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For more than thirty years, we've helped transform Frankfurt's cityscape. From glass towers to coffee shops, we're partnering with local government to create spaces where people can work more productively, live more comfortably, and find community more easily. Hear from Senior Managing Director Florian Reiff, the Elaine's World team and Dr. Petra Roth on how we’re building community in Frankfurt, through our Insights here: https://lnkd.in/gxZGAXA7   The individuals providing endorsements in the videos above are representatives of various customers in buildings owned and/or managed by Tishman Speyer, or have worked with Tishman Speyer through city planning. These individuals and their firms are not advisory clients of Tishman Speyer, nor investors in investment vehicles managed by Tishman Speyer. The customers were chosen based on the geography and the asset class of the underlying properties. Tishman Speyer did not provide any cash or non-cash compensation to the individuals participating in these endorsements.

Principal Jared H. Press spoke as a panelist at Project for Public Spaces’ 4th International Placemaking Week conference, highlighting how  Prince George's County, Maryland is using a vision grounded in placemaking to drive equitable economic development along the Blue Line Corridor.     The County adopted a forward-thinking approach by identifying key public investments in multimodal infrastructure, public anchor institutions, and placemaking through programming and activation to attract private investment in dense, mixed-use, transit-oriented development.     Panelists highlighted how, unlike urban settings, suburbia often lacks natural spaces for community gatherings, making it challenging for residents to envision effective placemaking. Yet, the demand for such initiatives is strong. The successful implementation of such long-term initiatives requires a clear and coherent vision that serves as a consistent reference point that can endure turnover in administrations, agency staff, and market cycles.     Engaging the community in these environments requires innovative strategies and a deep understanding of their unique needs. While the full realization of the Blue Line Corridor vision will take years, the early successes and lessons learned provide a valuable blueprint for other suburban jurisdictions aiming for equitable economic development.     #EconomicDevelopment #Placemaking #TransitOrientedDevelopment #CommunityEngagement 

Join us at the Public Realm Roundtable! Networking NYC'S exceptional public space leadership. JUNE 13TH-16TH 📷The Public Realm Roundtable is a national gathering of government and public space-supporting organizations who build, maintain and enliven the public realm. New York City’s Mayor Adams, business districts and the Alliance for Public Space Leadership have come together to forge a new position in government, the Director of the Public Realm. This revolutionary new role could become a best practice that the top cities across America should want to pursue. RSVP for a gathering of those responsible for the public realm including parks departments, property management bureaus, public works managers, and government-adjacent players like BIDs, “Friends of” organizations and conservancies will convene in New York City this June to have a series of thematic roundtable discussions to share good practices, innovations and discuss pain points in our collaborative and emergent work to create praise-worthy public realms.Join us in NYC📷 🏙️ Featured Visits Include: A selection of New York's "Greatest Hits" public spaces! • Broadway Vision Corridor • Open Streets • NYC Plaza Program & Public Squares • Outdoor Dining in NYC • NYC Parks, Green Market & Formalizing Markets 💬 Key Topics of Discussion: • Catalyzing and Keeping Cross-Department Synergies • Maintenance and Enlivening of Spaces with Partners through Permits, MOUs, Reimbursable Expenses and Intermediary Organizations • Equity and Anti-gentrification Tactics • The Next Frontier: Reforming Already-Existing Public Spaces for Better Use: When Streets, Sidewalks, Parking Spaces, Buffers and Margins become new centers of Public Gathering • Making the Case: Connecting the Realm to its Outcomes like Health, Economy, Climate, Sociability and other positives outcomes to attract partners and ease permissions”

