{"id":1004542569,"date":"2021-07-08T02:52:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004542569"},"modified":"2022-12-08T08:48:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T16:48:44","slug":"uli-appoints-global-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/uli-appoints-global-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"ULI Appoints Global Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004542833\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/07\/Peter-Ballon.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004542833\" data-attachment-id=\"1004542833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/uli-appoints-global-chair\/peter-ballon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/07\/Peter-Ballon.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1358032221&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Peter Ballon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/07\/Peter-Ballon.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"wp-image-1004542833 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/07\/Peter-Ballon.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/07\/Peter-Ballon.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/07\/Peter-Ballon.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/07\/Peter-Ballon.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/07\/Peter-Ballon.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004542833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Ballon, Global Chair, Urban Land Institute. Image courtesy of the Urban Land Institute<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Urban Land Institute has appointed its new global chair: Peter Ballon, global head of real estate for CPP Investments, will move into the voluntary role for a two-year term.<\/p>\n<p>Ballon replaces Owen Thomas, CEO of Boston Properties, who held the position for the past two years. In his new role, Ballon will provide member leadership, focused on the institute\u2019s current mission priorities which include decarbonization, education and housing.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Ballon\u2019s appointment, ULI elected five members to its global board of directors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Benjamin Cha, chief executive at Grosvenor, Hong Kong<\/li>\n<li>Jon Geanakos, executive managing director at JLL Capital Markets<\/li>\n<li>Faron Hill, president of Peregrine Oak<\/li>\n<li>Teng Chye Khoo, professor at the National University of Singapore<\/li>\n<li>Kavindi Wickremage, managing director at Bain Capital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During the next three years, ULI will focus on targeting net zero emissions and decarbonizing real estate, educating market leaders and increasing housing supply at a global level. Plans call for achieving an initial 50 percent carbon reduction from a 2009 baseline, with an eye on achieving net zero carbon by 2050. The institute will also continue its commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/at-uli-spring-cre-leaders-chart-a-course-for-diversity-equity-and-inclusion\/\">diversity, equity and inclusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Ballon of CPP Investments will serve a two-year term, succeeding Boston Properties\u2019 Owen Thomas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":739,"featured_media":1004542833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23891,21742],"tags":[33308,33395],"class_list":["post-1004542569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-latest","tag-canada-pension-plan-investment-board","tag-urban-land-institute"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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