The Urban Land Institute Foundation (ULIF) has announced a $1 million donation from long-time ULI leader and trailblazer in multi-family and residential real estate, James D. Klingbeil, through the Klingbeil Family Foundation. The gift will support ULI’s Advisory Services program, which has provided holistic and tailored land use solutions and best practices to cities and communities for the past 75 years.

The gift was first announced at a ULI event in Oklahoma City ahead of next year’s 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. Klingbeil was the chair of an Advisory Services panel in December of 1995 tasked with offering Oklahoma City hope, and a roadmap to downtown revitalization after the devastating bombing. Since that panel in 1995, Oklahoma City has seen significant growth in its downtown, including the development of over 5,000 housing units and significant real estate investment from both the private and public sectors. The Advisory Services panel report is still regarded as the comprehensive vision that the city has followed and attributed to its significant growth over the last two decades. To read the full 1995 report, click here.

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