In a competition featuring the best and brightest of the area’s masters in real estate students, Mason’s MS in Real Estate Development team has taken home the grand prize. They are the winners of the Capital Challenge Real Estate Case Competition sponsored by NAIOP Maryland/DC. Competing against teams from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and the [...]
March 25, 2013
Interdisciplinary is the nature of the game
Today individuals pursuing higher education in real estate are more frequently choosing interdisciplinary degrees. The real estate industry, in its nature, is interdisciplinary and a degree that can employ this way of thinking is invaluable to its students. A real estate developer is like an orchestra leader, making sure all of the different parts of [...]
March 21, 2013
Conservation Development as a Solution to Suburban Sprawl
by Roger S, Lin If smart growth is the solution to land use and real estate development in urban areas, what is the solution for rural and outer suburban communities? Conservation Development may be one of the solutions that show some promise. Conventional Subdivisions Since the construction of Levittown in New York in the 1950s, [...]
March 8, 2013
Mason Students Attend CREW Networking Event
On Tuesday, March 5, students in the George Mason University Masters in Real Estate Development program participated in the CREW (Commercial Real Estate for Women) Northern Virginia wine tasting and networking event. Ms. Sara Todd gave a brief talk on Women in Commercial Real Estate: 2010, a comprehensive study researched and written by the Cornell [...]







April 19, 2013
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