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New York Hilton Midtown, New York, NY, United States April 9-11, 2024

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12:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time Pier 57, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY

Lewis Center Sustainability Forum

The Lewis Center Sustainability Forum, which continues the spirit of the Randall Lewis/ULI Building Healthy Places Forum and is generously supported by ULI Foundation Governor Randall Lewis, is a content-rich, interactive event bringing together leaders in sustainability, resilience, health, and social equity. In the inaugural convening, participants will explore the transformation of Pier 57 into a vibrant mixed-use space, featuring a public park, community and educational facilities, and Market 57—a new dining destination celebrating NYC’s local food culture, alongside discussions on equitable electrification. The Forum is open to Full Members attending the Spring Meeting. Associated Members interested in attending can reach out to [email protected]
 
For more information, please visit the Lewis Center Sustainability Forum webpage here
 
3:00 PM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time Tishman Speyer, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, 20 West 43rd Street, NY 10036

University Connections: Exploring the Real Estate Forecast

Join us for an insightful event, "Exploring the Real Estate Forecast," where we delve into the latest semi-annual ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast. Completed at the end of October 2023, this forecast is the culmination of the perspectives of 39 leading real estate economists and analysts. These experts share their three-year forecasts on 27 economic and real estate indicators, and we present the median of their insightful predictions.

According to the survey results, real estate economists expect a slowdown in the U.S. economy and real estate markets in the coming year, aligning with their outlook from six months ago. Anticipated to experience a meaningful deceleration in 2024, the economy is projected to show signs of improvement in 2025. Likewise, real estate markets are expected to exhibit flat or negative results in 2024, with a subsequent partial recovery anticipated in 2025.

This event provides a unique opportunity to hear directly from industry leaders who will share their perspectives on the forecast. Student attendees are also encouraged to contribute their insights, potentially featuring in a write-up showcased on the ULI website. As a token of appreciation, participants will receive acknowledgment for their valuable contributions. Don't miss this chance to gain valuable insights, engage with industry experts, and contribute to the ongoing discourse on the future of real estate.

*Registrations are extremely limited. You MUST register for this program. No on-site registrations will be provided because of security. 
• Students attending Spring Meeting can register HERE.
• If you are a student and NOT attending Spring Meeting, please email [email protected] to register.
• Faculty and staff can register by emailing [email protected] .
6:00 PM — 8:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

ULI Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability in Real Estate Reception

Friends of the ULI Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability in Real Estate are invited to an evening of networking with drinks and light bites. This event is invitation only; if you’d like to receive an invitation please email [email protected].
7:00 AM — 5:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Beekman

Key Leaders Lounge

Private lounge for Key Leaders.
7:00 AM — 5:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Promenade

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7:00 AM — 5:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Promenade

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7:30 AM — 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 4, New York Suite

Global Board of Directors Meeting

8:00 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Pathways to Inclusion Tour

We invite our 2024 Spring Pathways to Inclusion New York cohort and their mentors to join us for a specially curated tour featuring buildings created by BIPOC and Women Developers.
Mission Priority
8:00 AM — 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The Revitalization of the South Bronx

Experience the revitalization of the South Bronx through affordable housing mechanisms and affordable housing at scale in the Mott Haven district with developer L&M.

East 162nd Street Court provides 126 mixed-income rental apartments in a new 12-story building. Thirty-seven units are reserved for formerly homeless families in need of supportive services. L+M and B&B Supportive collaborated with Palladia and Services for the Underserved to provide family supportive services pursuant to a contract with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Services include case management for mental health and substance abuse problems as well as educational and workforce services. The new building includes a separate office space devoted to the provision of these services, a community room, and laundry facilities. The remaining units in the building are reserved for families that earn 60 percent and 80 percent of area median income.

 

Bronx Point represents a transformative mixed-use development of approximately 530,000-square-feet that will bring affordable housing, educational community facilities, dynamic retail uses, and engaging new open space along the Harlem River waterfront in the South Bronx. It includes 542 units of permanently affordable housing, educational spaces for youth operated by Bronx Works and Billion Oyster Project, and retail opportunities. The Universal Hip Hop Museum will be a new cultural destination that celebrates the global hip hop culture.


8:00 AM — 10:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse E

Americas YLG Steering Committee Meeting

The Americas YLG Steering Committee Breakfast is an opportunity for our members across the Americas who represent the Young Leaders on a regional level to connect in-person and discuss strategic planning for the meetings ahead.
8:00 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Jersey City: A Tour of the Journal Square Redevelopment

All roads lead to Journal Square! Always considered the “heart of Jersey City,” Journal Square has had a rich history of serving the entire city and county. The Square provides a great opportunity to secure the city’s economic future and create one of the truly great central business districts (CBDs) in the country. Beginning in early 2007 and culminating in summer 2010, the Journal Square vision plan came to life. The visionings effort was a true public/private effort, with local residents, businesspeople, anchor institutions such as Hudson County Community College/Saint Peters, and city officials working together over a three-year period to bring the plan to fruition. Adopted by the City Council in June 2010, the plan was honed at more than 30 community meetings, some large and some small, to get it right. The Journal Square plan, now the 2060 plan, has proved to be a remarkable success for the city’s CBD.

 

The plan, built around smart growth principles, now encompasses approximately 233 acres in the heart of the city. From the beginning, the 2060 Plan was embraced by the broad array of stakeholders that were deeply involved in the long process. The commitment to the plan can be seen not just in the award-winning Journal Squared Towers, but also with the wide range of mixed-use towers built or under construction in the Square. The heart of the 2060 plan was always about the smart transit-oriented development and transportation network that leads to the Square. The private sector had done its job by quickly sensing the potential of the Square and moving redevelopment forward at an unheard-of pace.

 

The plan is now in its 30th year and many of the original goals of the plan have been realized. The development of world-class, mixed-use towers has progressed at unprecedented speed. Moreover, the current development of both the historic Loews Theater and the Centre Pompidou is bringing arts and entertainment back to the Journal Square CBD. The Journal Square 2060 plan has clearly demonstrated that a shared redevelopment vision of the community and private and public sectors can lead to meaningful community renewal. 


8:00 AM — 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Mercury Ballroom

Tenant Alignment Roundtable: Fitting Out Spaces for Net Zero

Tenant spaces can account for well over 50 percent of total energy consumption in commercial buildings, and with over 1.5M sf of leased space within city limits New York is a prime location to discuss opportunities to better align owner and tenant goals and action to reduce carbon emissions, and to prioritize fit outs that can save energy in ways that retain existing tenants and attract new ones.
 
Building on the success of previous programming, this event will provide an opportunity for building owners/developers and tenants/end-users to share and exchange ideas on net zero strategies and progress. This event will feature findings from the latest in the “Owner/Tenant Engagement Best Practices for Sustainability” series of reports focused on Tenant Fit-Outs and will focus on lifting up action-oriented and practical insights.
 
This event is open to all Spring Meeting registrants, but advanced registration is required and space is limited. Please add this event to your meeting registration in order to attend. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].
 
8:00 AM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

ULI Flex & Experience Council Concept Session

8:00 AM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Americas Hall I

Networking; Exchange of Knowledge, Ideas, & Best Practices; Research & Industry Trends

· Refreshment Breaks & Lunch Reception
· Presentation Area A & B
· ULI Research Reports, Learning and Publications
· ULI Member Benefits
· Lounge Seating and Workstations
· Charging Stations
8:15 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Governors Island and Battery Maritime Building Redevelopment

In the two decades since the federal government turned over control of Governors Island to New York City, city officials have sought an innovative way to use the 172-acre patch of land with stunning views of Lower Manhattan. The city chose a consortium led by Stony Brook University to transform one of the island’s last big chunks of developable land into a 400,000-square-foot hub called the New York Climate Exchange. The campus, which will focus on researching climate solutions and training for green jobs, is expected to open in 2028.

8:15 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Public and Private Partnerships in Essex Crossing

Essex Crossing represents a true partnership between public and private interests. L+M, BFC Development Partners, Taconic Investment Partners, and The Prusik Group, along with Grand Street Settlement, were awarded the sites after a competitive RFP process in 2013. The entire project, located in the Lower East Side, is projected to be over 1.9 million square feet; seven of nine parcels are developed, and the last two parcels are expected to be completed by 2024. Once completed, the $1.5 billion project will include 1,079 units of residential rental and for-sale housing (of which over 50 percent will be permanently affordable to a wide range of incomes), over 700,000 square feet of commercial space, 350,000 square feet of office space, 100,000 square feet of community and cultural facility space, and 100,000 square feet of exterior and interior green space, including a new public park.

Key commercial users include NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Center, Trader Joe’s, Target, The Gutter NYC bowling, Regal Cinemas, a new and expanded Essex Street Market and The Market Line. Key community facility uses include a new senior center run by Grand St. Settlement, Henry Street Settlement’s Workforce Development Center, an early childhood education center operated by the Chinese American Planning Council, and the International Center of Photography.


8:15 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Life Sciences at SPARC Kips Bay

In 2022, Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled plans for Science Park and Research Campus (SPARC) Kips Bay, a state-of-the-art jobs and education hub in New York City. SPARC will transform Hunter College’s Brookdale Campus with an ambulatory care center, health care training simulation centers, an NYC Public Schools high school with health and science focus, and more. Driven by historic investment from the city and state, SPARC Kips Bay will make New York a global leader in creating and attracting accessible jobs in life sciences, health care, and public health by creating a pipeline from local public schools to careers in these growing and essential fields. New York City’s health care sector employs over 750,000 New Yorkers, and the metropolitan area’s life sciences sector is a rapidly growing industry with nearly 150,000 additional jobs in recent years. The city estimates the campus’s new commercial lab space will create about 2,000 quality jobs and attract new companies and startups, leading to additional good-paying jobs in the health care and life sciences fields.

 

During this walking tour, participants will have the opportunity to tour the Brookdale campus, visit a working laboratory, and learn more about the next stages of the SPARC project and how the city and state are working together to support the life sciences industry in New York City.


8:15 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Brooklyn Navy Yard (Full Members Only)

The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a center of urban manufacturing and innovation. A one-of-a-kind ecosystem with a legacy dating back to the early 1800s, the Yard has played a pivotal role in shaping American history, from its origins as a naval shipyard to its transformation into a dynamic, mission-driven industrial park. The Yard is a nationally acclaimed model of the viability and positive impact of modern, urban industrial development, employing more than 11,000 people and generating over $2.5 billion per year in economic impact for the city. Building on the Yard’s history as the economic heart of Brooklyn, the 300-acre waterfront asset houses more than 500 business and offers a critical pathway to the middle class for many New Yorkers.

