Sunday, February 19, 2012

Update

The Lewis White Real Estate Center has grown to the point that we need to have a full time PhD dedicated to our real estate curriculum to continue our progress. We have started the paperwork necessary to advertise for this position and hope to have found the perfect person in time to start our Fall 2012 courses in both the traditional and executive delivery formats.

Dr. Jim DeLisle from the University of Washington just concluded five solid days of "Market Analysis and Feasibility Studies" that included the lastest technology and methods known to the real estate profession. The students completed demographic and psychographic searches and further developed financial modeling skills.
The executive sessions starting this month will be "Construction Means and Methods" and "Legal Context of Real Estate Decisions".

In our traditional delivery of Market Analysis and Feasibility Studies, we just heard from the head of JC Penny's Research Department who flew in from Dallas to spend three hours with our class about their processes and a live case study they are dealing with currently in the site locations decision process. Next week we will hear from a site location specialist from Walgreen's who personally located over 900 Walgreen sites.