Last month, The Urban Land Institute Los Angeles convened at the Reef for its annual Urban Marketplace event. The 2017 event, titled "Make a Deal, Make a difference," brought together professionals from a variety of industries to discuss the challenges facing developers and planners in modern Los Angeles.
Here is a look at some of the reactions from this year's event:
This morning at #UM2017 discussing the need to ensure that the benefits of economic growth are shared broadly by all community members. pic.twitter.com/j7qlhcuRX7
— Hilda Solis (@HildaSolis) April 12, 2017
Adaptive Reuse Ordinance was essentially a no-parking Requirement pilot project that was a wild success, says @markvalli at #um2017
— Helter (@JackSkelley) April 12, 2017
Ken Lombard thinks LA should invest in hunting a corporation to move downtown with the same vigor as the Olympic bid #UM2017 #ULILA
— kpff LA (@kpff_LA) April 12, 2017
Gentrification is "displacement without development" @markvalli #UM2017 @ulilosangeles
— Jose Sanchez (@jsanch7) April 12, 2017
City of LA had 400 ADU's (granny flats) approved in 4 months. That's more than the last 10 years combined. #um2017 #ulila
— Martin Leitner (@mleitnerAIA) April 12, 2017
Complicated City development rules & processes favor developers w/the money & resources to navigate the process. #ULILA #UM2017
— Shmel Graham (@ShmelGraham) April 12, 2017
LIVE! KTGY Principal, Alan Scales Facilitating a Roundtable about the Evolution of LA’s Small Lot Ordinance @ULILosAngeles #UM2017 pic.twitter.com/FyBwbevLSe
— KTGY (@KTGY_Group) April 12, 2017
#ULILA #UM2017 How many Granny Flats can we make in Transit Served areas of the region? immediately jump starts availability/affordability?
— James Auld (@solarenvelope) April 12, 2017
"CEQA is great, but it's being abused...housing issues can't be solved without reforming CEQA" Hasan Ikhrata @ulilosangeles #UM2017
— kpff LA (@kpff_LA) April 12, 2017
#UM2017 Panel "How should developers respond to displacement concerns?" #UrbanMarketplace #inclusion #engagement pic.twitter.com/wco9DmWqfP
— Olivia Joncich (@olivia_joncich) April 12, 2017
@markvalli shares #gentrification is the fin of the shark. The larger issues are persistent segregation, income inequalities #ULILA #UM2017
— Shmel Graham (@ShmelGraham) April 12, 2017
.@SCAG Hasan Ikhrata: Housing unaffordability is the biggest issue facing this great region #UM2017
— ELP Advisors (@elpadvisors) April 12, 2017
"When we think of affordability it is something very acute in this region." #build #affordablehousing #design #ULILA #UM2017 pic.twitter.com/p5WWjewux2
— Studio One Eleven (@studioneleven) April 12, 2017