8:30 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The Revitalization of Lower Manhattan Post-9/11

Lower Manhattan has undergone a renaissance in the years since September 11, 2001. In a nearly flawless example of public/private partnership, the World Trade Center site was redeveloped not only to honor and remember the victims of 9/11, but also to create an even stronger central core for Lower Manhattan. Existing properties also underwent transformations, from the repositioning of the stoic World Financial Center to the vibrant mixed-use Brookfield Place as well as the multiple office to residential conversions. Led by key players in the transformations from Silverstein Properties and Brookfield Properties, this tour will explore the history of Lower Manhattan in its many incarnations and will delve into what the future will hold in the post-pandemic environment.

8:30 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Creating a Waterfront Destination: A Tour of Hudson River Park

Hudson River Park extends in and along four miles of Manhattan’s shoreline from about Chambers Street to West 59th Street and includes dozens of recreational and revenue-generating piers. Participants will walk along the water’s edge from Tribeca to the Meatpacking District, exploring many of the diverse, award-winning open spaces that have been created by the Hudson River Park Trust over the last 25 years, including the Pier 26 Tide Deck, the Tribeca Boardwalk, the Gansevoort Peninsula, and Little Island. The tour will end at historic Pier 57, a mixed-use, adaptive reuse project created in partnership with RXR and Google. 

8:30 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse B

UrbanPlan Workshop Instructor Training

An opportunity for active UrbanPlan volunteers to get trained to lead workshops across the network.
Mission Priority
8:30 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Tracing LGBTQ+ Spaces: A Tour of Greenwich Village

Join a walking tour of spaces significant to the Stonewall Uprising in 1969 and the LGBTQ+ movement Stonewall inspired. This tour will visit the historic Stonewall Inn, Washington Square Park, AIDS Memorial, Gay Liberation Monument, Oscar Wilde Bookshop, Gay Street, and the start of the First Pride March.

8:30 AM — 1:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Industrial Creativity in Brooklyn Army Terminal

The Sunset Park waterfront, once one of the busiest shipping ports in the country, today serves as a major industrial, manufacturing, and employment hub in NYC. The area’s continued prominence as a manufacturing center is due in part to the large footprint of publicly owned industrial campuses dedicated to preserving and growing the area’s manufacturing legacy. The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) manages more than 200 acres of this area including the Brooklyn Army Terminal (BAT), Made in New York Campus at Bush Terminal, and the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal. The Brooklyn Army Terminal was built in 1918 by Cass Gilbert and was originally used as an American military supply and troop deployment facility. Today, BAT is New York City’s premier affordable hub for innovative industrial businesses and entrepreneurs, serving more than 100 businesses and 4,000 employees. BAT is being positioned as a future home for climate innovators and industrial businesses developing and fabricating technologies that support climate solutions. The Made in New York Campus at Bush Terminal is undergoing an investment of more than $265 million to reposition this historic shipping yard as a creative industrial hub with events facilities and public waterfront open space. Along with Industry City, a privately owned and operated creative industrial hub in Sunset Park, these campuses born out of the same historic shipping ports are being reimagined as modern industrial facilities supporting a vast workforce.

9:00 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

A Post-Industrial Waterfront Reimagined

The waterfront in the long-established Greenpoint neighborhood has been a functioning lumberyard and industrial center for over 100 years. In the past 20 years, it has been transformed into an extension of the Greenpoint neighborhood. Park Tower Group is developing the master plan for Greenpoint Landing which, when complete, will include about 5,500 apartments (both market-rate and permanently affordable units), a sprawling waterfront park designed by James Corner Field Operations, and numerous local retail opportunities. Along with Brookfield Properties, Park Tower Group completed a 745-unit luxury residential complex, Eagle + West, in 2022. Designed by world-renowned architecture firm OMA, the pair of towers and low-rise building feature a 42,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art amenities package and contribute more than 30,000-square-feet of new public space to the city. Eagle + West is the latest set of buildings to open in the 22-acre, Greenpoint Landing master-planned development. The firms opened the One Blue Slip site in 2018, Two Blue Slip in 2020, and The Bellslip in May 2022.

9:00 AM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Sutton North

Corporate Partner Lounge

Along with expedited check-in, join us to charge your phone, meet up with colleagues, or simply relax. Grab a quick breakfast before you start your day and a mid-afternoon sweet pick me up.
9:00 AM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Rhinelander South

The Lounge hosted by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

10:00 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse A

Cornell University HBCU Case Competition

Cornell University HBCU Real Estate Case Competition hosted by The Real Estate Executive Council (REEC) in partnership with ULI's DEI department.
10:00 AM — 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Trianon Ballroom

Capital Markets: Securing Debt Today

"For the right deal, there is money to be had…what does the right deal look like?" How do you position your deal to be the right one? Hear insights and learn strategies for navigating real estate capital markets today. In this session, hear from the full range of lenders: large banks, regional banks, private equity, debt funds, and others. Who is lending and who isn't? For what types of deals? What size? What terms? Refinance? Development? What changes in the debt landscape can be expected up ahead?
10:00 AM — 10:20 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Unlocking Billions in Federal Funding for Your Projects: Generational Investments in Sustainable Development

Current and upcoming federal infrastructure funding opportunities—including through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act—have the potential to spur resilient, sustainable, and equitable outcomes for cities. Investments in decarbonization by developers can have financial returns in the form of lower operating costs, increased property values, and attracting and retaining tenants. In addition, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating communities that are less reliant on cars can support developer and tenant environmental, social, and governance goals. Learn how and when to leverage these generational funding opportunities to support your projects. Learn more by accessing ULI's curated resources on federal funding at ULI.org/federalfunding.
10:00 AM — 10:20 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Five Reasons Everyone is Wrong About the Future of Downtowns

Come hear lessons learned from 100+ interviews and data analysis in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Seattle.
Mission Priority
10:30 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Gramercy Suite

Homeless to Housed Symposium

Join us for the ULI Homeless to Housed Symposium for a conversation with Gregg Colburn, author of “Homelessness is a Housing Problem,” and ULI leaders from various sectors as together we discuss the role of the private sector in advancing solutions to the growing economic and humanitarian crisis of homelessness.
10:30 AM — 10:50 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Making Multigenerational Communities Happen

Nearly one in five U.S. households was multigenerational in 2021—and demand for housing and communities that facilitate multigenerational living is growing. ULI explores these trends in a new publication, Making Multigenerational Communities Happen. In this session, hear what developers, designers, public sector leaders, investors, and others need to know about what it will take to build homes, neighborhoods, and cities that work for people of all ages, and families of all types.
11:00 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 4, Hudson Suite

WLI Prologis Leaders Welcome Reception

Welcome reception for the WLI Prologis Leaders, Mentors and key WLI and ULI leaders.
11:00 AM — 11:20 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

UrbanPlan: Diversifying the Real Estate Industry through Education

In this session, hear about how UrbanPlan creates a pathway to the real estate industry for young people through its curriculum and ULI member volunteers.
11:30 AM — 11:50 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Advisory Services Program Lightning Round: Get a Glimpse of Advisory Services

Participate in a real-time mini advisory services panel and have instant impact for a local New York sponsor. The session begins with a brief presentation by the sponsor, followed by one question pertaining to their land use challenge. With facilitation by ULI Advisory Services staff, briefly deliberate and offer a set of recommendations in response to the question. The session concludes with a brief summary of the recommendations and sponsor feedback.
12:00 PM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Rhinelander

Lunch Reception

Refuel and connect at the Lunch Reception, where you'll find a selection food stations across the 2nd and 3rd floors. Enjoy delicious bites, explore the space and network with fellow attendees.
12:00 PM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse C

District Council Sustainability Leaders Gathering

ULI District and National Councils are key drivers of ULI’s impactful programming and host dozens of events focused on sustainability, resilience, health, and social equity each year. The ULI Lewis Center for Sustainability in Real Estate supports Council programming in a variety of ways – with compelling content and reports, speaker suggestions, financial support, cohort programs and more. Join the Lewis Center and other Council leaders to learn about opportunities to advance ULI’s mission and priorities with impactful programming at the local level. A simple lunch will be served. This program is open to all current and potential District and National Council leaders; advanced registration is requested. Please reach out to [email protected] to learn more.
12:00 PM — 1:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse D

ULI Homeless to Housed Cohort Lunch

Members and staff of the Homeless to Housed (H2H) Local Technical Assistance Cohort 1 gather to share insights and collaborate on their respective projects.
1:00 PM — 2:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Grand Ballroom

Opening General Session: A Conversation with Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Hear Opening Keynote speaker, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in an engaging fireside chat, where she discusses the state of global affairs and the geopolitical climate. Leveraging her experience as former Secretary of State and U.S. Senator for New York, Former Secretary Clinton will offer unique perspectives on navigating the challenges and opportunities brought by rapidly changing geopolitical events in uncertain times.
2:00 PM — 2:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Americas Hall I & II

Afternoon Pick-Me-Up

2:30 PM — 4:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 4, New York Suite

Americas Executive Committee

2:30 PM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Rendezvous Trianon

University Connections Networking Roundtables

Please join us for an opportunity for students rotate three times to meet with ULI member leaders for twenty minutes, from various markets, career levels, and professional roles. Attendees engage in small group discussions about career pathways and preparation.

Please view roundtable leaders HERE.

