ULI Atlanta Hosts Urban Marketplace 2008

Nov. 19, 2007 - PRLog -- Where can a real estate developer or investor, nonprofit community leader or government official meet to explore strategies and best practices for investing and developing in Atlanta’s lower income and distressed emerging neighborhoods? ULI Atlanta’s Urban Marketplace 2008, http://www.uliatlanta.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=96, the fifth annual conference designed to create profitable mixed-income workforce housing ventures. The conference will include a keynote presentation by Ron Terwilliger, Chairman and CEO of Trammel Crow Residential, the largest developer of multi-family housing in the United States, panel discussions, project analyses, pitch sessions, exhibits and roundtable discussions. The Urban Marketplace will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 31, 2008.

“The conference will focus on creating dialogs between a wide variety of industry experts that will ultimately benefit Atlanta’s underserved populations,” says Jeff DuFresne, Executive Director of ULI Atlanta.  “We are offering a forum in which deals can be conceived and first steps can be taken.”

Panel discussions will be held on the economic outlook for the Atlanta housing market in 2008 and how to successfully combine retail, residential and workforce components.  Roundtable discussions will put attendees face-to-face with industry experts to ask questions and share information on a variety of topics, including:

•   “Hot” emerging markets
•   Tax Allocation Districts and the Beltline Project
•   Economics of green building
•   Brownfield development
•   Rehabilitation and adaptive re-use
•   How to finance a workforce project
•   Public financing sources
•   Density bonuses and incentives
•   Transit-oriented development
•   How to develop in a tough market
•   Entering the workforce housing market.

ULI members will serve as a resource panel to cities and towns that want to promote workforce housing investment opportunities to developers through pitch sessions, where public sector professionals to get practical advice about working with private sector investors and developers will be held.

Professionals from a wide variety of real estate related industries, including community and affordable/workforce development, lending, equity capital, legal, brokerage, urban planning, architecture, community outreach and public/governmental affairs, will benefit from participating in the conference. In addition, communities, local governments and development service providers will market their development plans, incentives and products as exhibitors.

Sponsorship opportunities for this event are available. Benefits of sponsorship include premier logo placement in advertisements and marketing materials, exhibit space at the event, the opportunity to host a roundtable discussion and complimentary registrations, as well as recognition in the ULI Atlanta newsletter and on the ULI Atlanta Web site. Exhibitor space in the Marketplace is also available.

As a district council of the Urban Land Institute, ULI Atlanta advances responsible land use policy and real estate development practice throughout greater Atlanta. The nonprofit group is supported by its members.  They examine land use issues, impartially report their findings and convene forums to find solutions to complex land use problems. For more information on ULI Atlanta, call 770-951-8500 or visit http://www.ULIatlanta.org.

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