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Join a team of ULI Members to provide expert, timely, candid, and unbiased input to help a community.
Technical Assistance Panels
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 Northwest, 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 Northwest’s Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) provides comprehensive and strategic advice in response to a specific land use or development assignment.
Interested in hosting a TAP? Email [email protected].
How can a TAP help your city or agency?
Technical Assistance Panels leverage the expertise of ULI Members, provide a non-partisan recommendation, and can help garner an unbiased opinion on common land use issues.
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 Northwest 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?
The TAP process begins with a municipality or non-profit organization requesting TAP services on a specific issue that can be addressed by a panel of experts in one or two days.
ULI Northwest assists the sponsor in refining 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. The sponsor provides background information to ULI panelists prior to the panel convening. The TAP panel will then visit the subject site, hear from public and private stakeholders, and deliberate on the assigned questions. At the conclusion of the panel’s work, a presentation and PowerPoint are provided to stakeholders the same day, followed by a comprehensive, professionally printed written report.
Completed Technical Assistance Panels
Click the TAPs below to be redirected to the report. Or, visit our Resources page to sort reports by subject area.
2025
- City of SeaTac Mini TAP – Angle Lake Station Civic Campus
- Net Zero Imperative – Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Adoption (2025)
- Sound Transit – Financing (2025)
- Sound Transit – Joint Development Opportunities (2025)
2024
- City of Kenmore – Downtown Plan Updates (2024)
- Downtown Seattle Association & City of Seattle – Third Avenue Strategic Forum (2024)
- Sound Transit – Alaska Junction Station (2024)
- Sound Transit – Ballard Station (2024)
- Sound Transit – Denny Station (2024)
- Sound Transit – Westlake Station (2024)
2022
- City of Salem – West Salem Industrial Redevelopment (2022)
- Oregon Metro Mini TAP – Portland Expo Center (2022)
- Healthpoint Mini TAP – Tukwila Health Center (2022)
2020
2019
- City of Seattle – Mt. Baker Station Area Transit Oriented Development (2019)
- Tacoma Dome District Transit Oriented Development (2019)
2018
- Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority – Juneau Subport Development (2018)
- Tacoma Housing Authority – James Center North (2018)
2017
- City of Bellevue – Downtown Incentive Zoning Update (2017)
- City of Maple Valley – Legacy Site (2017)
2016
2015
- City of Hillsboro – Downtown Redevelopment (2015)
- City of Kent – Midway Station Area (2015)
- City of Kirkland – Totem Lake Stormwater Retrofit (2015)
- City of SeaTac – South 154th Street Station Area (2015)
- City of Spokane – Lincoln Heights (2015)
- University of Washington – U District Station (2015)
2013
- City of Burlington – Encouraging Sustainable Economic Development in Skagit County (2013)
- City of SeaTac – Angle Lake Station Area Redevelopment (2013)
2012
2011
2010 & Earlier
- Seattle Housing Authority – A New Vision for Yesler Terrace (2010)
- Snohomish County – Urban Centers Zoning Analysis (2010)
- City of Seattle – Midrise Incentive Zoning Proposal (2009)
- City of Bellevue – Bel-Red Incentive Zoning Feasibility (2008)
- City of Everett – Mobilizing the Private Sector to Invest in Downtown Everett (2006)