Register HERE.
2:30 PM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Mercury Ballroom

YLG Connect and Impact

The YLG Connect session is a special event for young leaders (under 35) attending the conference to hear from local rising stars on the various projects they are working on and their impact on the local community. It is also a good opportunity for young leaders to share how ULI has improved their commercial real estate career path and to connect with fellow colleagues. After the panel, young leaders and other attendees will have the opportunities to discuss the challenges most affecting them and the CRE industry during facilitated roundtables.
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Nassau Suite

Higher Education Development as a Tool for Urban Innovation

It has been almost 12 years since New York City launched the Applied Sciences NYC initiative, a once-in-a-generation investment in higher education with the aim of ensuring NYC remains one of the world's premier economic hubs for the future. The initiative involved the creation of three new campuses across the city—the Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute on Roosevelt Island, the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress in Downtown Brooklyn, and the Columbia University Data Science Institute in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. The city offered over 12 acres of city-owned land at Roosevelt Island, a seed investment of $100 million of city capital, and the full support of the administration. The cost to the city was significant, but the impact was expected to be enormous ($33 billion overall economic impact, 1,000 spin-off companies, and 48,000+ jobs over three decades). How successful has this initiative been thus far and will it be worth the investment? What were the lessons learned? How can other cities leverage their higher education institutions to create a strong commercialization pipeline, from academia to industry, to create more jobs?
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Gramercy Suite

NYC 2100: Resiliency, Housing, and Equity for the Metropolitan Region with Six Feet of Sea-Level Rise

The New York metropolitan area has 20 million residents and within the next century could see six feet of sea-level rise due to climate change. The city itself has 500 miles of coastline and faces significant challenges for long-term coastal protections, including for vulnerable and marginalized populations. While new housing opportunities are needed to create equitable, resilient development in sustainable mixed-use neighborhoods proximate to mass transit, the region also has an existing housing affordability problem that will be further stressed by climate migration and population growth over time. This panel focuses on analysis, policy response, and insight into the various challenges and opportunities for evolving the metropolitan area for future housing demand. Expertise in climate modeling, public policy, urban design, and long-term planning will be needed to create more equitable and resilient neighborhoods. Panelists will discuss how climate change will dramatically impact urban design and land use and will identify key policy considerations coupled with tactical solutions for metropolitan areas to promote future-proof planning, climate justice, and resilient design.
Mission Priority
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Trianon Ballroom

ULI Home Attainability Index: Putting the Numbers into Practice

This session will present the findings from ULI Terwilliger Center's 2024 Home Attainability Index. The Index is a data-rich resource for understanding the extent to which a housing market is providing a range of choices attainable to the regional workforce. The data can help identify gaps in home attainability and provide better context to understand residential markets; provide context by connecting housing costs to the wages earned by people with specific occupations in a region; and enable national and regional comparisons to inform housing production, policy, and financing decisions. The session will begin with Adam Ducker, CEO of RCLCO, presenting the national findings before drilling down to the local findings for each panelist. Ducker will then have panelists answer how they are addressing the particular housing needs in their market. Through this session, attendees will learn how the data can help decision-making for local economies: e.g., what type of housing is needed, and at what price point; who exactly is priced out; and how it is affecting the ability for employers to attract and retain workers.
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Sutton South

Using Data Science and AI to Answer the Need for Speed in Uncertain Times

Commercial real estate used to be a fairly staid sector, but exogenous shocks to the system such as global pandemics, macroeconomic shifts, and climate change have created a need for faster, more nimble decision-making to increase returns and mitigate risks. Leveraging the vast quantities of data available through the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence can create tools to explain the current state and predict likeliest future states, but acquiring data and the ability to use it effectively costs money and time. After a brief introduction to the topic, the panelists will talk about how their companies have deployed data science and artificial intelligence to create a competitive advantage.
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Murray Hill Suite

WLI Americas Presents: A View from the Top

Join the ULI WLI Americas for its signature program where Kelly Nagel, past WLI Americas Chair and Head of Residential at Edens, will moderate a fireside chat with Nancy Lashine, Founder and Managing Partner of Park Madison Partners, a boutique real asset private equity placement firm. They will discuss Nancy's path to success and the challenges she has navigated along the way as a woman entrepreneur. The conversation will also include relevant topics that advance efforts and leverage allyship to close the gender gap in commercial real estate, with a particular focus on entrepreneurship, capital markets and real estate investment.
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Nassau Suite

Exploring the Senior Living Landscape

Over the past few years, middle market to luxury senior living developments have been increasingly sprouting up across major cities, especially in places like New York, driven by an aging population of baby boomers who are still socially and culturally active. Today's seniors are retiring later, traveling more, and embarking on nontraditional live/work/play paths, which include urban lifestyles and proximity to their children. New York itself is home to nearly 3.5 million residents ages 65 and above. And the 75+ population in the United States is projected to grow 50 percent in the next 10 years, doubling in the next 20. The objective of the panel is to explore the current state of senior living real estate development, focusing on the design principles and ideas that are shaping this evolving industry. Key discussion points may include demographic shifts, moving from care to hospitality, international design influence, the growth of age-restricted living, and the evolution of independent and assisted living.
Mission Priority
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Gramercy Suite

From Finger-Pointing to Handshakes: Reducing Embodied Carbon in Real Estate Developments

Over the lifetime of a building, embodied carbon from materials, transportation of materials, and building construction can account for half of a building's carbon emissions. Global building floor area is expected to double by 2060, which amounts to an incredible amount of upfront carbon emissions to address in the built environment. The process, and responsibility, to do so spans multiple stakeholders: materials supply chain, structural engineers, architects, construction, and developers. No longer can excuses be made or fingers be pointed for not achieving reductions; there is an urgent need to address embodied carbon. Plus, as global momentum builds for climate action, federal, state, and local governments are introducing building-sector requirements covering both operational and embodied carbon. This session will provide perspectives from a general contractor, a structural engineer, and a developer who have successfully reduced embodied carbon in new developments. Panelists will walk the audience through embodied carbon reductions from predesign through development, building occupancy, and deconstruction, all of which encompass a vital part of the industry's journey to net zero.
Mission Priority
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Trianon Ballroom

Mixed-Income Housing: A Tool for Creating Inclusive Communities

New York City has a unique and varied history developing mixed-income housing. As cities around the country grapple with a growing housing affordability crisis, state and local governments are increasingly experimenting with different programs and formats of producing mixed-income housing to address this challenge. This panel will provide a deep dive into the topic, exploring where mixed-income housing works and where it sits in the continuum of attainable housing solutions. Mixed-income housing has the potential to provide economic, social, and political benefits, including serving a wider range of incomes, improving social mobility, increasing production in supply constrained markets, and mitigating financial risk. Panelists will draw from the experiences of NYC projects such as Essex Crossing, Navy Green, and Hunter's Point South to shed light on the benefits and challenges, including NIMBYism (not in my backyard), levels of affordability, and resource allocation; demystify available financing vehicles; and identify the tools government can deploy to promote mixed-income housing.
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Murray Hill Suite

The EDC Presents: 2024: An Entertainment Development Odyssey: How Innovation Drives ROI

Rather than replicating tried, but tired, concepts, hear from industry leaders who embrace innovative strategies, technologies, and concepts to deliver unique, meaningful entertainment experiences across generations from boomers to gen Z. Moreover, these fresh approaches deliver enhanced return on investment and are translatable to a variety of development types, including mixed-use projects, community placemaking, and sports and entertainment districts. Join us as these entertainment development innovators show how development can still be fun!
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Sutton South

Finding the Signal in the Noise: The 8 Design Trends Shaping Real Estate in 2024

The past few years have brought into sharp focus the scale and breadth of the interconnecting challenges we face. Economic pressures, climate change, a generational shift in work habits, and more are challenging real estate leaders in unprecedented ways. It can be hard to know where to focus your energy and resources first. What's clear is that unique challenges require innovative solutions. Join Gensler's co-CEO Jordan Goldstein, managing principal Joe Brancato, and a panel of real estate leaders from the work, lifestyle, and cities sectors as they help you reveal the signal within all the noise. Diving into Gensler's renowned Design Forecast publication, this session will be rich with the latest trends in design for the built environment together with actionable advice and new ideas that you and your teams need to be paying attention to now and in the year ahead.
4:30 PM — 5:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar, 1150 Broadway, New York, NY

Sponsor Reception

Join us at the Sponsor Reception as a special thank you to make Spring Meeting 2024 a success!
4:30 PM — 5:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar, 1150 Broadway, New York, NY

First Time Attendee Networking Reception

Members attending their first Spring Meeting will have the opportunity to make connections with others to enhance their meeting experience. Member leaders will be on hand to interact and share their insights.
4:30 PM — 6:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

ULI Foundation Governors Reception

Networking event for ULI Foundation Governors.
5:30 PM — 7:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar, 1150 Broadway, New York, NY

Welcome Reception

Join us at the Welcome Reception to kick off the ULI Spring Meeting at the 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar NYC. Don't miss the chance to reconnect with your peers. The venue is a 10-15 minute walk from the NY Hilton Midtown. The shuttle schedule can be found in the Transportation section of the ULI event app. Shuttles will depart from the NY Hilton Midtown.
6:00 PM — 8:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Joint Boards / AEC Dinner

Cocktail reception and dinner for members of the ULI Foundation Board, Global Board of Directors and Americas Executive Committee.
7:00 PM — 9:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Spring Meeting NEXT Reception

The ULI Americas NEXT leadership cordially invites all NEXT members and non-members (mid-career professionals) attending the Spring Meeting and local ULI New York NEXT members to the Spring Meeting NEXT Reception following the Welcome Reception on Tuesday, April 9. This is an opportunity for mid-career professional to connect in a more intimate atmosphere and to carry on their conversations from the opening Welcome Reception. We hope to see you there! Please note, additional fees will apply and registration will open soon.
7:00 AM — 6:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Promenade

Registration

7:00 AM — 6:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Beekman

Key Leaders Lounge

Private lounge for Key Leaders.
7:00 AM — 6:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Promenade

Ask ULI

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· General Meeting Information
· Hotel Assistance
· ULI Event App Help
· Product Council Meetings
 
7:30 AM — 9:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Americas Hall I

New Member Breakfast

Join us to explore member benefits, learn how to get involved, and meet other new members.
7:30 AM — 9:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Mercury Ballroom/Rotunda

Key Leaders Breakfast

8:00 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Reimagining New Rochelle

New Rochelle is seeing the largest economic development initiative in its history, driven by the MTA’s Penn Station Access Project, which is extending connections to Penn Station and significantly reducing travel times into Manhattan. When the project is complete, New Rochelle will become the only city in southern Westchester to offer direct access to both the East and West sides of Manhattan. Soon to become such a rich transit-oriented location, New Rochelle will realize an unprecedented 9.2 million square feet of new residential development in its downtown area that is prioritizing the repair of urban renewal mistakes and addressing long-standing issues of equity. Beginning with the New Rochelle historic train station, which will soon see its own reimagining, we will visit several new residential developments and the new public park that is knitting together previously separated communities.

Mission Priority
8:00 AM — 1:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The Architecture of Community Development: Restoration Plaza

In 1968, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation purchased the derelict Sheffield Farms Milk Bottling Plant on Fulton Street in the heart of Bed-Stuy, then home to the nation’s largest African American community. Through a rehabilitation completed in 1972, the site became Restoration Plaza, a 300,000-square-foot commercial plaza that is home to Restoration’s headquarters, the historic Billie Holiday Theatre (BHT), the Skylight Gallery, and scores of local businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies, including a post office; local branches of JP Morgan Chase, Carver Federal Savings Bank, and Citibank; Super Foodtown; a school; and stores. Each year, hundreds of thousands of residents pass through the plaza, known as the unofficial town hall of Brooklyn, whether on their way to visit Restoration’s Center for Personal Financial Health, view a play at the BHT, or attend a community event hosted in the amphitheater.

At its inception, Restoration Plaza was a landmark example of community development and adaptive reuse. Now, more than 50 years later, Restoration is once again advancing a bold new vision: reimaging the plaza as the Restoration Innovation Campus. The new campus will be a dramatically expanded, modern, multipurpose site that enables Restoration to meet the needs of the community today. It will include new public space, an expanded cultural center, and two commercial buildings for partners committed to disrupting the racial wealth gap.

