Urban Marketplace 2004

(L-R seated) Michael Banner, Bob Arbour, Donald Brackenbush with (L-R standing) Alex Rose and Richard Lawrence celebrate the award presented to ULI LA at the Boston Fall Meeting for the Urban Marketplace as an example of innovative programming.

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Roundtables

This table introduces a new web-based economic development tool designed by Shorebank Advisory/MetroEdge, Inc. in Chicago now being developed in the City of Los Angeles by the Community Development Technologies Center.

The Web-Ed tool is unique in its access to proprietary metrics to analyze inner city market potential and centralizes local and national data to help developers, investors, and businesses make better economic decisions about urban market opportunities.

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High Leverage Finance for Owner Users and Tenants

This table provides an overview of the financing programs backed by the US Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBA through its 7(a) and CDC/504 loan programs offers both long-term financing and working capital for expanding businesses for economic development within a community.

The Los Angeles District Office provides nearly one billion dollars of capital each year to growing businesses with long-term, financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings.

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Developer Friendly Cities

Infill development projects are important to small cities. Hear how cities are working to attract development projects and revitalize their neighborhoods with retail and affordable housing.

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Building Green

Building green means making environmentally responsible choices in building design and construction. Benefits include energy efficiency, recycled content products, reduced water use, improved air quality and lighting, and reduced building operating and maintenance costs. LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficient Design) is a building evaluation tool to rate a building's overall performance. Energy efficient design is now mandated in City of Los Angeles codes.

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Navigating the Entitlements Process

Get advice on important entitlement issues such as government and community relations, assessing project feasibility, managing the permitting process, selecting and coordinating the project team, and negotiating conditions of approval.

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How to Put Life on the Street - Restaurant with Mixed Use

Pete's Cafe at Fourth and Main in the Old Bank District in the Downtown Historic Core is an example of how new retail such as a restaurant plays an important role in creating a 24/7 environment.

What does it take to attract restaurants to a neighborhood undergoing transformation? What should a developer and property owner be prepared for?

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How to Attract Lenders to Your Project

It all comes down to connecting with the money sources. How does a developer put the best foot forward in marketing a project and securing financing? What does a lender look for in a loan application? What should you know before serious loan negotiations?

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Affordable Housing in the Inner City Project

Meta Housing Corporation specializes in delivering affordable housing in the midst of a housing crisis, having developed 3,000 residential units in Southern California. How are these deals structured? What are the keys to successful community relations?

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Doing Deals in Emerging Ethnic Markets

Discuss essentials of drawing national and regional chain tenants to ethnic communities. Hear success stories on retail in urban markets. Learn more about urban retail development projects and the tenants who anchor them. Gain insights into the importance of mixing local and regional retailers into your project.

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Everything You Wanted to Know about the LA Big Box Ordinance But Were Afraid to Ask

Do superstores add value and revitalize distressed communities? Hear the perspective of the policymakers about the City of Los Angeles and its plans to regulate the development of superstores.

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From Suburb to Urban - Retail Success Stories that Demystify the Urban Retail Market

Discuss how successful retailers join in the development of urban in-fill projects. Learn the essential tools of bringing desired retail into the urban retail market.

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New Markets Tax Credits - Making Private Equity Investment a Reality in Distressed Communities

Tax experts provide an overview to the $15 billion New Markets Tax Credit Program. Hear about successful new markets tax credit applications and gain insights into the role of CDFIs, CDCs, financial institutions, and other community development groups.

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Working with the Building and Safety Department

Learn about the resources which Building and Safety offers developers, from expedited permit-processing centers to upgraded permit waiting areas with computers with internet access, phones, and TV monitors. Take away tips for working with building inspectors.

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Chesterfield Square

Chesterfield Square was the largest commercial project in more than a decade in South Los Angeles. Is this the beginning of a new economic rebound for distressed inner city neighborhoods? Hear about lessons learned from one of LA's most successful real estate developers about the realities of large-scale projects in high-poverty neighborhoods.

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Historic Preservation

Historic preservation can be an integral part of any inner city development strategy utilizing the special financial incentives available for preserving older buildings. Examples of adaptive reuse include charter schools, housing, and other creative options for converting underutilized historic buildings.

Los Angeles has the largest preservation organization focused on preserving architecturally and historically significant buildings in the country.

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Funding Your Project with Three New Double Bottom Line Investment Funds

Fund managers will discuss how to use and leverage these socially responsible funds focused on real estate development in low to moderate income areas and workforce housing in the urban core.

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Community Development Capital - Selecting the Right Banker

Making deals that make a difference requires a savvy capital provider with a wide breadth of products, talented people and a commitment to fund transactions in distressed communities. Learn the secrets to matching your varying capital needs with the community development tools available to fund your projects by lenders.

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Revitalizing Communities Through Land Recycling

What is the relationship between land recycling, environmentally impacted properties, and sustainable growth in California? Hear about lessons learned from actual case studies where contaminated land has been reclaimed and returned to a product use.