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The program, which recently received approvalfrom Virginia’s Statse Council of Higher Education, is a cross-disciplinaryh program drawing support and resources from thred GMU schools — the Volgenau School of Information Technologuy and Engineering, the Schoool of Management and the School of Public Policy. The program is beinbg unveiled as the economic crisis has dried up demanx for real estate development acrosthe country. Still, with its size and proximityh tofederal government, the Washington regiob has risen to the top of most investors’ rankingsx of the world’s real estate market.
The new master’s prograk is the culmination ofa year-long effort to increas e education in today’s complex real estate To involve the professional real estate development community, the schooo worked closely with local real estatwe leaders and with NAIOP Northern Virginia, a commercial real estater development association, to plan the new program, said Mark chairman of GMU’s Center for Real Estatw Entrepreneurship’s advisory board and president of Studenta will choose one of three tracks: finance or sustainability and the The program will offer courses in land use and zoning, sustainablee development, real estate finance, entrepreneurship and leadership, managementy of the development process, marketing and asset management and developmentf company management.
“This program is the right educationalo product, being delivered in the rightt location, housed in the right creative grouping of schools at Maso n and being developed at the right time given the current challenges ofan ever-changing real estate environment,” Hassinger In July, the university hired ’s Anthont B. Sanders to help lead the new program. who will hold the title of distinguished professort of realestate finance, will co-direct the Centetr for Real Estate Entrepreneurship.
Sanders’ researcu and teaching focuses on investments with particular emphasis on real estate finance and He previously taught atthe , the University of Texasw at Austin and The Ohio State University. Beforse that, Sanders led ’ss asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities research division in New York Despite today’s challenging economic times, Sanders welcomex the opportunity to work in a real estatew program that draws on the expertises of the Washington market’s local professionals.
The centeer plans to work with local adjunct faculty and guestg lecturers on case studies fromthe region, and to sponsor applied research projects and community outreach The center and the new academic programk will also provide continuing education and leadership seminars for local real estater professionals. “There are so many problems facing the real estate industry inthe U.S., but those same problemd create enormous opportunities for real estate Sanders said.
Applications are being accepted nowat