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Infrastructure 2012 Highlights Innovative Solutions At State, Regional, Local Level; Points To Impact Of Recession On Infrastructure Funding Worldwide

May 9, 2012 Comments off

Infrastructure 2012 Highlights Innovative Solutions At State, Regional, Local Level; Points To Impact Of Recession On Infrastructure Funding Worldwide

Source: Urban Land Institute
Global Report from Urban Land Institute, Ernst & Young Finds:

  • Fallout from the global recession is reflected in a decline in government infrastructure funding for major projects in Europe and Asia, as well as the U.S.
  • More large-scale public works involve public/private ventures as user fees and tolls become part of ultimate funding solutions worldwide
  • In the U.S., states and local governments are increasingly adopting “on-their-own” infrastructure funding strategies, looking to fund infrastructure investments with increased sales or gas taxes, bond issues, and user fees, including tolls.
  • Innovative local governments are combining new technology and pricing to better manage existing infrastructure and achieve other objectives. Many are looking to solutions that include linking infrastructure and land use and conservation.

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Categories: business and economics, government and politics, infrastructure, Urban Land Institute

ULI Real Estate Consensus Forecast

March 29, 2012 Comments off

ULI Real Estate Consensus Forecast (PDF)
Source: Urban Land Institute

  • Three-year forecast for 26 economic and real estate indicators
  • Responses from 38 leading real estate economists/analysts
  • Respondents represent major real estate investment, advisory, and
  • research firms and organizations
  • Survey undertaken from February 23 to March 12, 2012
  • A semiannual survey; next release planned for September 2012
  • Forecasts for:
  • GDP, employment, inflation, and interest rate indicators
  • Property transaction volumes, CMBS issuance, and cap rates
  • Property investment returns for four property types
  • Vacancy rates and rents for five property types
  • Housing starts and price
Categories: business and economics, housing and real estate, Urban Land Institute

The New California Dream: How Demographic and Economic Trends May Shape the Housing Market: A Land Use Scenario for 2020 and 2035The New California Dream: How Demographic and Economic Trends May Shape the Housing Market: A Land Use Scenario for 2020 and 2035

January 8, 2012 Comments off
Source:  Urban Land Institute
In 2008, California passed Senate Bill (SB) 375, an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by redesigning the state’s urban growth patterns. The legislation specifically directs the state’s metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to devise strategies to reduce vehicle miles traveled—and hence GHGs—by better matching future housing development with public transit opportunities. As part of the process, the MPOs are required to devise targets for GHG reduction as well as to develop “sustainable communities strategies” that better coordinate land use and transportation decisions.
For a state more used to sprawling apart than growing together, it seems a tall order: how do we reverse years of a pattern in which more land is consumed, average commutes lengthen, and environmental damage rises? In this compelling new report, one of our country’s leading land use planners, Arthur C. Nelson, offers an important bit of news for those who worry that ambitious targets are unrealistic: the demographics are on our side.
While most of the national focus on our demographic future is on the rising diversity of our population—a fact well known here in California—Nelson points to two equally important changes: the aging of the population and the reduction in the share of households with children. Both mean that as California’s population grows over the next 40 years, it will see a rise in housing demand for smaller lots, multifamily units, and other land use configurations consistent with transit-oriented compact development.
The challenge is how we get there from here. Nelson tries to connect the dots by illustrating the shift in the composition of real estate demand and pointing to the opportunity of “recycling” nonresidential land, particularly those lands adjacent to transit systems. Although the specific projections that Nelson offers may be subject to debate, the overall vision is certainly not. We can grow smarter and grow greener, meeting the mandates of SB 375 by planning for the future rather than the past. rather than the past.
Categories: business and economics, climate change, environment, housing and real estate, social and cultural issues, Urban Land Institute

Infrastructure 2011: A Strategic Priority

August 13, 2011 Comments off

Infrastructure 2011: A Strategic Priority (PDF)
Source: Urban Land Institute

Infrastructure 2011: A Strategic Priority assesses the state of infrastructure in the United States and around the world, examines what the next few years are likely to hold, and provides recommendations for moving forward on the infrastructure investments and strategies that are needed for regions and countries to continue to prosper and grow. Despite increased rhetoric about the importance of infrastructure, states and metropolitan areas are struggling to find funds to make basic repairs on aging systems and to build the new transit and road networks needed to position themselves for future growth.

Categories: business and economics, government and politics, infrastructure, transportation and travel, Urban Land Institute

Infrastructure 2011: A Strategic Priority

May 20, 2011 Comments off

Infrastructure 2011: A Strategic Priority
Source: Urban Land Institute

Infrastructure 2011: A Strategic Priority assesses the state of infrastructure in the United States and around the world, examines what the next few years are likely to hold, and provides recommendations for moving forward on the infrastructure investments and strategies that are needed for regions and countries to continue to prosper and grow. Despite increased rhetoric about the importance of infrastructure, states and metropolitan areas are struggling to find funds to make basic repairs on aging systems and to build the new transit and road networks needed to position themselves for future growth.

+ Full Report (PDF)

Categories: government and politics, infrastructure, international, transportation and travel, Urban Land Institute
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