Academics
Land and Property Development
Spring 2019
LDEV 667
Design and Development Economy
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Interface between the physical and financial dimensions in the design and development process to achieve building and project economics; creating a physical product and a financial venture that responds to social and environmental concerns and to market economy and feasibility analysis.
Fall 2019
LDEV 663
Introduction to Project Management
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Project management processes for planning, scheduling, cost estimating resource leveling, cost control, and post-completion evaluation; issues in project organizational environments, documentation, quality control safety.
LDEV 664
Market Analysis for Development
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Techniques and data sources for market analysis for development; analysis for housing development; trade area analysis and market analysis for retail development; analysis for office, industrial parks, and for specialized development.
LDEV 687
Development Feasibility and Design
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Selected residential and non-residential development projects of varying size analyzed by teams with respect to the following: economic feasibility and cash flow; site analysis; and design concept.
FINC 670
Real Property Analysis
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Provides the economic and financial tools used to analyze real estate investments, new property developments, and the redevelopment of existing properties. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Spring 2020
LDEV 661
Development and the Environment
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Land development in the context of environmental sustainability, human well-being, and business profitability to foster a restorative economy; environmental easement and site analysis; state, federal, and international regulatory issues; and human ecology and the future of land development.
LDEV 668
Residential Land Development
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Strategies, methods, and techniques of land development including site selection criteria, urban infrastructure; market evaluation; a conceptual arrangement of land uses and structures; conceptual design and regulatory considerations; lending institutions; location theory; value theories; regulatory agencies.
LDEV 689
Entrepreneurial Enterprise in Land Development
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An in-depth analysis of the four stages of entrepreneurial enterprise in the areas of land and property development including: the processes of opportunity identification, building a business model, leveraging resources/relationships and developing an exit strategy. A dialogue covering the four main specialization areas within the Development Process Model or “Resource Continuum” including: strategic planning, managing, building and operating from both the investor and occupier perspectives.
FINC 676
Commercial Real Estate Law​
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The subject of this course is commercial real estate law: legal ownership interests, choice of entity, sales and closings, and lease, note, and deed of trust analysis, among other topics.
Fall 2020
LDEV 669
Income Property Land Development
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Commercial land development program identification, implementation and completion strategies utilized to produce socially acceptable, environmentally sustainable and financially feasible properties. Emphasis is placed on site evaluation, financial feasibility, and investment analysis.
LDEV 684
Professional Internship
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Professional practice under approved arrangement with public or private land or real estate development agencies in the United States or abroad.
LDEV 685
Directed Studies
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Creation of an online portfolio demonstrating the knowledge and competencies obtained in the Master of Land and Property Development coursework. Undertaken as the terminal requirement for the Master of Land and Property Development degree.
LDEV 688
Land Development Capstone
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Plans and venture structures for selected residential and non-residential development projects of varying size analyzed by student multidisciplinary teams with respect to the following; economic feasibility and cash flow and site and design plans and costs.