The Urban Land Institute holds its first conference in The Woodlands

The first Suburban Marketplace conference of the Houston District Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) was held in The Woodlands Texas. The conference took place in The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, the participants got a view of The Woodlands development first hand.

The ULI conference lasted half day and it was modeled after the successful ULI Houston Urban Marketplace Conference which has attracted over 600 attendees and around 60 exhibitors from non-for-profit, for-profit, and public sectors. The conference was featured by a keynote speaker, roundtable discussion groups, discussion panels, a cocktail reception and a marketplace with exhibitors. The focus of this conference was to promote the best practices in suburban development.

The keynote speaker for this year was Mr. Gadi Kaufmann, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of RCLCO (Robert Charles Lesser & Co.), the largest independent real estate advisory firm in the nation.

This conference also featured tours of The Woodlands Town Center which were conducted by The Woodlands Development Company, The Woodlands Township and The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Source: www.thewoodlands.net