Real Estate Development

This graduate course provides a basic overview of key components and requirements associated with real estate development. Central to this are key investment options and development choices. Market and financial feasibility issues are assessed, as well as deal-level real estate financing issues. The course necessarily platforms upon development trends in the New York region as they affect real estate development options and decisions. Central to the course will be student managed and initiated case studies of actual development projects and decisions, including meetings with actual developers to review and understand their choices, costs and decisions. The course will provide an opportunity to meet with and discuss development options and decisions by real estate professionals engaged in various sectors of the real estate industry. Students will develop their own deal proposals and present them to a panel of investors at the conclusion of the course.