 

The plaza stands as a testament to the history and vibrancy of Central Brooklyn. This tour will showcase Restoration’s impact on the community, serving as a landlord, developer, service provider, cultural center, and community anchor for over five decades. It will also point to how the existing space is set to be reinvented for a new era.


8:00 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

ULI Marketing and Communications (MarCom) Forum

8:00 AM — 9:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse A

Americas NEXT LSC Management Committee Meeting

The Americas NEXT LSC Management Committee meeting is an opportunity for the Americas NEXT Leadership Steering Committee subcommittee chairs who represent ULI’s mid-career members on a regional level to connect in person and discuss strategic planning for the year ahead. The LSC is focused on developing programming at Meetings and throughout the year that further NEXT Themes: Transformation, Entrepreneurship, Innovation/Disruption, and Connectivity.
8:00 AM — 10:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Greenprint Members-Only Breakfast

ULI Greenprint real estate members are invited to join an off-site breakfast meetup to network and connect with fellow ESG leaders during the conference. Location to be shared in a separate invitation.
8:00 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Vertical Placemaking within a Historic Urban Fabric: Partnering with Legacy Institutions to Leverage Inherited Context in Morningside Heights

Beginning in the 19th century, New York’s Morningside Heights attracted important institutions that have since grown into large campuses, dominating the character of the neighborhood. These institutions are constrained by space with no obvious land for development. In response, many of these institutions have uncovered new opportunities by partnering with for-profit development teams to simultaneously revitalize the historic urban fabric and respond to the city’s ever-growing demand for housing. This has been achieved by introducing a new, denser building typology—tall, modern apartment towers—into the neighborhood. This tour will examine how a range of development groups and their design teams have leveraged the historic urban underpinnings of Morningside Heights to create new projects that demonstrate the value of vertical placemaking within the neighborhood.

8:00 AM — 10:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New 42 Studios, 229 W 42nd St, New York, NY

Art in Place Breakfast + Tour

Members of the ULI Art in Place global cohort and friends of creative placemaking will gather for an informal breakfast and meet with local leaders on connecting artists, creatives, and real estate decision-makers.
8:00 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse G

ULI Learning Workshop

An in-person learning opportunity brought to you by ULI Learning.
8:00 AM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Americas Hall I

Networking; Exchange of Knowledge, Ideas, & Best Practices; Research & Industry Trends

· Refreshment Breaks & Lunch Reception
· Presentation Area A & B
· ULI Research Reports, Learning and Publications
· ULI Member Benefits
· Lounge Seating and Workstations
· Charging Stations
8:15 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The Making of New Neighborhood: Hudson Yards, Manhattan West and the High Line Connection

Until recently, the new Hudson Yards district was simply an open swath of space peering down upon the open Amtrak and New Jersey Transit railways below. Over the course of 30-plus years, a plan was devised to build over the rail yards and create a new Manhattan neighborhood, like the creation of the Park Avenue corridor in the late 1900s. What has grown out of multiple rezoning plans and creative development teams in tandem with city and state support is an incredibly vibrant new mixed-use neighborhood dominated by developments led by the Related Group (Hudson Yards) and Brookfield Properties (Manhattan West). Located adjacent to Pennsylvania Station and the newly redeveloped Moynihan Train Hall, these developments are easily accessible and set to become the newest hub for commerce and live/work/play. The final piece of the puzzle, connecting the sites to the elevated High Line public park, was completed earlier this year. This tour will explore the history of the Hudson Yards as a whole, the engineering and development challenges of building over the railways, and the overall thesis for its success. 

8:15 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Revitalization of Office on Park Avenue

Before the pandemic, Midtown East was rezoned to modernize the area’s aging building stock, which catalyzed 6.5 million square feet of new office development over the next two decades. Join us to tour some of the new and active office developments on and surrounding Park Avenue resulting from this rezoning effort.

This walking tour will begin at 1.75 million-square-foot One Vanderbilt, the tallest office tower in Midtown (standing at 1,401 feet tall) designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by SL Green and Hines, it opened in September 2020. The project included a $220 million package of public open space and transit infrastructure improvements that will help ease congestion and overcrowding on subway platforms, improve circulation in and around the terminal, and create new, direct pathways to the regional railroads.

 

The tour will also highlight the Company at 335 Madison Avenue (Milstein Properties, SHoP Architects), a 350,000-square-foot vertical tech campus with an extensive amenity program, before continuing to 343 Madison (BXP, currently under construction), a 49-story, 750,000-square-foot office tower. The tour will conclude at 399 Park Avenue, a 1,800,000-square-foot office tower developed by Boston Properties.


8:15 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Investing in Modern Transit Infrastructure

The Metropolitan Transit Authority has made sweeping investments across all three transit systems: commuter rail, subway, and national rail platforms. This tour by rail will begin at Grand Central Station to explore East Side Access, the MTA’s largest capital project, costing $11.1 billion and completed in 2023. The finished project provides Long Island Rail Road riders with 40 miles of new tracks, a new terminal beneath Grand Central, and the modernization of the busiest intersection of passenger train lines in North America.

The tour will continue to take the No. 7 subway line extension to Hudson Yards. The extension, built to facilitate West Side development, stretches 1.5 miles southwest from its previous terminus at Times Square, at Seventh Avenue and 41st Street, to one new station at 34th Street and 11th Avenue. The city and the MTA reached an agreement for the funding and construction of the No. 7 line extension in September 2006 with construction commencing in late 2007. Revenue (passenger) service began in September 2015.

 

We will then walk to Moynihan Train Hall where the tour will conclude. Moynihan Train Hall is an expansion of Pennsylvania Station, the main intercity and commuter rail station in New York City, into the city’s former main post office building, the James A. Farley Building, serving 17 of the station’s 21 tracks for Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road passengers. The 486,000 square foot complex was built to alleviate congestion in Penn Station, and the $1.6 billion renovation restored the Farley Building, including a retail space, a 320-seat waiting area for ticket-holding passengers, and public restrooms. Moynihan Train Hall facilitates the redevelopment of the larger Penn District.


Mission Priority
8:15 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The New Long Island City

Long Island City (LIC) is New York City’s fastest growing neighborhood. The city is engaged in multiple efforts to support the neighborhood’s long-term transformation into a mixed-use district. The Hunter’s Point South project is transforming the Long Island City waterfront with improved infrastructure, an 11-acre waterfront park, and 5,000 total residential units, including 3,000 affordable housing units. In 2018, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) completed the waterfront park, featuring a green stormwater infrastructure, bicycle and pedestrian pathways, adult fitness equipment, a playground, and an art installation. In fall 2023, the city kicked off the One LIC neighborhood planning study, focusing on LIC’s northern Waterfront and the industrial business zone (IBZ) located between the Waterfront and Court Square. This project seeks to leverage city-owned sites for affordable housing, promote equitable economic development, add waterfront open space, and improve circulation around the neighborhood.

 

This tour will begin at Hunter’s Point South Park, move north along the LIC waterfront to Anable Basin, and conclude at the IBZ. 


Mission Priority
8:30 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Real Estate as Culture: A Tour of Harlem

Start by riding through Central Park, exiting at 110th Street/Central Park North. Ride past the Lincoln Correctional Facility site (RFP in process) up Frederick Douglas Boulevard through an area of high gentrification, including the Harlem Tavern. Go east past famous jazz club Minton’s up to 125th Street. Ride down Harlem’s “Main Street,” 125th Street, to see the iconic Apollo Theater and new developments at the Victory Theater. See the influx of national retailers along 125th and hear about the evolution of the area from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone. Continue north to Strivers’ Row and the Abyssinian Baptist Church. End the ride at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and a visit to its gift shop.

8:30 AM — 9:30 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time Urbanspace W 52nd, 152 W. 52nd Street, NY 10019

YLG Caffeinated Conversations Meet-up

Join us for an invigorating start to your day at the "YLG Caffeinated Conversations Meet-up" during the 2024 ULI Spring Meeting in the vibrant heart of New York City. This exclusive gathering is designed to foster meaningful connections among emerging leaders in the real estate and land use industry. Unwind and engage in casual, enriching discussions with fellow under-35 professionals over steaming cups of coffee at a local, trendy coffee shop. Network, exchange insights, and share experiences in a relaxed setting conducive to forging valuable connections. Whether you're a seasoned attendee or a first-time participant, this meet-up offers an ideal platform to expand your network, gain fresh perspectives, and establish lasting connections with like-minded peers. Don't miss this opportunity to caffeinate your networking experience while enjoying the bustling energy of New York City.
9:00 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Brooklyn Bridge Park: The New Face of Brooklyn

Running for 1.3 miles along the Brooklyn side of the East River, Brooklyn Bridge Park has been a significant agent for transformation for the historic DUMBO neighborhood, iconic for its 19th-century industrial architecture. Join us for a walking tour of the DUMBO waterfront, where we will explore the park’s unique resilience and sustainability efforts to create the best waterfront possible, becoming a case study for the new Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines. We will also visit several exciting adaptive reuse projects, that have taken long-abandoned 19th-century waterfront warehouses and transformed them into vibrant cultural and commercial spaces for the community.


9:00 AM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Sutton North

Corporate Partner Lounge

Along with expedited check-in, join us to charge your phone, meet up with colleagues, or simply relax. Grab a quick breakfast before you start your day and a mid-afternoon sweet pick me up.
9:00 AM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Rhinelander South

The Lounge hosted by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

9:00 AM — 10:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

ULI Americas NEXT LSC All-hands and NEXT District Council Chairs Meeting

The Americas NEXT Leadership Steering Committee All-hands and NEXT District Council Chairs Meeting is an opportunity for NEXT members across the Americas who serve on the LSC and local district council NEXT to connect in person at the Spring Meeting, share updates on NEXT priorities, and to come up with best practices to better engage the mid-career members throughout the Network. If your district council does not currently have a NEXT steering committee and you are interested in starting one, you are also invited to join in this conversation.
9:00 AM — 10:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Rendezvous Trianon

The District Councils Leadership Meeting

9:30 AM — 11:30 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The Borden Complex: Mixed Use Urban Industrial

With the Borden Complex, its latest state-of-the-art, multi-story, multi-tenant development, Innovo Property Group is shifting the paradigm for a new generation of users seeking space in dense metropolitan markets. The Borden Complex is a five-story, 900,000-square-foot, class A mixed-use development in Long Island City designed by KSS Architects. After its completion, expected in spring 2024, the project will be home to a 680,000-square-foot last mile distribution facility, designed for shipping to much of New York City. In addition, the space will be the home of Borden Studios, a 194,000-square-foot film and television production facility that includes sound stages, as well as office space for production crews and project executives.

