Advisory Services

The Urban Land Institute has a long history of providing unbiased, pragmatic solutions and best practice advice on land use and sustainable development. Through ULI Houston, nonprofit and municipal leaders have access to a unique perspective and a multidisciplinary team of real estate experts whose collective advisory guidance can only be found in one organization.

ULI Houston’s Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) provides comprehensive and strategic advice in response to a specific land use or development assignment.

 

How can a TAP help your agency or city?

Using a TAP leverages the expertise of ULI Members, provides a non-partisan recommendation, and can help garner an unbiased opinion to your issue.

TAPs provide strategic advice to help communities, companies and organizations address key land use and real estate development issues.  In addition, they provide a sounding board for cutting-edge issues in suburban and urban markets, such as infrastructure, water, building healthy places, workforce and affordable housing, and other policies.

ULI Houston looks forward to working together to identify challenges and provide recommended solutions for complex land use planning and development projects, programs and policies for your real estate and land use issues.

How does the TAP program work?

Typically a municipality or non-profit organization request TAP services on a specific issue that can be addressed by a panel of experts in one or two days.

  1. ULI Houston works with the sponsor to refine the scope of the assignment and convenes a panel of eight to ten ULI members with expertise and knowledge in the subject areas being addressed.
  2. The sponsor provides background information to ULI panelists prior to the panel convening.
  3. The TAP panel will then visit the subject site, hear from public and private stakeholders, and deliberate on the assigned questions.
  4. At the conclusion of the panel’s work, a PowerPoint is presented to stakeholders the same day and depending on the size of the panel, also followed by a comprehensive, professionally printed written report.

A fee is charged for the advisory service to be agreed upon by ULI Houston and the Sponsor(s) and dependent on length of the panel. Panelists are ULI members who volunteer for the TAP as part of their commitment to ULI’s broader mission. To ensure objectivity, panel members cannot be involved in matters pending before the Host organization, and cannot solicit work from the sponsor for six months following the panel.

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Does your community or organization have a complicated real estate issue? Let’s talk!

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Panelists join a team of leaders to provide expert, candid, and unbiased input to help the subject community resolve real estate issues.
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