Global Exchange Council

ULI Product Councils are designed for industry leaders to meet, exchange ideas, share best practice and foster thought leadership in their sector-specific sector of the real estate market.

Mission

The mission of the Global Exchange Council is to provide a forum for Pan-European members of the Urban Land Institute to promote a broader knowledge and understanding of a global real estate market.

The Global Exchange Council accomplishes its mission by:

  • Providing a gathering place for Pan European members of the Urban Land Institute who have a deep and active interest in global real estate development, investment, finance, design, construction, land use and related activities and services as well as the cultural aspects and impacts of doing business outside of Europe.
  • Providing a forum for the exchange of knowledge on issues that impact the global real estate markets. Issues for discussion to include legislation, taxation, regulation, compliance, currency, sustainability and transparency.
  • Providing a balanced format for discussion in a forum where all the dimensions of global real estate and related activities and services are considered in connection with the local culture, architecture and engineering practices.
  • Supporting ULI in expanding its mission and growing ULI membership outside of Europe to help enable ULI to become a truly global organization.
  • Promoting a cooperative, cohesive comradeship among its members to encourage long-term collaboration and friendship through ongoing involvement for ULI members who are active in diverse markets around the world.

Interest Areas

  • Global Real Estate Markets
  • Global Real Estate Finance
  • Global Investors
  • Global Land Use Practices
  • Structuring Joint Ventures between Global Investors/Operating Partners
  • The Impact of Differing Government/Cultural/Legal/ Design/Engineering practices on Global operations

Upcoming meetings

European Global Exchange Product Council Day, June 2026, Berlin

Past meetings

European Global Exchange Product Council Day, June 2024, Milan

European Global Exchange Product Council Day, June 2025, London

European Global Exchange Product Council Day, November 2025, Paris

US GEC

You can find the US Global Exchange Council page here: Global Exchange Council (GEC) | ULI Americas. Please note as a member of the European GEC, you can attend US GEC meetings as a guest by paying a guest fee, subject to availability.

Listed below are the previous US GEC meeting agendas:

GEC Fall Meeting, Oct 2024, Las Vegas

GEC Fall Meeting, Nov 2023, Los Angeles

GEC Spring Meeting, May 2023, Toronto

 

As a new Product Council, the Co-Chairs are actively looking for members to join who can contribute to knowledge-sharing and add value to the group. If you are interested or would like to find out more about joining the Product Council, please contact [email protected].

ULI European Global Exchange Council Members