APPLIED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRACK (AREIT) I

REALEST 540

Understanding and applying both investment and real estate concepts to the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) market. Emphasis is on applying investment and real estate concepts to a specific REIT.

REALEST 530

A capstone focused on comprehensively underwriting commercial real estate. Investment analysis will be performed for a variety of real estate property types from the perspective of various real estate professionals, such as the property/asset manager, finance professional, leasing broker, acquisitions specialist, portfolio manager, and investment legal/risk team. The investment analysis will emphasize the importance of value-creation through capital investment and effective income and expense management.

REALEST 842

An additional experiential learning in the areas of investment processes, guidelines, governance, underwriting, and portfolio analysis. Selected students will function as portfolio managers by investing real money (endowment to the real estate program) in listed real estate companies, primarily real estate investment trusts (REITs).

REALEST 851

Focuses on the real estate private equity organization through constructing investment criteria statements, vetting investment opportunities, implementing investment processes, and presenting the opportunities to the WREAA Fund Investment Committee.

REALEST 661

Real-world capstone experience of the real estate investment process from project conception to asset disposition with particular focus on analysis and presentation. Provides exposure to best known methods and practices that private equity and development firms use to conduct market research, project selection, financial feasibility, regulatory review, design considerations, construction management, debt financing, equity placements, equity waterfalls, property management, asset management and disposition. Develop an interdisciplinary understanding of the many facets of the acquisition and development process in the U.S. and have an insightful understanding of the risks and rewards along each step of the process.