Leading Voices in Real Estate

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Alex Gilliam | Director of Public Workshop Feb 07, 2017

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Teens using power tools? That’s the foundation for Alex Gilliam’s two nonprofits. He brings together youth to physically build amenities in their struggling neighborhoods. These students learn how to engage civically while changing the urban landscape.

Learn more about Alex Gilliam and Public Workshop

Watch Alex Gilliam’s TED Talk

Steve Leeper | President & CEO of 3CDC Jan 31, 2017

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Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood was one of the most blighted in the country, impeding on the city’s economic development. Leveraging creative financing as well as civic and corporate partnerships, Steve Leeper has led 3CDC in the transformation of this historic neighborhood.

Learn more about Steve Leeper and 3CDC

Learn more about the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood

Alicia Glen | Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Jan 24, 2017

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A lifelong New Yorker, Alicia Glen serves as the city’s deputy mayor for housing and economic development. Why did she leave the private sector for public service, and what are the challenges for New York given one of its own is entering the White House?

Read Alicia Glen’s bio

Egbert Perry | CEO of Integral Group Jan 24, 2017

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Egbert Perry of the Integral Group developed the national model for mixed-income housing. He has since been changing the notion of which industry sectors people of color are accepted, and successfully forging into market-rate commercial projects.

Read a 1998 article on the creation of Centennial Place

Marilyn Strickland | Mayor of Tacoma, WA Jan 17, 2017

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As an African American and Asian American woman in office, Mayor Marilyn Strickland challenges our notion of what makes a strong leader. She talks about her journey, starting with a job at the headquarters of Starbucks to earning the top post of an international port city. Mayor Strickland is a trustee of ULI and was a Rose Center for Public Leadership and Land Use fellow.

Read Mayor Strickland’s bio

Read Mayor Strickland’s 2016 State of the City speech

Steve Wilson | Founder of 21c Museum Hotels Jan 17, 2017

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Steve Wilson is the founder of 21c Museum Hotels, started in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2006. These unique concept hotels, which incorporate gallery space for Wilson’s expansive art collection, are a unique way to help revitalize the downtowns of midsized cities with a growing tourism industry. Wilson and his wife now have seven other hotels open or under construction around the United States. In this episode, Wilson talks about his unusual path to creating such a unique revitalization technique and the impact it has had in his hometown and beyond.

Read the ULI Case Study on the 21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati