Responsible Property Investing Center, Boston College, University of Arizona … Is there a future for socially responsible property investments? G Pivo, ...

Pivo, G. E. (2008, October). Responsible Property Investing: What the Leaders are Doing. UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative. http://www.unepfi.org/publications/property/index.html

On a 100-point scale, a 10-point increase in walkability increased values by 1-9%, depending on property type. We also found that walkability was associated with lower cap rates and higher incomes, suggesting it has been favored in both the capital asset and building space markets.

Pivo G, McNamara P. Sustainable and responsible property investing. In Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long-Term Performance. Taylor and Francis. 2012. p. 117-128 doi: 10.4324/9781849773959

GARY PIVO University of Arizona Contact: 520-561-6134 [email protected] EDUCATION Dec. 88 Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, City and Regional Planning May 79 MRP, Cornell University, Regional Planning March 77 BA, University of California, Irvine, cum laude Social Ecology EMPLOYMENT University of Arizona

We study the impact of green building on loans in the CMBS market. A hazard model shows green buildings carry 34% less default risk, all else equal. A matched-sample analysis gives similar results. We attribute the effect to a loan-to-value channel, where risk is lowered by a …

City planning scholars recently have been calling for greater attention by schools of city and regional planning to the intellectual field of physical planning. This article responds by offering a retrospective of the physical planning field and a future research agenda.

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