Spring 2027

Commercial Property Development

Commercial Property Development covers creating industrial, office, retail, and hotel properties through strategy, feasibility analysis, site planning, capital costs, construction, and financial structuring, emphasizing case studies.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 David Sliwicki

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain and apply the key components of a commercial real estate development analysis.

  • Articulate the role of the developer in the development process as a catalyst, capital source and risk mitigating agent.

  • Consider the risk/reward trade-offs and the gamut of risk mitigation techniques in real estate.

  • Demonstrate the effective oral and written communication protocols, skills and techniques necessary for real estate deal-making and project assessment.

  • Create a preliminary site design for new construction, allowing for zoning limits, setbacks, storm water, open space, parking and circulation

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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(REAL EST 410, 710, or concurrent enrollment), (REAL EST 415, 715, or concurrent enrollment), and graduate/professional standing

REALEST 750

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 400

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Industrial real estate, office space, shopping centers, and hotel/recreation facilities.
  • Strategy, market and feasibility analysis, site planning/design, capital cost analysis, construction, and financial structuring.
  • The role of the developer as a catalyst, capital source, and risk mitigating agent.

Skills

  • Market and feasibility analysis, site planning/design, capital cost analysis, construction, and financial structuring.
  • Applying key components of commercial real estate development analysis.
  • Evaluating risk/reward trade-offs and risk mitigation techniques.
  • Creating preliminary site designs considering zoning, setbacks, storm water, open space, parking, and circulation.

Grades

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REALEST 750 · Spring 2027

Commercial Property Development

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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