10th Annual Vertical Cities

June 27-29, 2022. SINGAPORE.

Reimagining High Rises to be Self-sufficient and Nurturing Communities in the Sky

Reimagining the role of central business districts in adapting to the people shifting attitude towards cities in the next normal, designing use-neutral tall buildings, with a focus on reducing redundancies and re-appropriating existing buildings, creating novel hybrid environments, incorporating green and social democratic spaces, and integrating sustainable modes of transport is key. Vertical Cities provides a one stop platform to gain a holistic understanding of skyscraper development today. Witness leading architects and sustainability experts participate to engage and discuss the strategies and challenges to counter in creating livable urban communities.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” Darwin

Speakers Include

Marshall Strabala

Founder & Design Partner Strabala + Architecture, China & USA

Dr Andy Bow

Senior Partner, Deputy Head of Studio Foster + Partners, UK

David Wallance

Founder DRA/W, New York, USA

Benjamin Piper

Associate Partner, Design Principal Killa Design, UAE

Wolf D. Prix

Co-founder, Design Principal and CEO COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

Michael W. Bischoff

Partner Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, New York, USA

Astrid Piber

Partner UNStudio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ahmad Abdelrazaq

Senior Executive Vice President Samsung C&T Corporation, Seoul, South Korea

Key Sessions

Strabala + Architecture, China & USA

Social Cohesion and Community within Vertical Cities by Integrating Collaborative Communal Spaces in the Sky

Foster + Partners, UK

Sustainable Future City Planning

Büro Ole Scheeren

Transformative Architecture and Verticality

DRA/W, New York, USA

Making High Rise Affordable by Leveraging Prefab Modular Construction

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, New York, USA

Beyond the Point Tower: Creating a Livable City at Height

Samsung C&T Corporation, Seoul, South Korea

Pushing the Boundaries of Concrete Technology for Ultra High Rise Developments

ONEUNITED BANK JOINS WITH LENDISTRY TO OFFER SMALL BUSINESS LOANS NATIONWIDE

April 11, 2022. LOS ANGELES.

The nation’s largest Black-owned bank, joins with Lendistry, a Black-led fintech, to provide small business loans to OneUnited Bank customers.

OneUnited Bank, the nation’s largest Black-owned bank, joins with Lendistry, a Black-led fintech, to provide small business loans to OneUnited Bank customers. The Bank’s continuing mission is to close the racial wealth gap by providing a resource for term loans and non-revolving lines of credit to small businesses nationwide.

As part of its mission, OneUnited Bank introduced its OneTransaction program and podcast to encourage Black Americans to focus on “one transaction” to close the wealth gap for their family. The six options include a profitable business, homeownership, savings & investments, an improved credit score, wills, and insurance. With Lendistry, the Bank can support customers who are business owners seeking funds to expand, buy an existing business or finance working capital.

Lendistry is a Black-led fintech and a leader in providing equal access to capital for small business owners. Since 2015, minority, women and veteran-owned businesses have trusted Lendistry to help them grow. Lendistry offers funding for working capital, expansion, tenant/leasehold improvements, debt consolidation and to buy existing businesses.

“We’re proud to expand our relationship in 2022 to offer small business loans to our customers nationwide” Teri Williams

“We began our relationship with Lendistry in 2020 with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and continued in 2021 with our OneTransaction Program,” states Teri Williams, OneUnited Bank President. “We’re proud to expand our relationship in 2022 to offer small business loans to our customers nationwide”.

“Access to capital for the expansion of small businesses is what we do,” said Kerrington Eubanks, SVP of Strategic Partnerships for Lendistry. “We are happy to be a resource for OneUnited Bank’s small business customers to connect with us directly to explore new economic opportunities.”

Lendistry is a resource for all OneUnited Bank customers for small business loans through OneUnited Bank’s online banking platform and highly rated mobile app. Business owners can access the resource, in our app or in online banking, even if their business does not have a business banking account with OneUnited Bank. Qualifications, terms, and conditions apply which are determined by Lendistry.

For more information, please visit: www.oneunited.com/businessloan.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Completes Investment in StraitNZ

March 31, 2022. NEW YORK.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners invests in a diverse range of infrastructure assets predominantly located in OECD countries. The team seeks to create value through active asset management and operational improvements.

Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”), a private infrastructure team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, announced today that they have acquired StraitNZ Holdings Limited (“StraitNZ” or the “Company”).

“We are excited to acquire the leading independent freight transportation solution across the Cook Strait,” Mark McLean

StraitNZ is a ferry and logistics operator that manages multiple daily freight and passenger services across the Cook Strait in New Zealand. StraitNZ is one of only two Cook Strait ferry operators, connecting New Zealand’s national highway system from the North Island, where approximately 77% of New Zealand’s population resides, to the South Island, where the remainder of the population lives. With more than 90% of New Zealand’s freight being distributed via road and imports becoming increasingly concentrated at North Island ports, these ferries represent essential transportation infrastructure for the New Zealand logistics supply chain, with strong barriers to entry provided via long-term port leases, dedicated berthing facilities and geographic constraints on the creation of additional port capacity.

“We are excited to acquire the leading independent freight transportation solution across the Cook Strait,” says Mark McLean, Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific Investing for MSIP. “Structural shifts towards higher e-commerce activity, as well as strong secular trends within New Zealand, all support the increasingly critical nature of the asset.”

About Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”) is a leading global private infrastructure investment platform with over $16 billion in assets under management1. Founded in 2006, MSIP has invested in a diverse portfolio of over 30 investments across transport, digital infrastructure, energy transition and utilities. MSIP targets assets that provide essential public goods and services with the potential for value creation through active asset management. For further information about Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, please visit www.morganstanley.com/im/infrastructurepartners.