ULI is delighted to announce the appointment of Ron Pressman as Global CEO. Pressman comes to the Institute with more than 35 years of wide-ranging global leadership experience in the financial services, real estate, and energy industries. He succeeds Ed Walter, who led ULI for the past four years.

Find out more about Ron’s experience and his plans to accelerate ULI’s next chapter of growth and success here.

As we enter 2023, leading industry experts predict a ‘new normal’ for real estate markets after all the pandemic-fueled market distortion. Currently, the economy is being defined by rising interest rates and uncertainty. However, interviewees are cautiously optimistic about the longer-term prospects for the real estate industry. Read the report.

The Urban Land Institute Foundation announced the public launch of Our Cities, Our Future: The Campaign for the Urban Land Institute, the Foundation’s first capital campaign. This historic effort aims to raise $100 million to further ULI’s global mission of shaping the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide.

Learn more or make a commitment to Our Cities, Our Future here.

ULI is excited about its continued participation in the annual Global Real Estate DEI Survey, in partnership with ANREV, Ferguson Partners, INREV, NAREIM, NCREIF, PREA, and REALPAC. The Global Real Estate DEI Survey is the only corporate study of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) management practices and data benchmarking in the commercial real estate industry in the AsiaPacific, Europe, and Americas regions.

Read the report on Knowledge Finder.

What sustainability topics and issues are on the rise, why do they matter, and what actions should the industry pursue moving forward? This new report highlights the importance of climate action despite widespread economic challenges and shares the issues shaping real estate decision-making in the year ahead. The 5 key issues are: Adjusting ESG strategy for Marco-Economic Complications, Embedding Transition Risk in Transactions & Valuations, Harnessing the Power of Collaboration, Addressing Global Flood Challenges, and Responding to Government Influence.

Read the report on Knowledge Finder.

Architect Jeanne Gang has been named the recipient of the 2022 ULI Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development, the most prestigious and respected honor in the real estate, land use, and development community. The jury recognized Gang for her values-driven and innovative approach to social equity and environmental sustainability throughout a diverse portfolio of buildings, places, and research. Gang is the founding principal and partner of Studio Gang, an international architecture and urban design practice that is renowned for pushing boundaries in sustainable reuse, ecological biodiversity, and social equity.

For more information about the ULI Prize, please visit uli.org/visionaries.