M.S. RED students in Fayerweather Hall
M.S. Real Estate Development
Overview
The Real Estate Development program’s expanded three-semester curriculum combines the fundamental skills of professional real estate with a holistic approach to urban development as a creative act. Graduates receive a Master of Science of Real Estate Development (MS.RED) in an intensive calendar year spanning from May to May. Cross-disciplinary electives draw on the program’s access to the extraordinary offerings of GSAPP and Columbia at large, while required coursework immerses students in the three core tenets of urban real estate development: the financial, the physical, and the legal, arming students with the full range of professional and intellectual skills needed to tackle the complex demands of global urban real estate development.
Curriculum
Intensive Summer Semester
The introduction to the program begins with immersion in real estate finance, construction technology, market analytics, and other foundational subjects. Electives are limited to allow students with diverse background experiences to build essential financial, graphic, and analytical competencies.
Expansive Fall Semester
While core skills continue to be developed—particularly in finance, history of development, and real estate law—students are given significant elective opportunities to broaden their theoretical and applied skill sets by concentrating on the unique finance or design course tracks available only at Columbia.
Integrated Spring Semester
With a central focus on capstone projects, complex financial and economic modeling, and public policy, students bring together a cross-disciplinary portfolio of independent and supervised research and coursework, graduating with a holistic professional foundation.
Current Faculty
Recent News
Fall 2019 Courses
| Course | Semester | Title | Student Work | Instructor | Syllabus | Requirements & Sequence | Location & Time | Session & Points | Call No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pla4312‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Real Estate Finance II: Case Studies
|
Chris Munsell, Steven Bloom | RED ONLY |
113 AVERY HALL
TH 4 PM - 6 PM
|
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
|
41414 | ||
| Pla4312‑2 | Fall 2019 |
Real Estate Finance II: Case Studies
|
Chris Munsell, Steven Bloom | RED ONLY |
113 AVERY HALL
TH 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
|
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
|
41415 | ||
| PLA4322‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Real Estate Finance Excel Modeling Tutorial
|
Johnny Din |
113 AVERY
TH 9 AM - 10 :30 AM
|
FULL SEMESTER, ALTERNATING WEEKS
0 Points
|
41531 | |||
| Pla4538‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Real Estate Entrepreneurialism For Architects, Builders, Developers, Buyers & Sellers
|
Harold Bell |
209 FAYERWEATHER
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
|
41532 | |||
| Pla6222‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Affordable Housing Finance Techniques
|
Richard Froehlich |
209 FAYERWEATHER
TU 9 AM-11 AM
|
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
|
41418 | |||
| Pla6252‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Architect and Developer Dialogues
|
Raquel Ramati | RED ONLY |
209 FAYERWEATHER
W 3 PM - 5 PM
|
SES B= 10/21-12/9
1.5 Points
|
41419 | ||
| Pla6259‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Capital Markets : REIT Analysis
|
David Kruth | RED ONLY |
114 AVERY HALL
TU 4 PM - 6 PM
|
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
|
41420 | ||
| Pla6265‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Underwriting
|
Roger Nussenblatt | RED ONLY |
209 FAYERWEATHER
W 6 PM-8 PM
|
SES A= 9/3-10/18
1.5 Points
|
41421 | ||
| Pla6265‑2 | Fall 2019 |
Underwriting
|
Roger Nussenblatt | RED ONLY |
113 AVERY
W 6 PM-8 PM
|
SES B= 10/21-12/9
1.5 Points
|
41422 | ||
| Pla6274‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Residential Development & Asset Strategy
|
Margaret Streicker-Porres |
114 AVERY
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
SES A= 9/3-10/18
1.5 Points
|
41366 | |||
