Retrofit Atlas and ULI Case Studies
Urban Land Institute's database of development case studies and briefs. Category: research/case studies. Audience: Developers, planners, ULI members. Site: casestudies.uli.org.
When to use which
Use ULI for deep curated cases; use the Atlas for breadth across ~1,900 sites. The page returned 403 to our fetch, so details are our reading of search results, not of the page.
They have, the Atlas does not
- Narrative professional case studies with project financials (per ULI format; unverified here)
- Expert-edited write-ups
Not found on their public pages (public pages not re-readable on 21 Oct 2026)
- retrofit outcome per site (imported, unreviewed for most records)
- the Retrofitting Suburbia taxonomy, used with attribution
- free API/MCP
- open GeoJSON
- dated releases with diffs
Neither ULI Case Studies nor the Atlas has
- Comprehensive coverage of every dead mall
Public pricing
| Plan | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Members get full access; non-members get guest 'free look' briefs; price not found (our reading, 2026-10-21; not from a public page) | source |
Coverage, as they state it
| Coverage claim | Source |
|---|---|
| ULI Asia Pacific page: nearly 500 case studies, six new per quarter (dated, regional page) | source |
Sources
- https://casestudies.uli.org/about-case-studies · read 403, not read
- https://asia.uli.org/research-and-publications/development-case-studies/ · read not re-read
Facts about ULI Case Studies are theirs, read on the dates shown; they may have changed since. The Atlas claims are about release 2026-10-21. Corrections: desk@retrofitatlas.org.
All comparisons Why retrofit Atlas API and data
Page generated with the site, release 2026-10-21. Corrections: the form or desk@retrofitatlas.org.