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UEF and Lowell outline investment framework to bundle bankable urban projects
Summary
At the Geneva announcement, Urban Economy Forum staff and city officials described an investment architecture to de‑risk and bundle projects in green housing, renewable energy and mobility to attract private investors alongside public and philanthropic capital.
Urban Economy Forum executives and Lowell officials used the Geneva launch to describe an investment approach intended to make urban transformation projects "investable" by bundling priorities into bankable portfolios and offering risk mitigation tools.
Kamran Spele, executive director of the Urban Economy Forum, summarized the framework as built on five elements: a public‑private partnership platform; blended finance and risk mitigation; priority targeting of green and affordable housing, renewable energy, mobility and digital infrastructure; community value and equity building; and transparent governance and compliance aligned with global standards. "The framework is built on 5 5 cheap blocks," Kamran said during his session, describing the five pillars and later…
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