In today’s tough economy, businesses understand now more than ever that a penny saved is a penny earned! An environmental audit will help identify potential savings for your company. It targets energy efficiency, water conservation, waste reduction and leaner manufacturing practices. These can all add up to thousands of dollars of savings every year! That’s why this year’s Auditor’s Workshop is focusing on sustainability.

"Design on the Delaware is a three day conference and trade show that brings together design and building professionals, business and public leaders, product and service providers for a two day trade show and three days of professional education and networking.

During this 2-day course you will participate in a comprehensive review of the assessment that takes place prior to the acquisition or development of commercial property. You will learn how to conduct an analysis on various real estate development projects to identify the magnitude of the risk, and based on that assessment, make a decision on whether or not to move forward with the development project.

"Dwight Merriam, a partner with Robinson & Cole, Attorneys at Law, will present the Bloustein School's annual Isadore Candeub Memorial Lecture in Planning on Wednesday, November 9 at 5:00 p.m.. This year's lecture will be ""What We Must Never Forget: The Social Equity Obligations of Planners and Planning Officials.""

ULI Northern New Jersey presents its annual real estate trends and forecast meeting, featuring insights from leading experts both nationally and locally. The event will again feature a presentation on the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2012 report—a publication from PricewaterhouseCoopers and ULI—as well as a session on the outlook for our local area, led by a panel of leading real estate investors and experts.

Stop by and visit our APA-NJ Exhibit Space!

This session will address the changing store mix in downtown - how to fill vacancies; retail trends, recommendations on "multi-channel" strategies such as e-commerce, back-door retailing, and concierge services, zoning to encourage development in downtown, transit oriented development, parking techniques to support new uses; and retail financing alternatives.

The Urban Land Institute of Northern New Jersey and Langan Engineering and Environmental Services invite you to a special hard hat tour of the most talked about mixed use development on the East Coast.

Presentation by John Hasse, PH.D. AICP, Rowan Universit on Evidence of Persistent Exclusionary Effects of Land Use Policy within Historic and Projected Development Patterns in New Jersey...followed by discussion with Alan Mallach, FAICP Research Director of the National Housing Institute and environmental consultant Candace Ashmun regarding implications relative to housing and the environment.