The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) just announced a new 12-month degree called the Master in Real Estate (MRE). Here’s a short excerpt about the program: The MRE program is designed to train future practitioners to address new and urgent realities facing the built… Read More
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Thinking differently and what courses to take in school
When I was in grad school studying architecture and real estate, the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center used to run a regular lunch series with real estate executives. The way it worked is that executives would come in to the school and 15 or so students… Read More
Planning staff reports
A bunch of people have asked me lately about what they should do if they want to get smarter on land use planning and on the entitlement process for development projects. It was specific to Toronto, but I don’t think my answer is specific to… Read More
ULI Hines Student Competition comes to Toronto
I was speaking with a Penn (my alma mater) student this evening about career options in development and he mentioned to me that he recently participated in the 2018 ULI Hines Student Competition. He also mentioned that this year’s “study site” is in Toronto. (It’s… Read More
John Maeda’s #DesignInTech Report from SXSW
One of the most interesting talks that I attended while I was in graduate school at Penn was by John Maeda. John operates at the intersection of design, technology, and business, and I find his work fascinating. He’s probably best described as a graphic designer,… Read More