Surge: Coastal Resilience and Real Estate

Surge: Coastal Resilience and Real Estate, a 2024 report, introduces the challenges associated with coastal hazards such as sea level rise, coastal storms, flooding, erosion, and subsidence, and provides best practices for real estate and land use professionals, as well as public officials, to address them. Download the full report on ULI's Knowledge Finder.

Clippership Wharf

Mixed use, Residential, Bioretention swales, Filtration systems, Grade elevation & access, Green infrastructure & landscape features, Native plants & trees, Renewable & distributed energy, Strategic access/evacuation routes, Strategic building orientation

Brooklyn, New York

Empire Stores

Mixed use, Backup power, Elevated mechanicals, Flood walls, Green infrastructure & landscape features, Renewable & distributed energy

Washington, District of Columbia

District Wharf

Master planned community, Efficient fixtures or irrigation, Elevated mechanicals, Grade elevation & access, Green infrastructure & landscape features, Green roofs, Native plants & trees, Permeable pavement, Rain gardens, Rainwater cistern, Tree boxes

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Brock Environmental Center

Community facility, Grade elevation & access, Renewable & distributed energy, Water harvesting & recycling

South Florida Resort

Resort, Elevated mechanicals, Renewable & distributed energy, Water harvesting & recycling

1450 Brickell

Mixed use, Grade elevation & access

Queens, New York

Arverne by the Sea

Master planned community, Mixed use, Transit-oriented development, Grade elevation & access, Green infrastructure & landscape features

Boston, Massachusetts

The Eddy

Mixed use, Elevated mechanicals, Grade elevation & access, Native plants & trees

Boston, Massachusetts

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Medical institution, Bioretention swales, Elevated mechanicals, Grade elevation & access, Green infrastructure & landscape features, Green roofs, Natural drainage system, Renewable & distributed energy