9:30 AM — 11:30 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 4, New York Suite

ULI Foundation Board of Directors Meeting

10:00 AM — 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Rendezvous Trianon

District Council Chairs Meeting

10:00 AM — 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Petit Trianon

District Council CMAs Meeting

The District Councils team invites local district council chairs of mission advancement (CMA), and lead staff, for an educational and networking session. This meeting serves as one of three in-person touchpoints for district council CMAs throughout the ULI fiscal year. During this event, CMAs will have the opportunity to hear from ULI Centers & Initiatives leaders and expand their knowledge of mission priorities from experts in the field. CMAs will gain valuable insights into the latest leadership resources, ULI trends, connect with fellow leaders, and establish meaningful relationships that can have a lasting impact on their ULI leadership journeys.
10:00 AM — 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse D

Emerging Leaders Product Council Program Participant Meet & Greet

The “Emerging Leaders Product Council Program,” by application, is a program that offers a one-time opportunity for emerging member leaders (members under 35) who have sufficient professional experience and are active in the District Council Network to guest on a Product Council at the ULI Spring Meeting, to join the council day and council dinner. This Meet & Greet will bring together this year’s selectees for an informal meeting before kicking off their experience.
10:00 AM — 11:30 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019

ULI Gives Back – NYC Community Volunteer Event

Join us and Paramount Group to give back to the New York City community with service. Volunteering your time will help those with housing insecurity through the Bowery Mission, all while making new connections with other ULI members.
 
To register for this event, click here to register for the Spring Meeting, or to access your existing Spring registration and add “ULI Gives Back – NYC Community Volunteer Event”. This registration fee will go towards supplies for those experience homelessness. 
 
10:00 AM — 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Mercury Ballroom/Rotunda

WLI Americas Coffee Connect

Start your morning with WLI Americas for coffee and refreshments. Join us to meet other women in a relaxed and welcoming environment with the goal to broaden and enrich professional networks and strengthen industry connections.
10:00 AM — 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Trianon Ballroom

Capital Markets: Raising Equity Today

"For the right deal, there is money to be had…what does the right deal look like?" How do you position your deal to be the right one? Hear insights and learn strategies for navigating real estate capital markets today from capital providers. In this session, hear from the largest to the smallest equity investors today. Who are the active investors? What are they looking for? How do they find the right deals? How does the range deal sizes find them? What has worked for them recently? What terms? Refinance? Development? What are they looking for in the future?
10:00 AM — 11:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse F

Product Council Vice Chairs of DEI Meeting

10:00 AM — 10:20 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The Carbon Sweet Spot: Tradeoffs between Embodied Carbon and Operating Carbon

Designing buildings to operate on less energy and carbon is essential to net zero goals, but some design choices—particularly in facades—can increase a building's upfront embodied carbon. This session explores the design decisions and tradeoffs real estate professionals should know to create buildings that are low carbon from construction to end of life, based on research from ULI Greenprint, architecture firm KPF, and the University of Washington's Integrated Design Lab.
10:00 AM — 10:20 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Psst. The (Secret) Government Program with the Potential to Combat Homelessness

This session uncovers a hidden weapon in the fight against homelessness: Title V. This 30-year policy tool states that surplus federal buildings and property must be evaluated and made available to nonprofit organizations and state and local governments to serve unhoused people. But making deals work under Title V is no easy task. Join the discussion with advocates and government leaders working to cut the red tape to unleash the potential to create much-needed housing and support.
10:30 AM — 10:50 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Using ChatGPT to Assist with Pro Forma Construction

Explore how ChatGPT can enhance the process of building real estate pro formas. Discover how to use artifical intelligence (AI) for learning about pro forma components, and how AI can provide quick insights, suggest Excel formulas, and guide the structuring of financial models. The session emphasizes the role of AI as a supplementary tool for effective and iterative prompt engineering, while underscoring the importance of human expertise in final decision-making.
10:30 AM — 10:50 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Decarbonizing Heating in Tall Buildings, Cold Climates: A Preview of the soon-to-launch NYSERDA ‘Strategic Decarbonization Initiative’

Decarbonizing Heating in Tall Buildings, Cold ClimatTall buildings in cold climates are critical to city and state climate actions goals. Strategic Decarbonization is a phased approach to reducing, and ideally, eliminating, carbon emissions from tall buildings in cold climates. The Initiative outlines methods as well as dynamic case studies to make decarbonization goals eminently achievable and financially viable.
11:00 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Bryant Suite

Product Council Chairs Lunch

11:00 AM — 11:20 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Art in Place: Connecting Creatives and Real Estate

Research shows that integrating art into real estate has a significant positive return on investment. In addition to adding value to properties, art creates unique, memorable experiences for tenants, visitors, and communities. A global cohort of ULI National and district councils is working to better connect the arts and real estate to drive more inclusive and participatory real estate outcomes. In this session, leading voices share inspiring case studies, strategies, and insights for leveraging culture and creativity to advance social trust, community connection, and development success.
11:15 AM — 12:45 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Full Member Networking Luncheon

We invite Full Members to join us for this opportunity to network and learn over lunch.
11:30 AM — 11:50 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Bridging the Gap: Strategies for Equitable Housing Access in Space-Constrained Cities

In NYC, vacant land is hard to come by. A growing population compounded by international migration has put New York at an inflection point: create more housing or exacerbate the homelessness crisis. Researchers at The Parsons School of Design are discovering the potential of locating modular micro-apartments, integrated with supportive services, on sites encumbered by years of predesign and entitlement processes. Based on preconstruction land leases, this model aims to bridge a critical gap in the "Continuum of Care" while optimizing development costs and unleashing the potential underutilized land for interim community benefit. Presented by ULI's Homeless to Housed Initiative.
11:30 AM — 11:50 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

NYC Mass Timber Studio: Advancing Sustainable Development

Mass timber construction has emerged as a revolutionary force for constructing eco-friendly, resilient, and aesthetically captivating buildings. As part of the City's decarbonization efforts, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) launched the NYC Mass Timber Studio, a technical assistance program to support mass timber development projects in the early phases of project planning and design. Expanding the use of mass timber is a critical component to achieving the City's carbon reduction targets. Hear from leaders at NYCEDC about how this program is helping to advance innovative applications of mass timber across a variety of product types. Whether you're a designer seeking inspiration, a developer exploring sustainable building solutions, or a policymaker helping shape the future of urban planning, this session promises to inspire and inform. Join us as we journey through the cutting-edge of mass timber construction, where creativity, sustainability, and technical advancements converge to build a brighter, greener future for generations to come.
12:00 PM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Rhinelander

Lunch Reception

Refuel and connect at the Lunch Reception, where you'll find a selection food stations across the 2nd and 3rd floors. Enjoy delicious bites, explore the space and network with fellow attendees.
1:00 PM — 2:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Grand Ballroom

General Session: Learning in Real Time: Experts Share Their Forecasts for Real Estate in ’24, ’25, and ’26

The ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast is a semiannual survey of leading industry experts. The latest edition will have been completed just before the Spring Meeting. How do the experts see 27 key economic and real estate indicators moving by the end of 2024, 2025, and 2026? How have forecasts changed from six months earlier? And why? What signals are the experts watching for in real estate as they look ahead? Where do the experts agree and disagree? Hear a lively debate among leading economists and analysts who participated in the Real Estate Economic Forecast survey as they explain or defend their opinions. Ask questions or challenge their views about what's ahead for the real estate industry through the end of 2024 and all the way through 2026.
1:15 PM — 5:15 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

LaGuardia Airport’s New Terminal B

LaGuardia Airport’s new Terminal B is the top-to-bottom transformation of one of the nation’s highest-profile terminals. Tour the facility–airside and landside–with members of the operations and design team to learn how they transformed the terminal while remaining fully operational and minimizing inconvenience to customers or communities surrounding LaGuardia’s uniquely small geographic footprint.
 
The bold design celebrates arrivals and departures with equal emphasis, challenging the industry practice of reserving the most monumental spaces for departures. The transparent, fluid design conveys a strong civic presence in a city known for its remarkable architecture. Its verticality, scale, and sense of the new echo the monumentality of the city itself. In the spirit of transportation centers like New York’s Grand Central Terminal, the new Terminal B ushers in an ambitious new era of mobility, travel, and public celebration. As the world’s first airport to earn LEED v4 Gold certification, learn how Terminal B has helped pioneer sustainability measures for civil infrastructure projects. The project also offered historic community benefits, including more than $910 million in contracts to minority- and women-owned business enterprises and hundreds of permanent jobs for area residents. The new terminal showcases commissioned and site-specific art installations curated by the Public Art Fund in partnership with LaGuardia Gateway Partners, the terminal developer and operator.

 
 
2:00 PM — 2:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Americas Hall I & II

Afternoon Pick-Me-Up

2:30 PM — 4:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Rendezvous Trianon

Global Governing Trustees Meeting

Networking and special programming for Global Governing Trustees.
2:30 PM — 4:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse A

District Council Management Committee Roundtables

The District Councils team has listened to member feedback, and for the ULI Spring Meeting in New York we are introducing a new session called, “District Council Member Leaders Roundtables.” These Roundtables are meant for any local district council member leader chairing on a committee (e.g. district council chair, CMA, treasurer, affinity group, DEI Programming, Membership, REDI, UrbanPlan, etc.) to connect with other leaders in the Network to share ideas, best practices, and develop new strategies. Member leaders seeking to share insights or explore innovative approaches are invited to join the program at any point during the two-hour session.
2:30 PM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Mercury Ballroom

NEXT Connect Roundtables

Save the date! The NEXT Connect Roundtables at the 2024 ULI Spring Meeting in New York will offer curated content in entrepreneurship, innovation, transformation, and connectivity through exclusive discussions with expert facilitators. This event is aimed to provide a platform for all mid-career professionals attending the Spring Meeting to have open and candid conversations about the most trending topics in real estate today.
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Americas Hall I

DEI & WLI Leadership Exchange

Learn from some of the top district councils, as DEI and WLI leaders share their unique projects and programs from the past year. Members will present both their successes and lessons learned. This session provides a space to share ideas, skills, and strategies to shape future programming and create meaningful connections and community within ULI.
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Gramercy Suite

Cracking the Customer Loyalty Code in Residential

Customer value and driving loyalty are ubiquitous concepts when it comes to consumer industries. However, in real estate, only the hospitality sector has cracked the code on what loyalty means in the context of built environments and the experiences they contain. Both single-family and multifamily residential continue to grow as asset classes and scale players are emerging. With this growth comes the opportunity to build brand and create customer stickiness—driving both higher renewal rates and better pricing for the branded promise behind living experiences. We will discuss how customer expectations are evolving from these players, what loyalty means in the context of a living experience, and how players are leaning into digital and artificial intelligence to help power a next generation of personalized services and community with the aim of building brand. We will dive into how to take a design-led approach to building brand equity beyond naming and finishes, and using that brand strength to create unique, data-driven loyalty moments around the big "decision moments" that matter (e.g., touring, lease signing, renewal decisions). In short, this presentation, followed by a panel discussion, will aim to unpack how end-to-end experiences in the residential sector can be reimagined and digitized to drive a new frontier of loyalty and consumer brand.
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Sutton South

