The real estate development process, with particular emphasis on analyzing the feasibility of design, location, and construction.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Graduate students will be required to submit an additional paper
in which they identify a public policy issue affecting the real
estate development industry and review the academic literature
pertaining to the issue.
Athena Title
Real Estate Development
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in REAL 5070S
Undergraduate Prerequisite
REAL 4000 or REAL 4000H or REAL 4000E
Graduate Prerequisite
REAL 7800
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will be able to construct a complete assessment of the quality of a properties site and location.
Students will be explain to explain the process through which the typical real estate development process is financed.
Students will be able to produce a real estate market study for a proposed real estate development project.
Students will be able to assess the financial feasibility of proposed real estate development projects.
Students will demonstrate how the analytical techniques that they learn in the class can be used to identify opportunities for real estate developers to address community needs, issues, or problems.
Topical Outline
What is real estate development and what does a real estate developer do?
Site and Location Analysis
Informal Feasibility Analysis
Implementing Zoning and Other Land-Use Controls
Environmental Issues in Real Estate Development
Financing Real Estate Development Projects
Real Estate Market Analysis for Real Estate Development Projects
Financial Feasibility Analysis for Real Estate Development Projects
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
