Real Estate Development (M.S.)

Thomas Jefferson University - INTO USA

The MS in Real Estate Development (MSRED) program prepares students to be leaders in the real estate profession and to address the significant built environment challenges of the 21st century: sustainability, gentrification, poverty, the decline of brick and mortar retail, and the shifts in demographics. Students will learn to address economic, social, and ecological issues when developing commercial, industrial, institutional, mixed use, and residential real estate development projects. Philadelphia provides examples and case studies for much of the curriculum, but national and international examples are also investigated. By focusing on the quadruple bottom line of real estate development and combining environmental sustainability, social consciousness, design excellence, financial feasibility, and economic viability, students gain first hand experience how real estate development invigorates communities and shapes healthy places to live, work, and play. Using the greater Philadelphia area as a living laboratory, students learn to approach projects at various scales, ranging from single buildings to entire districts or neighborhoods.