Overview. This course is a capstone course that incorporates a real-world real estate development opportunity that is analyzed in a competitive market context. The studio offers students the opportunity to work in interdisciplinary teams to generate solutions to “real-world” problems. In addition to drawing on their real estate coursework, students are also encouraged to develop working relationships with industry mentors from specializations within real estate and related disciplines including development, urban design, architecture, construction, appraisal, and brokerage and investment management. The cases vary from year-to-year and culminate in an extensive written report and presentation in response to a formal RFP that replicates the challenges students will face in their professional careers.

Positioning. This course is an optional course for students specializing in real estate and for students in related disciplines.

Winter 2007: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 1:30p.m. to 4:20p.m.

Instructor: Rolfe