From Central Business Districts to Central Social Districts: Transforming America’s Downtowns to Save Them

Current challenges to America's office sector need not spell the death of the American city. In fact, urban office buildings and their surrounding downtowns have a distinct advantage over suburban or nonurban developments. Data suggest that while American office workers prefer the flexibility of work-from-home or hybrid work arrangements, they are still flocking to cities to recreate. This change began even before COVID, as miles of waterfront from Pittsburgh to New York were rejuvenated and activated with retail, restaurant, park, and residential uses. These well-programmed, lifestyle-focused urban developments have proven to be attractive alternatives to an increasingly online world and magnets for investment and urban innovation. The office sector's headwinds are an opportunity to rethink America's downtowns by transforming single-use, commuter-focused blocks of office buildings into places where people want to spend their leisure time—replacing central business districts with central social districts. By thinking of our downtowns as homes for social activity, we can expand the realm of what's possible and fill city centers with activity, life, and commerce.
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Nassau Suite

How Adaptive Reuse and Accessibility Will Transform the Patient Experience

Conventional hospital buildings will soon be outmoded. While providing a wide range of services under one roof might have seemed efficient at one time, today we understand that very few patients require so much at once. Instead, a distributed system of care—with a bevy of access points and a focus on the patient experience—more efficiently addresses needs, both physical and financial. Today's health care providers understand this and are looking for ways to cost-effectively distribute the most care to the most people, while also enhancing the experience of workers, patients, and the communities that surround them. Simultaneously, developers and owners are looking for solutions for underused real estate of nearly every type, in both downtown and suburban locations, that can be scaled nationally. This panel will bring together top players from the entire health care real estate ecosystem to examine case studies of how a decentralized model can improve health outcomes while realizing the potential of vacant commercial real estate.
Mission Priority
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Trianon Ballroom

Reducing Real Estate’s Carbon Footprint and the Path to Net Zero: The Costs of Meeting the Moment and the Consequences of Neglect

Building owners, investors and tenants grapple with the costs of reducing carbon footprints while cities set aggressive goals towards achieving net zero. Meanwhile, the capital markets must determine how to finance these "green" initiatives and quantify the value and risk associated with transitioning to net zero. Join us as we explore the real costs of going to net zero, who bears the burden and the financial drivers behind this push.
3:00 PM — 6:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Exclusive YLG Tour

In a post-pandemic blink of an eye New York’s newest well-heeled neighborhood is Broadway between Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue from 31stStreet south to 25thStreet. The New NoMad is anchored by 2 new luxury hotels that opened simultaneously across the street from one another and a new boutique office building alongside a newly pedestrianized thoroughfare with new retailers transforming a previously overshadowed stretch of Broadway.
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Murray Hill Suite

Arts and Culture in New York City: A Catalyst for Social Change and Economic Development

As the home to more than 1,500 museums, galleries, theaters, dance companies, zoos, botanical gardens, and more, New York City is clearly at the epicenter of arts and culture. Beyond these cultural organizations, arts and culture can easily be viewed in the public realm through the city's storefronts, sidewalks, and street plazas. Attracting talent and visitors alike, the vibrant cultural landscape in New York has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar sector fueling the city''s economic engine. Public investment in the arts in New York is unmatched when compared to other city and state arts councils, with only the federal government spending more. The underlying belief is that such investments in arts and culture positively impact the economy, social well-being, and community engagement. Despite its rich cultural landscape, New York City still faces challenges when addressing historic barriers such as class, race, and income inequality. Join industry professionals, civic leaders, and other major stakeholders as they discuss the challenges and opportunities when creating a cultural eco-system that is more sustainable, inclusive, and equitable for all New Yorkers.
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Nassau Suite

Decoding Racial Equity: Understanding Key Terms and How They Apply to Your Real Estate Practice

The seminal ULI 2022 publication "10 Principles for Embedding Racial Equity in Real Estate Development" highlights the need for real estate practitioners to recognize the power of language and lifts up an imperative for a shared language around racial equity in real estate. A new ULI report, "Racial Equity Terms for Real Estate Leaders," aims to elevate widely accepted definitions and help specific terms come alive for real estate professionals by demonstrating applications in real estate and development practice. In this session, learn more about the new resource and hear how real estate leaders are building their understanding of and advancing action on core concepts including antiracism, equitable development, inclusion, and more.
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Trianon Ballroom

How AI Will Transform the Office Experience in the Next Decade

Join us for an eye-opening session that will transport you to the future of the built environment. We'll step into a future state world to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) might enable better human experience and connection. During this engaging session, we'll imagine the possibilities, together. Will you be effortlessly transported from your doorstep to the office, whisked away on a cutting-edge "people mover"? Will technology become your ally, monitoring your well-being, stress levels, and productivity, providing personalized recommendations to enhance your mental health? Picture a future where your office recognizes your need for a revitalizing cup of coffee and has it waiting for you. It's time to talk about the potential of AI to enhance the human experience in the office. While everyone is discussing how AI can improve services today, few are exploring how it will revolutionize our office environments of tomorrow. Don't miss out on this invaluable session tailored for professionals, executives, and thought leaders who want to stay one step ahead in the AI-driven workplace of the future. Join us and be part of the conversation that will shape the way we work and experience the office environment in the years to come.
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Sutton South

Brokering Public and Private Interests to Leverage Investment in Regional Transit Infrastructure

Building regional transit infrastructure and associated transit-oriented communities takes many years, yet its success depends on clear objectives established early in the process. Learning to anticipate the challenges of building an efficient and economically viable transit system with ample opportunities for the private sector creates value for governments, their agencies, and local stakeholders who benefit from improvements in their communities. This session will demonstrate how successful preplanning for development and community building requires the integration of design, policy, and economics to create innovative solutions that yield tangible results and respond to regional growth considerations. This session will show how to broker effective urban planning and design solutions—from the technical requirements of station design to priming a physical and economic landscape. Considering these and many other factors well in advance clarifies the role of private- and public-sector investment while mitigating risk and maximizing the benefits of large-scale regional transportation infrastructure projects.
5:00 PM — 7:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

ULI Net Zero Imperative Cohort Happy Hour Meetup

ULI Net Zero Imperative (NZI) participants from past and current cohorts are invited to join an off-site happy hour meetup to network and connect with fellow decarbonization leaders during the conference. Location to be shared in a separate invitation.
5:30 PM — 6:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Rhinelander North

The Reception Hosted by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We invite you to join us for the Fall Meeting Reception hosted by the ULI Americas Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
6:00 PM — 8:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

YLG Dinner Meet-up

Each ULI Fall and Spring Meeting, the Americas Young Leaders Group organizes a “buy your own (BYO)” Dinner Meet-up event. This event is open to all young leaders under 35 attending the Meeting. No fee or registration is required. A location will be determined in advance and all registrants in this demographic will be invited to an informal dinner where each person is responsible for the cost of their own meal.
6:00 PM — 9:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Product Council Dinners

6:30 PM — 9:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Rhinelander North/Center

An Evening with WLI: Curated Conversations Dine Arounds

New York's culinary scene is iconic, with many great women owned, developed or chef led restaurants. The WLI Curated Conversations Dine Arounds will be an intimate dining experience in small groups to cultivate meaningful connections. We will first convene at New York Hilton Midtown. Each dinner group will be hosted by a ULI NY WLI member, who will lead their small group on a walking tour to their restaurant destination. Groups will enjoy a seated dinner featuring inviting fireside chats to discuss key issues and topics of the day. This separately ticketed event is open to all Spring Meeting attendees. Limited spaces are available. Attendees must select a restaurant when registering.

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Cancellation Policy

Please note: No refunds will be provided for cancellations made after 12:00 p.m. eastern on April 3rd.

8:00 PM — 10:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time Skyline Lounge MetLife Building, 200 Park Avenue, NY 10166

The Spring Meeting Reception, hosted by the Young Leaders Group

The ULI Spring Meeting Reception, hosted by the Young Leaders Group, will bring together over 400 Meeting attendees and local members for networking and authentic connection. This separately ticketed event (additional fees do apply) is open to all Spring Meeting attendees and local New York members. The registration fee includes two drink tickets for the bar and hors d'oeuvres.
7:00 AM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Beekman

Key Leaders Lounge

Private lounge for Key Leaders.
7:00 AM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Promenade

Registration

7:00 AM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Promenade

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7:30 AM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Product Council Day

Mission Priority
8:00 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Transforming Coney Island: Sustainable and Resilient Playground

Coney Island, America’s most storied amusement resort, is experiencing an enormous effort to renew and reinvigorate its vibrant and diverse beachfront community following major rezoning. What was once a vast expanse of unending entertainment at the turn of the 20th century, comprising the triad of Steeplechase Park, Luna Park, and Dreamland, Coney Island quickly became reduced to large patches of parking lots, falling from the premier entertainment destination of the world to an isolated neighborhood. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, with New Yorkers working on hybrid schedules between their home and a Manhattan office, people have been seeking more hospitable outlying neighborhoods with direct transit access for when they need it. This has resulted in a massive expansion in mixed-income housing developments for the community and renewed interest in Coney Island as an entertainment destination. In our tour we will visit a selection of these new residential projects along Surf Avenue, as well as the newly revived entertainment sites of Coney Island.

8:00 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The East Side Coastal Resiliency and Lower Manhattan Coastal Resilience Projects

The East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project is a coastal protection initiative jointly funded by the city of New York and the federal government, aimed at reducing flood risk from coastal storms and sea-level rise on Manhattan’s East Side from East 25th Street to Montgomery Street. ESCR is a one-of-a-kind, forward-thinking resilience project being constructed in a dense urban environment with complex below- and above-ground infrastructure. The 2.4-mile flood protection project is intended to build physical, social, and economic resilience, strengthening the city’s coastline while improving waterfront open space and accessibility.

The boundaries of this project correspond with the natural “pinch-points” in the 100-year floodplain: areas where the land is higher along the coastline, making it easier to close the system off from water entering from the north and south. The project design integrates flood protection into the community fabric while improving waterfront access and public open space.

The ESCR Project is the first step in the city’s plan for a more extensive coastal protection system around Lower Manhattan. This project is the result of years of planning and collaboration among city, state, and federal agencies, elected officials, and the local community, which has been enabled by a $338 million federal grant to fund design and construction, with the remainder of the project's $1.45 billion total cost funded by the city of New York. The city has worked with community partners and residents to identify the best ways to meet the many challenges caused by the climate crisis, including sea level rise and more frequent, intense storms.

