Friday, October 28, 2011

Real Estate Student Wins Huge Award!!

Shane Spencer, our Sherman Drieseszun Scholarship Recipient of last year, was awarded the "Entrepreneurial Student of the Year" at the 26th annual awards banquet this month.
Shane's advanced real estate education in addition to his entrepreneurial studies enabled him to create the "Green REIT" for energy oriented real estate investments. Shane has secured a quarter of a million dollars in venture capital funding to go public as soon as he secures one more IRS ruling on the offering memorandum.
Shane took every real estate class we offered and was a serious student. He also participated in the ULI Gerald D. Hines national competition earlier this year in collaboration with Kansas State's Architectural program. While we didn't get the "grand prize" for the Hines competiton, the participation itself was an invaluable experience.
Congratulations to Shane on his rapid journey to becoming a millionaire.

Real Estate Student Wins Huge Award

Shane Spencer, our "Sherman Dreiseszun" real estate scholarship reciepient has won the coveted top prize of the Entrepreuership school's annual competition to become the "Student Entrepreneur of the Year".




With the help of his advanced real estate education through the White Real Estate Center and his entrepreneurial classes, he created the 'Green REIT". Subject to a pending IRS ruling Shane has secured a quarter of a million dollars of venture capital to move his REIT to the open market.




"Shane enrolled in every real estate class offered and was an outstanding student in all" according to Professor Clements, the Director of the White Center. Shane also competed earlier this year in the Urban Land Institute


Friday, October 14, 2011

Second Full day of Urban Planning Studies

Vickie Notyce offered her side of the "Polsinelli/ Highwoods Vs "Save the Plaza Group?
It was indeed interesting to see the distinct opposite views of the same set of facts.
The class will be divided into opposing groups representing each side to present their view in an attempt to convince the City Council to stop or not stop the office building. (Our mock City Council will not be allowed to recuse themselves from the decision)

We learned how to become involved in the E-Scholars program with the direction of Beverly Stewart from the IEI department.

After a tour of the Miller Nichols Library and the new "Roo-bot," we reviewed other authors' views of Kansas City's overall growth based on sociol and demographic variables.

More to come......

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Month 2, 2nd session of 14 sessions to get the MERE

The Executive Masters in Entrepreneurial Real Estate is now in it's second monthly session. Today and tomorrow we are learning from Professor Jim Scott about various theories of urban planning through the study of 21 authors on the subject. Extensive reading for this course has created a solid understanding of the challenges, purposes and practicality of developing, managing and conforming to a well thought out urban plan. From Paris, to New York, to Chicago, St, Louis and Kansas City, how they all grew the way thed did and why?

Did you know Edmund Bacon, the planner who re- designed the City of Philadelphia during the depression was Kevin Bacon's dad? (yes Kevin Bacon the actor)

Jan Marcussen, 4th district councilperson shared her perspectives this morning about the City of Kansas City's role and circumstances about the Polsinelli building proposed for the Country Club Plaza. Extremely interesting "back story" behind it all. There are many lessons we can learn from it all.

Tomorrow we hear from the "Friends of the Plaza" to hear their side of the story. This will be an interesting perspective.

Saturday, Dr. Jeff Englested from University of Denver will kick off the "Advanced Real Estate Financial Modeling Course" using Excel.