The Ground Floor

Heard at the Urban Land Institute

http://thegroundfloor.typepad.com/the_ground_floor/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/typepad/tWsi
Nov 18
New Research Examines Impacts of Phoenix Population Shifts : Despite speculation to the contrary, the population of metropolitan Phoenix appears to have remained unchanged or has dropped only slightly since 2007, meaning the area could be better positioned for...
The Ground Floor
Nov 16
Monday's Numbers and Noteworthy News : Noteworthy News Commercial Mortgage Alert mortgage spreads based upon a weekly survey of 15 active portfolio lenders conducted by Trepp, the analytics firm....
The Ground Floor
Nov 12
Second Home Buyers Still Looking : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. Despite the recession, high-end second-home buyers are still in the market, willing to purc...
The Ground Floor
Nov 10
Business Management Tips from Leading Author : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. In a rough economic environment, forget success--pursue excellence as the goal, and success...
The Ground Floor
Nov 10
ULI Global Awards for Excellence Winners Announced : Five outstanding developments have been selected as winners of the 2009 Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Global Awards for Excellence competition, widely recognized as the land use industry’s most prestig...
The Ground Floor
Nov 10
Light at the End of the Tunnel : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. Has the financial meltdown ended? Yes. Is the recession over? Yes....
The Ground Floor
Nov 9
Surviving and Thriving : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. A big part of weathering real estate cycles is using the downturns wisely--to polish profes...
The Ground Floor
Nov 9
Monday's Numbers and Noteworthy News : Noteworthy News Commercial Mortgage Alert mortgage spreads based upon a weekly survey of 15 active portfolio lenders conducted by Trepp, the analytics firm....
The Ground Floor
Nov 6
Top Four Markets for Real Estate : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. Washington, D.C....
The Ground Floor
Nov 5
Demographics of the Next Decade Will Transform New Housing and Retail : This post was written for The Ground Floor by Robert Krueger, communications associate with the Urban Land Institute. SAN FRANCISCO -- There is no doubt that the big question at this year’s...
The Ground Floor
Nov 5
New Models for Resort Development : This post was written for The Ground Floor by Robert Krueger, communications associate at the Urban Land Institute. SAN FRANCISCO -- What will resort development look like in a post-recessio...
The Ground Floor
Nov 5
Paranoid Optimism: The Best Attitude Toward Economic Recovery : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. "Paranoid" optimism--a belief in the ability to overcome the negatives that could be coming...
The Ground Floor
Nov 4
ULI Releases "Bay Area Burden" Report : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. Workers in the San Francisco Bay Area area are caught between a rock and a hard place, when...
The Ground Floor
Nov 2
Monday's Numbers and Noteworthy News : Happy Halloween! In response to reader’s suggestions, we are re-ordering—slightly—the order of presentation as well as adding commercial mortgage-backed securities trading sp...
The Ground Floor
Oct 27
Celebrating Parking : This post was written for The Ground Floor by Robert T. Dunphy, Transportation Consultant and Emeritus Fellow, at the Urban Land Institute....
The Ground Floor
Oct 27
Monday's Numbers and Noteworthy News : Noteworthy News Signs of the Times?...
The Ground Floor