In a guest blog post authored by LHB Communications’ Leslie Braunstein, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. discusses growth of the Mexican economy and especially that of Tijuana, just over the border from San Diego, where the Urban Land Institute held its Spring Meeting. From a Samsung factory that manufactures 65,000 TVs a day for export to coastal resort development to an impressive culinary scene, Tijuana — Mexico’s third largest city — is moving forward. A ULI Technical Assistance Panel has issued recommendations for redeveloping a demonstration block in the city’s center that could catalyze a citywide renaissance.

Article by Leslie A. Braunstein published in Urban Land Online, October 18, 2012 Conventional macroeconomics failed to predict the most recent financial crisis and will fail to predict other major economic developments over the next five years, two economists told participants at the ULI Fall Meeting in Denver Oct. 17. To make optimal investment decisions, …

by Leslie Braunstein in Urban Land Online, May 15, 2012 – Clean energy technology is key to America’s future, said former EPA Administrator Carol Browner in the opening session of the ULI Spring Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. Speaking to the meeting’s theme, “Power to Lead, Energy to Thrive,” Browner told the audience of over …

Leslie Braunstein’s article published in the March-April issue of Urban Land magazine describes how three U.S. cities along with the ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance are working to improve building energy use measurement and benchmarking, and encourage use of such measurements to reduce the carbon footprint of existing buildings.