, and programming parks and open space—ranging from enhanced returns on investment for developers that include open space in their projects to improved community health outcomes. This publication by the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Building Healthy Places Initiative and ULI's Sustainable Development Council (SDC) incorporates research conducted by ULI staff and SDC members, as well as takeaways from stakeholder interviews—including with ULI members who have developed or supported parks and open space through their project investments.

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Corridor redevelopment is not a new topic. Various planning and design approaches—such as complete streets, living streets, and livable streets—aim to redevelop commercial corridors to meet more of their users' needs, including their need for walking and biking rather than just traveling by car. A marked difference between a healthy corridors approach and other approaches is that the former looks beyond just the street and considers how the street supports the daily needs of all who live, work, and travel along it. Building Healthy Corridors: Transforming Urban and Suburban Arterials into Thriving Places takes a comprehensive view and considers how the corridor contributes to the overall health of the surrounding community, including community members' opportunities to be physically active. It also considers safety, housing affordability, transportation options, environmental sustainability, and social cohesion as well as modifications that would link residents to the corridor and improve connections to jobs and adjacent parts of the community.

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