Local Product Councils are designed to engage members based on their expertise and passion within the land use industry. The goal is to create a topically focused, multidisciplinary group of mid and senior level professionals involved in a specific facet of real estate who commit to meet on a regular basis, develop trusted connections and share best practices. ULI New York’s Housing, Infrastructure, Mixed-Use, and Real Estate Tech and Innovation Councils provide a forum for information exchange among peers on the “state of the art” within the development field. Our councils are based on the ULI Product Council program – at the New York City level.

Local Product Council Structure

Success of the Local Product Councils is built upon passionate leadership, participation, and creating the right mixture of expertise. Councils provide opportunities for leadership and volunteer involvement in ULI at the local level by fostering a culture of openness, promoting excellence in programming, and sharing of issues critical to the land use planning and real estate development industries.

Local Product Councils are led by co-chairs who are responsible for content, guest speakers, schedule and membership of the council. Product councils meet on a bi-monthly basis and the membership of each council is in the range of 25-40 people.  Members are expected to attend 4 out of the 6 meetings during the ULI fiscal year and participate in the information exchange. Membership in Local Product Councils is free, but open only to ULI Members. If availability to participate in a product council is full, a wait list will be created.

Basic Guidelines for a ULI New York Local Product Council:

• Topic supports ULI mission
• Must be a member of ULI to join a local product council
• Non-ULI members may attend a meeting as a guest but must join ULI to attend future meetings
• Product council size may range from 25-40 people, as determined by the co-chairs
• Local product councils meet bi-monthly
• All members must actively participate in discussion and sharing information
• LPC members are expected to attend 4 out of the 6 meetings during the ULI fiscal year
• Member must have relevant knowledge of subject matter
• No more than two members of a firm may sit on the same product council
• Diversity of member expertise (service providers, developers, lenders, etc)
• Seek diversity of membership by gender, ethnicity and age
• Limited number of guest seats for each meeting

How do I become involved in a Local Product Council?

• Interested in a leadership role with one of the product councils? Contact Chris Karakul via e-mail at chris.karakul@uli.org or call 216-407-4743 for more information.
• Interested in joining one of the product councils? Contact Chris Karakul via e-mail at chris.karakul@uli.org  or call 216-407-4743 for more information.
• Contact us to attend a product council meeting as a guest. Limited seats available for each meeting.