This tour will introduce people to portions of the project that are already completed and phases under construction in a “hard hat” tour led by DDC and the design team. Construction on the project began fall 2020 and will continue through 2026.

This tour will also visit the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resilience Project. Lower Manhattan is at the core of New York City’s transportation system, economy, and civic life. Millions of people travel through this area by rail, bus, car, and ferry every day, and the residential population has increased by 170 percent in the last two decades. By the 2040s, Lower Manhattan’s shoreline will begin to experience frequent tidal flooding from seal level rise, impacting streets, sidewalks, buildings, and critical infrastructure. Failure to act now will render much of this area unusable, leading to the loss of Lower Manhattan as we know it today. The Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) Project is an integrated coastal protection initiative to reduce flood risk from coastal storms and sea level rise. The city, state, and federal government have committed over $1.7 billion in capital investments for climate adaptation projects.

The Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Plan will complete this comprehensive flood defense strategy by providing protection along the one-mile stretch of waterfront between the Brooklyn Bridge and the Battery. The plan features a multilevel waterfront that extends into the East River and will provide protection against both sea level rise and severe storms. This plan reflects a shared City-community vision to protect the area from climate change, while providing new universally accessible public open spaces, resilient ferry terminals and piers, and space for habitat restoration. When implemented, the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Plan is expected to prevent $11 billion in economic losses to the city and region.


8:00 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

From Superfund to Super-Fun: The Emerging Gowanus Neighborhood

The Gowanus neighborhood has historically been best known for the toxic sludge-filled canal that runs through its center. Sandwiched between three quintessential brownstone neighborhoods–Park Slope and Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill–this 82-block swath of Brooklyn has until recently been home to a gritty mix of industrial uses, with a dash of off-beat bars and barbeque joints. After a decade-long zoning overhaul that came into effect in 2022, Gowanus is now in the middle of a dramatic transformation. A vibrant mixed-use neighborhood is emerging that eventually will include over 8,200 new apartments, including 3,000 affordable units, 500,000 square feet of commercial and maker space, and a verdant esplanade that lines both sides of a cleaned-up canal.

This walking tour will include several mixed-use, mixed-income multifamily projects in various stages of completion; a world-class anchor arts facility; an exemplar piece of green infrastructure; and the emerging public realm that ties it all together. The tour will be enriched with informal presentations by the planners, policymakers, developers, and designers who are making it all happen.

8:00 AM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Americas Hall I

Networking; Exchange of Knowledge, Ideas, & Best Practices; Research & Industry Trends

· Refreshment Breaks & Lunch Reception
· Presentation Area A & B
· ULI Research Reports, Learning and Publications
· ULI Member Benefits
· Lounge Seating and Workstations
· Charging Stations
8:00 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Resilience in Rockaway

Visit groundbreaking resilience-focused projects in Rockaway, Queens. The Arverne East project is a master-planned development transforming a 116-acre oceanfront site, composed of a 35-acre publicly accessible nature preserve, mixed-income housing of various tenure, diverse neighborhood retail, parking, and infrastructure. This project also includes a boutique hotel, recreation spaces, an urban farm, and both short- and long-term uses to encourage economic development, cultural programs, and community health and wellness. Arverne East will also include a district geothermal ambient loop, which will tie into individual building systems for increased efficiency and reduced consumption in heating, cooling, and domestic hot water.

Beach Green Dunes II is a model for resilient, green, affordable housing development, delivering 127 affordable homes to one of the city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. Like Arvene East, this building’s design and construction uses Passive House principles, a cutting-edge sustainable building method, to increase the building’s energy efficiency. Beach Green Dunes II is a perfect example for how cities and developers can build cutting-edge sustainable design to deliver affordable housing in communities grappling with severe storms, tidal flooding, and rising sea levels.

 

Beach Green Dunes III is currently vacant land owned by the city of New York and is being developed by L+M Development Partners in conjunction with Triangle Equities and The Bluestone Organization. This project will contain residential space, commercial/retail space, and community facility space, as well as an open space transit plaza. Beach Green Dunes III will also be a Passive House–certified building and participate in the city’s Housing Development Corporation’s and Department of Housing Preservation & Development’s Extremely Low and Low Income (ELLA) housing program.


Mission Priority
8:15 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Hudson Square: Ushering in the Future of Sustainable and Contextual Design

Join us for a special tour of one of New York City’s most dynamic neighborhoods, Hudson Square. The district, at the nexus of NYC’s premier retail and residential neighborhoods, is rich in history but is also leading the way in terms of sustainable design and thoughtful and contextual architecture that is appealing to some of the world’s largest and most innovative office tenants, including Google, Horizon Media, Publicis Groupe and Squarespace. Trinity Church Wall Street, steward of the neighborhood since the early 1700s, helped usher in a residential rezoning that has allowed the neighborhood to flourish, and, in partnership with Norges Bank and Hines, Trinity Church has repositioned their more than 6 million-square-foot portfolio of purpose-built printing house buildings to cater to modern office needs in a Class A manner.

The group will tour a cornerstone of the Hudson Square portfolio, 555 Greenwich + 345 Hudson. 555 Greenwich is a 270,000-square-foot ground-up development designed by COOKFOX Architects that is the completion of the adjacent property, 345 Hudson (built in 1931), to create a 1.2 million-square-foot interconnected campus. 555 Greenwich represents the next generation of high-performing buildings and will exceed NYC’s 2030 climate targets for office buildings by over 45 percent and align with New York State 2050 carbon-neutral targets. 345 Hudson is one of three commercial buildings selected to participate in the Empire Building Challenge’s low-carbon public/private design partnership.

We will follow with a tour of 550 Washington, the 1.3 million-square-foot home to Google's headquarters designed by COOKFOX, and end at historic Pier 57. Originally constructed in 1952, the newly restored mixed-use pier features Little Island, an award-winning public park and urban oasis, a waterfront food market, ample indoor/outdoor community spaces, and an interactive gallery and classroom focused on wildlife and waterways.

Mission Priority
8:15 AM — 12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Cornell Tech: NYC’s Thriving Innovation Hub

In 2011, Cornell Tech emerged as the winner of a global contest—Mayor Bloomberg’s Applied Sciences NYC Initiative—that was designed to dramatically expand the city’s capacity in the applied sciences sector to maintain the city’s global competitiveness and create jobs. The winning bid by Cornell Tech, a partnership between Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, proposed the development of a 2-million-square-foot innovative science campus on Roosevelt Island, which will serve more than 2,000 graduate students and hundreds of faculty and staff upon its completion. By 2017, the $1 billion, 850,000-square-foot first phase opened, boasting a net-zero academic building, a striking co-location office building, a 40,000-square-foot conference center, a 224-room hotel and a residential tower with 350 apartments in the largest Passive House tower in the world at the time of its opening. The campus embodies New York’s commitment to technology’s growing impact in New York City. Discover Cornell Tech: NYC’s thriving innovation hub!

8:15 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The Brooklyn Renaissance

The 2004 rezoning of Downtown Brooklyn acted as a catalyst for the neighborhood’s remarkable revitalization, igniting a wave of transformative residential projects that have dramatically reshaped the area. Noteworthy among these developments is CityPoint, a dynamic mixed-use project featuring, a 68-story residential tower, a retail complex, and a popular food hall. In addition, Pacific Park, a vast 22-acre downtown redevelopment, has emerged as a vibrant community, boasting an impressive 6 million square feet of residential space, the iconic Barclays Center, as well as retail and office spaces, along with eight acres of green space. Among the exciting transformations, the Alloy Block is redefining Flatbush Avenue by redeveloping existing and new buildings to encompass educational, residential, and office spaces. Furthermore, Brookfield’s visionary efforts are shaping Brooklyn Commons into an alluring destination for creative office users. These remarkable redevelopments are situated at the heart of the BAM cultural district, surrounded by esteemed museums, vibrant dance centers, captivating galleries, renowned music venues, theaters, artists’ studios, media arts organizations, enticing restaurants, and inviting public plazas. 

8:30 AM — 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The Evolution of New York City’s Skyscrapers

Explore the high-rise building boom that’s transformed New York City’s skyline in recent years. This tour will visit high-rises along Central Park West, Central Park South, and Park Avenue that have set records for some of the most expensive home sales in U.S. history but have also set the stage for the supertalls that have joined New York’s skyline in recent years.

8:45 AM — 2:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Hunts Point: Thriving Industrial and Mixed-Use Spaces

Hunts Point is home to over 12,600 residents, a thriving industrial business zone (IBZ), and the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center (FDC)—one of the largest wholesale distribution centers in the world and the single largest geographic cluster of food sources for the city (measured by annual distribution volume in pounds to NYC customers). The FDC is composed of over 155 public and private wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers, including the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market, the Hunts Point Cooperative Meat Market, and the New Fulton Fish Market. It is estimated that 4.5 billion pounds of food is distributed through the Hunts Point FDC annually, with roughly 50 percent going to NYC and 50 percent going outside the city. Together, the FDC directly employs 8,500 people. In all, 12 percent of all food distributed to NYC comes from the Hunts Point FDC. Forty nine percent of the customers at the FDC are independent restaurants and cafes, 20 percent are bodegas, 18 percent are supermarkets, and 13 percent are food markets.

 

This tour will include stops at the businesses within the FDC and will give participants a better understanding of this crucial piece of city infrastructure, and how it supports the city’s food economy. Additional stops will include the Peninsula, the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Facility that is currently being redeveloped into a mixed-use project with affordable housing, open space, and manufacturing uses.  

