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MSRED Core Courses for 2011-2012
Fall 2011
11.431J/ 15.426J Real Estate Finance and Investment
Instructors: David Geltner
Location: W31-301
Tuesday, Thursday, 4:00 - 5:30pm
Recitation: Tuesdays, 5:30 - 7:00pm
Concepts and techniques for analyzing financial decisions in property development and investment. Topics: Basic real estate economics and investment performance measurement, leasing and property income streams, pro forma analysis, basics of equity and debt valuation, income tax and leverage considerations, and mortgages. First of a two-course sequence: this course focuses on basic topics and the micro level (individual properties and deals).
11.433/ 15.021J Real Estate Economics
Instructor: William Wheaton
Location: W31-301
Tuesday, Thursday, 12:30 - 2:00pm
Recitation: Mondays, 5:30 - 7:00pm
Focuses on developing an understanding of the economic factors that shape and influence the markets for real property. Includes an analysis of housing as well as commercial real estate, and covers demographic analysis, regional growth, construction cycles, urban land markets and location theory. Exercises and modeling techniques for measuring and predicting property demand, supply, vacancy and prices.
Syllabus
11.S968 Special Seminar: Real Estate Products
Instructor: Dennis Frenchman and Peter Roth
Location: W31-301
Wednesdays, 3:30- 5:00pm
This course examines the fundamentals of real estate development products, including residential, hotel, office, r&d/lab, and retail uses. Faculty lectures will be combined with guest presentations and field trips to local case study projects. The class is a core requirement for MSRED candidates, and is designed to prepare them for the spring Real Estate Development Studio, though participation by students studying in related fields are welcome, depending on space availability.
11.S969 Special Seminar: Real Estate Building Systems
Instructor: Yanni Tsipis
Location: W31-301
Mondays, 3:00 - 5:00pm (H1)
Syllabus
This seminar provides students with a concise overview of the range of building systems that are encountered in professional commercial real estate development practice in the USA. The course focuses on the relationship between real estate product types, building systems, and the factors that real estate development professionals must consider when evaluating these products and systems for a specific development project. The course surveys commercial building technology including Foundation, Structural, MEP/FP, Envelope, and Interiors systems and analyzes the factors that lead development professionals to select specific systems for specific product types. One or more field trips to active construction sites may be scheduled during non-class hours based on student availability.
Enrollment is open to MSRED students, DUSP and M.Arch students, and undergraduates by permission of the instructor.
Required Elective Course
One required elective course in the fall semester. You must choose from the following 4 courses:
One additional elective is required for the Fall semester
Spring 2012
11.303J/ 4.254J Real Estate Development Studio: Complex Urban Projects
Instructor: Dennis Frenchman & Peter Roth
Location: 10-485
Monday, Wednesday, 2:30 - 5:30pm
Focuses on the process of synthesizing projects for the real estate development industry including the integration of finance and marketing with physical programming and design. Interdisciplinary student teams analyze how to maximize value in large scale, mixed use projects and then prepare professional development proposals. To provide a foundation for the work, the subject reviews contemporary practice in residential and commercial development as well as innovative new real estate products. Projects are interspersed with lectures, field trips, and short sketch exercises. Capstone subject integrating skills and knowledge in the MSRED program, also open to other students interested in real estate development.
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11.432/ 15.427 Real Estate Capital Markets
H1
Instructor: David Geltner
Location: W31-301
Tuesday, Thursday, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Recitation: Tuesdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
This course introduces and surveys the major public capital market Real Estate vehicles, REITS, and CMBS.
Two electives are required for the Spring semester
