The Urban Land Institute’s new report highlights sustainable mobility as a core driver of real‑estate value, showing how transit‑oriented development and mobility amenities can lift asset performance and resilience. Case studies such as Miami’s Underline illustrate how integrating bike lanes, transit information, and green infrastructure turns underused land into high‑demand, premium locations. Developers are adopting strategies like secure bike storage, EV charging, and parking incentives to reduce parking footprints while attracting car‑free tenants. The report underscores that coordinated public‑private partnerships and policy tools can unlock financial and regulatory flexibility.

Brookfield announced it will allocate $172.5 million of cash equity to refinance a $900 million CMBS loan on its Brookfield Place property in Manhattan. The refinancing aims to improve the asset’s capital structure amid a wave of commercial‑real‑estate loan maturities in 2026....
Shenzhen’s Nantou Ancient City project, completed in 2021, showcases an incremental, heritage‑focused regeneration of a historic urban village. A joint‑venture between the government, village committee and Vanke renovated roughly 300 of the 992 buildings, preserving the Ming‑era street grid and...
The 2025 Charles H. Shaw Forum convened over 40 real‑estate, government and nonprofit leaders to distill eight actionable lessons for scaling green infrastructure (GI) to boost urban flood resilience. Participants highlighted Hoboken’s data‑driven “resist, delay, store, discharge” strategy, the importance...

Retrofitting existing parking structures is becoming a strategic priority as operators shift from new builds to phased upgrades. A comprehensive audit of electrical, fiber‑optic and space constraints guides capital plans that first strengthen core infrastructure before adding user‑facing technologies like...

Simon Durkin, former BlackRock Global Head of Real Estate Research, has been appointed CEO Europe of the Urban Land Institute, starting in March 2026, succeeding Lisette van Doorn. Durkin brings over two decades of experience across real estate, capital markets and...

ULI Europe’s C Change programme has released an Asset Sustainability Committees Best Practice Guide to help owners, occupiers and property managers coordinate decarbonisation in multi‑let commercial buildings. The guide, built on interviews with twelve leading European real‑estate firms, outlines how structured...