9:00 AM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Rhinelander South

The Lounge hosted by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

9:00 AM — 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Sutton North

Corporate Partner Lounge

Along with expedited check-in, join us to charge your phone, meet up with colleagues, or simply relax. Grab a quick breakfast before you start your day and a mid-afternoon sweet pick me up.
9:00 AM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

NEXT Tour and Lunch

Registered NEXT members attending the 2024 Spring Meeting have the exclusive opportunity to explore the New York City through a curated tour focusing on projects related to the NEXT pillars, Transformation, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Connectivity. This tour is only open to members who range in age between 35-50. Lunch will also be provided and is included in the tour registration price.
10:00 AM — 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Trianon Ballroom

Capital Markets: Borrowers’ Experiences—Recent Success Stories

"For the right deal, there is money to be had…what does the right deal look like?" How do you position your deal to be the right one? Hear insights and learn strategies for navigating real estate capital markets today from capital users. In this session, hear about their large and small deals, what debt and equity scenarios did they explore? What were there going-in expectations and criteria? What adjustments were made along the way in their capital structure? What worked and what didn't? Refinance? Development? Acquisition?
10:00 AM — 10:20 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The Interplay Between Transit Oriented Development and the 15-Minute City

Transit-oriented development (TOD) is now a mature concept in city building, having been applied in many cities around the world for well over two decades. In this discussion, Helene Chartier, director of urban planning and design at C40, Eleanor Esser Gorski, CEO and president of the Chicago Architecture Centre, former A/ commissioner of the City of Chicago, and Sander Mozo, planner at the City of Vancouver, reflect on the successes and shortcomings of the concept over the past decades. They discuss how the 15-minute city concept can help shape TOD for the better, areas where the two concepts may be at odds, and share their experiences in developing new models for TOD with a greater emphasis on connections to existing neighborhoods and community building.
10:30 AM — 10:50 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Navigating Real Estate Investments: Demystifying the Waterfall Structure

Join ULI Learning instructor Dr. Charles Tu as he provides an overview of the fundamental principles behind waterfall structures in real estate pro formas and introduces basic techniques for modeling waterfall using Excel.
10:30 AM — 10:50 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The Interplay between Transit-Oriented Development and the 15-Minute City Continued

Keep the conversation going on TOD and 15-minute cities! In this discussion, Helene Chartier, director of urban planning and design at C40, Eleanor Esser Gorski, CEO and president of the Chicago Architecture Centre, former A/ commissioner of the City of Chicago, and Sander Mozo, planner at the City of Vancouver, continue to discuss the successes and shortcomings of the concept over the past decades. They discuss how the 15-minute city concept can help shape TOD for the better, areas where the two concepts may be at odds, and share their experiences in developing new models for TOD with a greater emphasis on connections to existing neighborhoods and community building.
Mission Priority
11:00 AM — 11:20 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

2024 Home Attainability Index

ULI's Terwilliger Center for Housing partnered with RCLCO to create the 2024 Home Attainability Index. The Index is a data-rich resource for understanding the extent to which a housing market is providing a range of choices attainable to the regional workforce. In this session, Adam Ducker, CEO of RCLCO, demonstrates the main components of the tool and how to use it. Learn about the data included in the Index and how it can help local stakeholders understand what types of housing are needed, at what price points, and who exactly is priced out.
11:00 AM — 11:20 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Building an Equitable Greenway System: Lessons from the NYC’s Greenways Coalition

The NYC Greenways Coalition is a collective of more than 45 greenway-aligned groups focused on advocating for planning and implementation of a 400-mile citywide greenway network. In December 2022, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI), which created and convenes the coalition, engaged ULI to provide recommendations for embedding equity in the coalition's cross-sector partnership models to ensure more communities benefit from greenway investment and planning resources. Join this short session to hear about how BGI is establishing and building alignment around an equity-focused vision to advance greenway access throughout New York City's boroughs.
11:30 AM — 11:50 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Pumping Up Sustainability: Embracing Heat Pumps in Commercial Real Estate

Twenty-eight percent of global carbon emissions originate from building operations, according to research by the World Green Building Council. Of that 28 percent, 15 percent come exclusively from heating and cooling buildings. These sizable emissions present an opportunity for investors, owners, and developers of new construction and retrofits to leverage energy efficient innovations such as heat pumps to meet consumer needs in a sustainable and cost-effective way. Heat pump technology is becoming an increasingly scalable solution toward fully electrifying commercial real estate. In addition to their environmental benefits, heat pumps offer enhanced occupant comfort and tenant energy bill savings. This session touches on heat pump technology and debunks common myths, such as heat pumps can only heat spaces (they can cool them, too!), heat pumps are not cost effective (they are comparable options to what is available on the market!), heat pumps are not viable in cold climates (they perform well in all climates!), and more.
11:30 AM — 11:50 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The Property Insurance Affordability Problem: Where Do We Go from Here?

Our inability to take strong action on climate change and environmental degradation has resulted in exponentially increasing property insurance rates, which have rendered parts of the country effectively uninsurable. We will discuss alternative risk transfer mechanisms – such as catastrophe bonds – for property owners in at-risk areas.
12:00 PM — 1:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Rhinelander

Lunch Reception

Refuel and connect at the Lunch Reception, where you'll find a selection food stations across the 2nd and 3rd floors. Enjoy delicious bites, explore the space and network with fellow attendees.
1:00 PM — 2:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Murray Hill Suite

Equity by Design: Preserving Homeownership with Equitable Redevelopment and Purposeful Placemaking

In response to the pandemic and the global push for racial justice, the Freedom West team and future development is prioritizing equity in the built environment. This panel explores an "Equity by Design" framework to design and development, uncovering a community's needs and aspirations—including underserved voices—and tying design solutions to what is heard. Freedom West 2.0 will exemplify an Equity by Design approach through the revitalization of Freedom West Homes in San Francisco, the largest and oldest co-op in western North America. Spanning four city blocks, the project encompasses 382 existing homes and 2,000 new ones. Its primary objective is to provide a sustainable future for the predominantly African American and East Asian population in the area. The master plan and conceptual design revolves around restoring the city grid and urban neighborhood character, as opposed to the current forced suburban layout, driven by the city's density reduction agenda, particularly affecting ethnic communities. MacFarlane Partners and First Legacy Partners have fully committed to community equity. This approach not only considers the co-op's spatial requirements but also its values.
1:00 PM — 2:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Trianon Ballroom

Fostering Next-Generation Central Business Districts

The panel will focus on strategies for developing vibrant, inclusive, healthy central business districts (CBDs) in the post pandemic era, particularly in the context of the work-from-home reality. Panelists will explore approaches, such as office to residential conversions and creative use of ground floor space, that have been implemented in New York City and other global cities, as well as challenges and lessons learned along the way. The panel will delve into the current status of NYC's CBD neighborhoods, including Midtown, Midtown South, and Downtown, and highlight the importance of maintaining a healthy tax base. It will explore how to reinforce the city core amidst the trend of decentralization and debate the ingredients (uses, spaces, etc.) vital to creating a healthy, thriving CBD ecosystem. The panel will highlight successful examples from other cities around the world to provide broader context, with panelists sharing insights on strategies to increase office occupancy and discuss tools and techniques for creating more activity through new uses and conversions. Additionally, it will explore approaches for transforming the public realm to be more attractive and inviting.
1:00 PM — 2:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Gramercy Suite

The Tesla of Commercial Real Estate: How Mass Timber Is Changing the Way We Design and Build

In recent decades, no building material has inspired awe, passion, and innovation like mass timber. Nature's building solution is transforming the construction industry because it sequesters carbon, greatly improves speed and precision, significantly reduces the size of the framing crew, and, most important, creates a superior product that occupants love. The United States has been behind Europe and Canada in the production and use of mass timber and many municipal codes haven't even contemplated tall timber as a solution. But in recent years that has changed, as companies such as Google, Adidas, Atlassian, and Walmart have embraced mass timber and cities have updated codes to allow for taller mass timber structures to be built. This session serves as a "state of the union" for mass timber: how far it has come, its massive future potential, and the biggest challenges (and solutions) for its progress.
2:00 PM — 2:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Americas Hall I & II

Afternoon Pick-Me-Up

2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Trianon Ballroom

Building the 15-Minute Community: Leadership Strategies in Real Estate and Infrastructure

Fifteen-minute communities hold the promise of accelerating decarbonization, increasing housing affordability, reducing climate and health risks, and fostering social equity. This approach to city building lays a foundation for developing compact, mixed-use, and walkable communities that can increase real estate value, create co-benefits for joint use and co-location, and generate new resources to help invest in local communities. The ULI Curtis Infrastructure Initiative created Building 15-Minute Communities: A Leadership Guide to share actionable leadership strategies across public, private, and nonprofit sectors to decarbonize metro regions with a network of 15-minute transit-oriented communities; diversify urban central business districts into affordable, live-in downtowns; humanize edge cities into heat-proof, resilient, retirement, and child-friendly communities; densify suburban corridors into walkable, mixed-use innovation districts; transform suburban malls into transit and trail-oriented mixed-use communities; and activate exurbs as working landscapes of agrihoods and nature-based solutions. Learn about this practical tool for aligning leadership actions to implementation.
Mission Priority
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Gramercy Suite

Developing “Missing Middle” Housing: Opportunities, Challenges, and Creative Financing Tools

This session will cover the opportunities and challenges in developing mixed- or middle-income, infill multifamily development—often referred to as "missing middle" housing. Using real development case studies presented by three developers, the panel will cover both rental multifamily and homeownership development models. The case studies will show how we can deliver housing more affordably than typical market-rate development and more efficiently than typical affordable housing development, using creative financing tools that blend private impact equity with strategic public financing sources.
2:30 PM — 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Murray Hill Suite

From Competitiveness to Well-Being: Changing Priorities for Cities?

This panel will explore the challenges and opportunities cities face with a focus on the U.S./North American context from a variety of different perspectives—economic, social, and governance. Many cities are incredibly desirable and expensive places to live. However, they are struggling with perceptions about safety, quality of life, underlying and persistent inequities, the economic health of city centers, and balancing budgets. What are the major shared challenges cities are confronting and how are they grappling with them? What new opportunities does this moment present? New York City has returned to pre-Covid unemployment levels (as of September 2023) but is grappling with a deepening affordable housing crisis, strained municipal budgets, and long-term climate risks, among other challenges. Is there an emerging playbook for addressing this moment? How is NYC handling these challenges? And, more optimistically, where are the opportunities?
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time New York Hilton Midtown - Level 3, Grand Ballroom

Closing General Session: Innovating During Times of Uncertainty: Adapting Your Business for the New Normal

The business world has transformed tremendously in recent times. Executives are forced to rethink how they operate, what they offer employees, and their greater long-term impact on society. But what does the current business landscape look like for smaller companies? Uncharted Power is a venture-backed small business in the niche power infrastructure space—if you subscribe to the theory of intersectionality, the nature of their business stacks all odds against them. But CEO and founder Jessica O. Matthews is using this time to breed new vision for her company.
 
If you're exploring innovation and adaptation for your business, Matthews will share how Uncharted Power has pivoted in the new business world by doubling down on their mission of redefining power access and building smarter, safer cities.
 
She will discuss the following:
 
• The biggest challenges she has faced as a startup leader and how she's turning adversity into vision;
• The need for small companies to see beyond their own path and understand how they interconnect with other businesses and the world; 
• What recent events have taught us about global infrastructure and how we can make updates to improve public health and lives.
 
6:30 PM — 9:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

Global Governing Trustees Dinner

Networking dinner and special programming for Global Governing Trustees.

Three days of inspiration, thought leadership, and connection

New York Hilton Midtown
New York, NY, United States

April 9-11, 2024

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Where ULI members come together to shape the built environment.