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Symposium 2018: Toronto Urbanism

Posted on April 20, 2018 by ulitoronto

  Join global urbanists on November 7th at Evergreen Brick Works for a tour-focused symposium on the leading edge of North America’s fastest growing, and the world’s most diverse, city region. Investigate the contemporary tensions of city building and innovative approaches to building a resilient, inclusive and prosperous modern metropolis. Tour details to come.

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Winning submission announced for first ever Toronto-focused Urban Land Institute Hines Student Competition

Posted on April 18, 2018 by ulitoronto

By Sean MacKay, Managing Editor, BuzzBuzzHome A graduate student team from Cornell University took home the top prize at the 2018 Urban Land Institute Hines Student Competition for its redevelopment vision for a large swath of land adjacent to the mouth of Toronto’s Don River. The winning team was announced at ULI Toronto’s fourth annual Meet The Chiefs dinner on April 5, which also featured a keynote address from Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff. This year marked the first time in 16 years that a site outside the US was … Read More

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New Membership Promotion – Join ULI Today!

Posted on April 18, 2018 by ulitoronto

Become a ULI member today and save $30! Between April 1 and June 30, 2018 use code DCMEM25 to receive $30 off a new associate and full private, public, or under 35 membership. Sign up today by calling 1-800-321-5011 or visit www.uli.org/join Offer valid for new members only.

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Transit Safety

Posted on April 18, 2018 by ulitoronto

Traditionally, when thinking of safety at Metrolinx, one may think of our Transit Safety Officers patrolling our trains and stations, but it’s much more than that – safety is entrenched in all we do. Safety is our number one priority and we know there’s always room for improvement. We’re committed to enhancing our safety culture because once you have safety figured out, everything else in the organization will fall into place. We are reminded of the importance of safety every day when the train comes rolling in at any of … Read More

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Complex City Building: The Making of CIBC Square

Posted on April 18, 2018 by ulitoronto

By: Alex Candy, Allied Properties REIT   Introduction It’s been said that Toronto is a city that is growing up — finally. Home to the world’s first ‘bedroom community’ of Don Mills, it’s no wonder that we had a tumultuous childhood. Challenged with vast distance between live-work-play spaces, we’ve had a difficult time ditching our cars, moving downtown, demanding more of our infrastructure, transit, and developers. Finally, young adulthood is upon us and beauty is beginning to come out of it. As parking lots turn into homes and office headquarters, … Read More

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Team from Cornell University Wins 2018 ULI Hines Student Competition with Plan to Redevelop Toronto Site

Posted on April 10, 2018 by ulitoronto

 Cornell Tops Teams from University of Maryland and Georgia Institute of Technology For more information, contact Trisha Riggs at 202-624-7086; trisha.riggs@uli.org TORONTO (April 9, 2018) – A redevelopment plan for a Toronto site presented by a team from Cornell University has taken top honors in the 2018 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines Student Competition, an ideas competition that provides graduate students the opportunity to devise a comprehensive design and development scheme for a large-scale site in an urban area. Members of the Cornell team were awarded a prize of $50,000 … Read More

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Learning about the benefits and challenges of the driverless cities of the future from transit advocate Dr. Josipa Petrunic

Posted on April 6, 2018 by ulitoronto

By Kendra FitzRandolph, Development Planner, Hullmark Developments, and Fabienne Chan, Big Data Analyst It is safe to say that we have been dreaming about driverless cars since the days of David Hasselhoff — battling the forces of evil with the help of Kitt, his nearly indestructible and artificially intelligent sports car. Now, while we still may be some time away from having our own personal white-knuckled, cybernetic thrill ride (cue the Knight Rider), we are getting closer and closer to a tool that drives like a human without the id … Read More

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What we learned from She With He: Agents of Change – On the Path to Gender Parity

Posted on April 6, 2018 by ulitoronto

By: Alissa Randall See Photos Watch Video When it comes to diversity in real estate, the presence of women in the C-suites and boardrooms of the Canadian real estate industry appears to be relatively rare compared to other industries. However, organizations are taking action and making workplace diversity and inclusion a priority. This was the focus of the discussion that took place at the “She with He” event held on International Women’s Day on March 8 at Deloitte in downtown Toronto. A panel of industry leaders spoke at the forum, … Read More

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Mastering Leadership Program

Posted on April 3, 2018 by ulitoronto

ULI has partnered with leadership expert Vanessa Judelman, from Mosaic People Development to present you with an opportunity to accelerate your development as a leader. This program will help you to understand what it takes to become a self-aware, team focused and strategic leader. You will know how to enhance your business impact by getting results through others. In this program, you will learn how to: Coach and motivate the people on your team Give feedback and have difficult conversations Manage your time and delegate better Deal with conflict and communication openly Build … Read More

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2018 WLI Championship Team Nominations Now Open!

Posted on March 21, 2018 by ulitoronto

        The Toronto chapter of WLI was created in 2014 with a mandate to advance women in real estate and the Championship Team was born with the first 80 members. The WLI Championship Team profiles women real estate experts and leaders and recognizes the talent that exists in our city region.  Each year a subset of the most influential women in the Toronto real estate community and land use sector will be chosen as Champions and formally inducted at the annual WLI reception. In 2017, 15 women were selected … Read More

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