Spring 2027

Lawyering the Development Deal: a Practical Guide to Real Estate Law

A practical guide to real estate law analyzing current issues in acquisition, leasing, financing, and development within specific US project contexts.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ethan Schwenker

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 97.4% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Develop an understanding of the site selection and site control process through an evaluation of the interplay between the business and legal decisions involved in the property acquisition process.

  • Evaluate the role of leasing in the context of different real estate transactions and learn how to prepare a lease abstract.

  • Explore the various options for financing real estate projects, both public and private, including traditional bank financing, TIF and tax credit financing.

  • Analyze how land use and zoning approvals are negotiated and obtained during the development process and learn the importance of working effectively with the staff of federal, state and local governments.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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REALEST 760

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 97.4% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ETHAN SCHWENKER is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Online (some classroom)0 / 550

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 97.4% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Acquisition, leasing, financing, and development of real estate projects
  • Site selection and site control
  • Traditional bank financing, TIF, and tax credit financing
  • Land use and zoning approvals

Skills

  • Evaluate site selection and control processes by analyzing the interplay between business and legal decisions in property acquisition.
  • Evaluate the role of leasing in various real estate transactions and prepare lease abstracts.
  • Explore public and private financing options for real estate projects, including traditional bank financing, TIF, and tax credit financing.
  • Analyze the negotiation and acquisition of land use and zoning approvals while working with government staff.

Grades

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REALEST 760 · Spring 2027

Lawyering the Development Deal: A Practical Guide to Real Estate Law

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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