Urban Land Institute

Meetings/conferences:the institute sponsors two significant domestic multi-day meetings each year that bring together industry leaders from a variety of disciplines. Both spring and fall meetings typically draw in excess of 5,000 attendees, including developers, investors, architects, planners, brokers, attorneys and government officials. In addition to its spring and fall meetings, uli europe and uli asia host large annual conferences in cities within their respective regions.

Content:the institute delivers content to its members and the community at large through a number of funded centers and initiatives:the randall lewis center for sustainability in real estate is dedicated to creating healthy, resilient, and high-performance communities around the world. Through the work of its greenprint and urban resilience programs, the center provides leadership and support to land use professionals to invest in energy performance and portfolio resilience while reducing risks due to a changing climate. The uli center for capital markets and real estate was founded in 2009 with a mission to promote understanding of the real estate capital markets and provide leadership in fostering a healthy and productive real estate capital markets sector. Uli currently is engaged in real estate finance and capital market activities and programs across the organization, and the center is integrally involved in developing, guiding, and/or showcasing both ongoing and new programs.the uli terwilliger center for housing conducts research, performs analysis, provides expert advice, and develops best practice recommendations that reflect the residential land use and development priorities of uli members in all residential product types, with special attention to workforce and affordable housing. The center integrates uli's wide-ranging housing activities into a program of work that furthers the development of mixed-income communities with a range of housing options.the uli greenprint center is a catalyst for change, taking meaningful, immediate and measurable actions to generate real estate solutions that improve the environment through energy efficiency while demonstrating the correlation with increased property values. Greenprint focuses on reducing the carbon footprint of existing buildings, which currently represent one-third of global carbon emissions and works to achieve its carbon reduction goals through education and action. The center uses the collective power of its membership to lead by example in lowering carbon emissions by exploring and implementing energy-reducing technologies, sharing their performance results with the public through the greenprint performance report, tm.the robert c. Larson leadership initiative enables uli to add leadership development activities to its program of work and extend the institute's reach to many more current and potential leaders. The initiative also supports the work of the uli women's leadership initiative whose mission is to raise the visibility and number of women leaders in uli and the real estate industry.uli's urban resilience program provides uli members, the public, and communities across the united states with information on how to be more resilient in the face of climate change and other environmental vulnerabilities. The program seeks to provide technical assistance, advance knowledge, and catalyze adoption of transformative market practices and policies. Through advisory services, research, convenings, and support of district council projects, the urban resilience program seeks to enhance community resilience with a focus on the built environment, real estate markets, and the land use policy sector.the uli building healthy places initiative is a multifaceted program including research and publications, convenings, and advisory activities to leverage the power of the institute's global networks to shape projects and places in ways that improve the health of people and communities.

Publishing/urban land magazine:through its original research and the research of its members, the institute publishes books and case studies on a variety of industry topics relevant to its members. Publications are offered in print bound format, pdf as well as e-pub. Publications are managed through a third-party fulfillment company. The institute's flagship periodical and a significant membership benefit, urban land magazine promotes the institute's vision and mission by reporting on land use policy and real estate practice, industry sector updates, capital markets and market trends, sustainability, and planning and design. The magazine is offered free with membership and is available both in print and online.

Uli learning:uli learning program delivers practical instruction for land use and real estate professionals at all levels from experienced practitioners and researchers. Reflecting the diverse professionals that comprise the uli membership, the program is designed to serve professionals across disciplines through online courses, real estate instruction programs, real estate entrepreneur programs, and the pro forma fundamentals certificate.

Advisory services:advisory services panels provide local governments, private developers, community development corporations, and many other organizations with advisory reports to address the most challenging real estate and land use issues facing communities today. In providing advisory services, uli convenes a panel of industry leaders from its diverse membership, including developers, planners, financiers, market analysts, designers, economists, architects, and public officials, to provide practical and objective advice that is not available from any other source.

Awards: uli has set the standard in recognizing outstanding real estate development projects, related programs, and visionaries in urban development. Uli's awards programs are highly selective and provide a prestigious reference for professionals involved in the built environment. Winners and finalists benefit from worldwide recognition among influential leaders in fields related to real estate and urban development. Awards include: the awards for excellence program, the uli j.c. Nichols prize for visionaries in urban development, the uli gerald d. Hines student urban design competition and the uli amanda burden urban open space award.

Membership:uli offers a number of opportunities for membership depending on an individual's specific interest, including: associate, full, young leader member under 35, and corporate with further distinctions for private versus public and domestic versus international membership. Each program provides the member with a specific basket of benefits. Membership development expenses relate to membership recruitment and retention efforts, as well as order processing and full member admissions activities.

Product councils:product councils provide a dedicated forum for information exchange on the state-of-the-art of a variety of specific industry sectors. Membership is limited to full members and is by appointment only. The institute currently has 65 domestic and 7 global councils focused on 25 areas of activity, including affordable/workforce housing, community development, office development, senior housing, transit-oriented development, urban revitalization among many others.

Leadership: the leadership program is designed to increase the participation of its most senior-level members in leadership, volunteering, and mentorship opportunities across the institute. The program will work with approximately 600 members, including uli foundation governors, current governing trustees and former trustees.

Ulif operating expenses support:ulif transfers 100% of the funds raised through the annual fund program to uli to support ongoing uli programs. In return, uli adds to its annual budget all ulif operating expenses through the form of a contribution to ulif.

Dei/wli:uli supports diversity, equity and inclusion through a number of programs focused on changing the demography of the real estate industry. It's women's leadership initiative is primarily focused on promoting the role of women in the industry.

Communications:this function includes all uli internal and external communications programs, such as the annual report, e-news service, media relations, branding, and corporate communications.