Experience dynamic real estate programming, unmatched networking, and the energy of Nashville, Tennessee, May 5-7.
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Join ULI by January 31, 2026, and get 10% off* your ULI Membership – Use PROMO CODE  10JAN26 at checkout.
*This offer is available only to individual members who join between January 1 and January 31, 2026, using promo code 10JAN26 when Annual Membership is selected. Offer excludes monthly installment payment options and two year membership packages.
The 2026 Awards for Excellence recognize truly superior development efforts in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Winning projects represent the highest standards of achievement in the development industry—standards that ULI members deem worthy of attainment in their professional endeavors. The Awards recognize the full development process of a project, not just its architecture or design, and a wide spectrum of both development projects and programs.
Five years after the Christmas Day 2020 bombing devastated downtown Nashville’s Second Avenue, the historic corridor has emerged transformed. Following the attack that damaged 40+ buildings, ULI convened a virtual Advisory Services panel to chart the district’s recovery. Today, their vision is reality: widened sidewalks, outdoor dining, public art, and renewed Riverfront Park programming have repositioned Second Avenue as a thriving local destination. With streetscape improvements complete and final rebuilding phases underway, the corridor stands as a testament to strategic recovery.
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Shape ULI’s next decade in a series of deep dive virtual sessions exploring the future of belonging, convening, knowledge, and impact. Join your peers to envision ULI in 2035 and make bold forecasts that will help build the ULI of the future.
Developers have been confronting several challenges that are making it more difficult to break ground on new projects. Yet the total dollar value of overall construction starts is expected to grow 4 percent in 2026, to $1.26 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Industry experts share their view on where things will shake out as new projects gear up for 2026.
Join housing industry professionals March 16-17 in Baltimore, Maryland for ULI’s annual Housing Opportunity Conference. Each year, the conference explores key factors and challenges contributing to our nation’s residential housing crisis and offers emerging cross-sector solutions that expand housing opportunities across communities in the United States.