| Pla6281‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Hotel Development and Investment Analysis
|
Adam Feil |
209 FAYERWEATHER
F 9 AM - 11 AM
|
SES B= 10/21-12/9
1.5 Points
|
41525 | |||
| Pla6333‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Real Estate Law
|
Richard Leland |
113 AVERY HALL
W 9 AM-11 AM
|
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
|
41494 | |||
| Pla6359‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Global Real Estate Investing
|
Sonny Kalsi | By application only for MSREDs |
209 FAYERWEATHER
F 3 PM - 5 PM
|
SES B= 10/21-12/9
1.5 Points
|
41496 | ||
| Pla6377‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Funds Management and Capital Raising
|
Michael Clark, Marc Weidner | RED ONLY |
113 AVERY HALL
M 3 PM - 5 PM
|
SES A= 9/3-10/18
1.5 Points
|
41526 | ||
| Pla6391‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Residential Investment & Development
|
Joshua Kahr |
209 FAYERWEATHER
M 1 PM - 3 PM
|
SES A= 9/3-10/18
1.5 Points
|
41368 | |||
| Pla6568‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Public-Private Partnerships in Real Estate Development
|
Mehul Patel |
209 FAYERWEATHER
M 6 PM - 8 PM
|
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
|
41424 | |||
| Pla6569‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Comparative Global Real Estate
|
William Heishman |
209 FAYERWEATHER
M 4 PM - 6 PM
|
SES B= 10/21-12/9
1.5 Points
|
41534 | |||
| Pla6595‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Value of Design
|
James von Klemperer, Gene Kohn |
113 AVERY
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
SES B= 10/21-12/9
1.5 Points
|
41370 | |||
| Pla6603‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Lease Analysis & Financial Metrics
|
Sara Queen |
113 AVERY
F 9 AM - 11 AM
|
SES A= 9/3-10/18
1.5 Points
|
41425 | |||
| Pla6719‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Building Adaptation and Reuse
|
Andy Golubitsky, Gabriel Randall |
WARE LOUNGE
F 11 AM- 1 PM
|
SES B= 10/21-12/9
1.5 Points
|
41373 | |||
| PLA6721‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Development by Design
|
Eran Chen |
209 FAYERWEATHER
M 9 AM - 11 AM
|
SES B= 10/21-12/9
1.5 Points
|
41428 | |||
| PLA6722‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Real Estate Private Equity - Acquisition Analysis
|
Jiho Lee | MSRED ONLY |
113 AVERY HALL
W 6 PM - 8 PM
|
SES A= 9/3-10/18
1.5 Points
|
41497 | ||
| Pla6801‑1 | Fall 2019 |
PropTech
|
Zachary Aarons |
209 FAYERWEATHER
TU 1 PM -3 PM
|
SES A= 9/3-10/18
1.5 Points
|
10195 | |||
| PLA6803‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Real Estate Media and Marketing
|
Amir Korangy |
209 FAYERWEATHER
TU 6 PM - 8 PM
|
SES B= 10/21-12/9
1.5 Points
|
10327 | |||
| PLA6853‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Joint RED_Arch Studio
|
Kate Ascher, Christoph Kumpusch |
203 FAYERWEATHER
M 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM
|
FULL SEMESTER
4 Points
|
15299 | |||
| A6708‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Sustainable Retrofits
|
Michael Adlerstein |
655 SCHER- CONSERVA LAB
W 11 AM- 1 PM
|
SESSION B
1.5 Points
|
41470 | |||
| A4892‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Data Visualization for Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities
|
Jia Zhang | All GSAPP Interdisciplinary |
408 AVERY HALL
F 9 AM -11 AM
|
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
|
15270 | ||
| A4861‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Footprint: Carbon and Design
|
David Benjamin |
115 AVERY
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
|
17879 | |||
| A6783‑1 | Fall 2019 |
Narrative Urbanism: Strategic Storytelling For Designers and Planners
|
Cassim Shepard | All GSAPP Interdisciplinary |
115 AVERY HALL
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
|
41474 |
Publications
M.S. RED student Samuel Oketcho at the Fall 2016 ULI Conference in Dallas
The ULI Fall Meeting attracts more than 6,000 attendees annually, bringing together every sector of the real estate industry in one place. Columbia GSAPP’s M.S. RED students attended the Fall 2016 meeting in Dallas in full force, where student Samuel Oketcho was interview by ULI on his takeaways from the conference.