The 2024 host city will be announced on October 2, 2023. The Urban Land Institute welcomes nominations for cities to host the competition. Letters of interest to host in 2025 are due April 30, 2024. Please contact your ULI District Council to coordinate a letter of interest.

The competition has visited 21 cities to date:

• 2003 – 1st – Washington, D.C.
• 2004 – 2nd – Pittsburgh, PA
• 2005 – 3rd – Salt Lake City, UT
• 2006 – 4th – St Louis, MO
• 2007 – 5th – Los Angeles, CA
• 2008 – 6th – Dallas, TX
• 2009 – 7th – Denver, CO
• 2010 – 8th – San Diego, CA
• 2011 – 9th – Seattle, WA
• 2012 – 10th – Houston, TX
• 2013 – 11th – Minneapolis, MN
• 2014 – 12th – Nashville, TN
• 2015 – 13th – New Orleans, LA
• 2016 – 14th – Atlanta, GA
• 2017 – 15th – Chicago, IL
• 2018 – 16th – Toronto, ON
• 2019 – 17th – Cincinnati, OH
• 2020 – 18th – Miami, FL
• 2021 – 19th – Kansas City, MO
• 2022 – 20th – Oakland, CA
• 2023 – 21st – North Charleston, SC

ULI HINES STUDENT COMPETITION SITE SELECTION CRITERIA

• Support ULI mission, and priorities
• Support competition goals: education, youth engagement, outreach, multidisciplinary practice, etc.
• Offer geographic diversity, new opportunities for members, and exposure of ULI’s work and best practices. (Unless conditioned by unforeseen/programmatic circumstances, the competition is commonly hosted on a new/different city each year.)
• Provide a built environment framework with development momentum, challenges, and complexities that can generate a meaningful competition brief. While the competition is based on a made-up premise, and there is no intent to implement any of the proposals, it is very much based on reality and the actual feasibility and potential impact of the submissions.
• Offer strong local resources and engagement via ULI District Council, municipality, private sector, and other related organizations. Access to GIS resources, planning documentation, and local expertise is essential.
• Provide two/three potential sites for evaluation and if pre-selected an informal tour before making a final decision.

Those interested in having their city/sites considered for selection are encouraged to prepare a letter of interest in coordination with their ULI District Councils addressing the points above. Letters of interest should be sent to [email protected] with the subject line “ULI Hines Student Competition City Nomination.”