Please do join us at our next 'In the City' event! We will be hosting the fifth in our series of ‘In the City’ debates at The Society Building, London, on 3 December 2024 and will be discussing 'Gathering in the City : The spaces that help us come together'. We are wired to be social; we crave connection, thrive on forming relationships and the pandemic made us realise just how much we need social interaction. Perhaps more traditionally taking place in, for example, cafés, parks and libraries, we are now seeing a growing number of social spaces located within other types of buildings. In offices, universities and schools, in our cultural institutions, places of worship and even in residential buildings, there is a growing desire to create loose fit spaces where occupants can gather informally and do more-or-less whatever they want, for free! These spaces are often expensive to fit out and do not create a rentable income so why are we seeing an increasing number of these 'Third Spaces' appear within buildings across London? To address this question, we have brought together an amazing panel including, developers, community leaders, placemakers and hospitality experts. Sarah Cary, White City Development Director - Imperial College London Fr Enehizena Moses, Parish Priest - St Mellitus Auro Foxcroft, Director - Village Underground and EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney) Samuel Lawson Johnston, Co-founder - Kinrise Real Estate And Lydia Lee, Assistant Director, Culture and Regeneration - Bromley Council Laurence Pinnfire (né Pinn), Director here at Tate + Co, will chair the debate. There will also be plenty of opportunity to catch up over drinks before and after the panel discussion.   The event is free to attend and you can book your place via Eventbrite. https://lnkd.in/eP-WWV4N We do hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be an evening of lively conversation and debate.   #gatheringinthecity #city #urban #community #events #london #architecture #thirdspace

Public spaces can enhance city living dramatically. When utilised correctly public spaces can become escapes from the busy and noisy urban environment. In this week's blog, we've reviewed a few case studies that have enhanced the city experience by creating areas to escape. https://lnkd.in/ePCCUgeb

>> Look forward to being part of the Public Realm Roundtable from June 13-16 in NYC << In addition to an inspiring program, it is a special opportunity to meet the people who are involved in making a city like NYC more livable. Working on the complex challenges of gradually transforming the world city - while it never sleeps ;-) The city of NY plans to invest $375 million to create and enhance public spaces, ensuring high-quality environments for social, economic, and cultural activities >> Key projects - Broadway Vision Plan will transforming Broadway into a more pedestrian-friendly avenue. - Permanent upgrades to open streets in the Bronx and Staten Island that will solidify the success of temporary open streets and contribute to safer and more attractive neighborhoods - Building on the popular temporary Open Restaurants program, a new permanent outdoor dining initiative will be spearheaded to support local businesses and enhance street life. - Reclamation of Spaces under the Brooklyn Bridge will transform previously closed areas into vibrant public zones. More information about the program - https://lnkd.in/eWECmAyy Any questions or suggestions to bring from Europe to the US?

What to do about downtown? Here's a few ideas. https://lnkd.in/gdXSFUAH

Besides New York City’s (City of New York) popular High Line, #DidYouKnow that the city has almost 600 privately owned public spaces (POPS)? Following the 9/11 event in 2001 and its recognition as the Lee Kuan Yew #WorldCityPrize Laureate in 2012, New York City has invested even more heavily in the public realm in creating a world-class central business district and city. We catch up with Edith Hsu-Chen, the Director of New York City‘s Department of City Planning, on how the city has created such an impressive number of public spaces since the 1960s:   📝Continuously calibrate regulations to not just cater for the lowest common denominator, but for outliers to create more interesting and unique public spaces 🛠️Build up a good understanding and culture of the value of good public spaces for businesses, the city and people ✅Provide the right amount of incentives to the private sector to make the provision of public spaces viable      Read our full interview with Edith for more insights behind its POPS stars, and discover a lesser-known strategy for making the High Line viable for future developments around it. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gWgRnQ2j #LKYWCP #UrbanPlanning #UrbanTransformation #PublicSpace 

Next week our Chief Executive Officer, Michelle Wooldridge, joins an expert panel of industry leaders including Cameron Leggatt (Frasers Property Australia), Catherine Atkinson (Mirvac) and Cr Adam Allen to discuss the challenges of delivering infill development in Brisbane and the way forward. The keynote presentation from Paul Riga at Urbis is not to be missed - we hope to see you there. #BrisbaneProperty #Development #PikosGroup #BrisbaneRealEstate #Brisbane #PropertyNews

New York’s New Era: The Power of Venue Development for Urban Businesses New York City thrives on change, with a new wave of creative venues transforming its landscape. Businesses are revitalizing old spaces into cultural, commercial, and community hubs. Read More:- https://cutt.ly/te8x4Bxw #NewYorkCity #UrbanTransformation #CreativeVenues #BusinessGrowth #HistoricSpaces #VenueDevelopment #CommunityImpact #NYCInnovation #SustainableDesign #CulturalHubs