As chairman, Mansfield says he wants to focus on, among otherissues, economic, social and environmental sustainability of urbanregions--and, just as importantly, their outlying areas.

"I want to continue our focus on identifying best practices andon promoting better growth patterns throughout our urban regions,"he says in a statement. "This is not about downtown versus theexurbs. It's about pursuing more effective land use models andachieving better connectivity within these areas so entire regionscan function more efficiently."

To address this goal, he believes ULI's resources will be bestdeployed in three areas: 1) environmentally conscious investmentand development; 2) connecting infrastructure and land useplanning; and 3) workforce housing.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.