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About the Urban Land Institute <br />Lei <br />Minnesota <br />ULI Priorities <br />The mission of ULI is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in <br />creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. <br />Creating Resilient Communities <br />• What are the best new business models in the real estate and land use industry, and how can we support <br />their development? <br />• How can we best adapt and reuse existing real estate while eliminating obsolete space to create thriving <br />communities? <br />• How can we influence land use leaders locally and around the world as they reshape the process of <br />community building and developing both social and physical infrastructure? <br />Understanding Demand and Market Forces <br />• How can we best understand the demand (quantity, type, price, and location of the need) for real estate and <br />discover what the market wants short -term versus what it needs long -term? <br />• How can we help balance local, regional, national, and global interests, as well as public and private interests, <br />in terms of how they affect land use decisions and development? <br />• How will changing technology Influence building and buildings, and how will people's use of technology <br />influence how they interact with the physical environment? <br />Connecting Capital and the Built Environment through Value <br />• How can we best generate value in the built environment that is greater than its cost? <br />• What are the best ways to ensure the attractiveness of real estate as an investment as institutional capital <br />allocators continue to change and become more global? <br />• What is the most effective way to demonstrate and explain the relationship between investment in both public <br />projects (including infrastructure) and amenities and the impact on real estate value? <br />Promoting Intelligent Densification and Urbanization <br />• What are the most responsible ways to provide cost - effective housing for a rapidly increasing global <br />population that is becoming increasingly urbanized? <br />• How can we advance the understanding of the relationship between a high quality of life and the built <br />environment in order to promote creation of high - quality, appropriately priced density that is attractive to users? <br />• What is the relationship between a thriving economy and a thriving city — between a dynamic society and the <br />built environment? <br />Integrating Energy, Resources, and Uses Sustainably <br />• How can we best reduce the negative impact of the built environment on our natural resources and climate? <br />• What are the best ways to use the world's energy resources and protect the built environment from volatile and <br />unpredictable conditions? <br />• How will trends in energy and resources affect the future best use of land? <br />Thanks to generous financial support from the ULI 75th Anniversary <br />Urban Innovation Fund Grant Program, Family Housing Fund, Minnesota Housing, <br />and the Metropolitan Council. <br />