The Leading a Real Estate Company program is customized for members of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). The program is limited to senior-level professionals with at least fifteen years of experience in the real estate industry. All applicants must be a principal or principal affiliate member of NAIOP or a full member of ULI.

The Leading a Real Estate Company program's rigorous curriculum enables participants to deepen their understanding of and gain new insights into their role as leaders in the real estate industry. The program runs for two and one half days and at its conclusion, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion.

Program Topics Include

• Structuring Successful Real Estate Development Joint Ventures
• Financial Strategy
• Leadership Point of View: Do You Have One?
• Investments of German Investors in U.S. Real Estate
• Valuing Companies
• Fundamentals of Urban Design for Real Estate
• Strategic Planning
• Organizational Strategy and Growth
• Environmental and Land Use Permitting in Unsettled Times

Program Format

Led by Harvard University faculty and real estate industry leaders, the program uses case studies and group discussion to explore real world strategies for real estate company management, leadership, financing, and growth.

Instructors

• John Macomber, lecturer, Harvard Business School
• Edward Marchant, adjunct lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
• Allen Michel, professor, Boston University School of Management
• Richard Peiser, professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design
• William Poorvu, professor emeritus, Harvard Business School
• Gloria Schuck, lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Karl-Werner Schulte, professor, International Real Estate Business School, University of Regensburg
• Bing Wang, lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Design
• Jay Wickersham, lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Design
• Instructor biographies (pdf)

Agenda (subject to change)

• Agenda (pdf)

Program Materials

Prerequisite reading materials will be forwarded approximately one month before the program begins. Readings and their questions must be completed before arriving to the program. A program binder complete with additional readings and questions will be available at Program Registration, the day the program begins.

Tuition

• $3600 (covers all educational materials, lunches, a reception, and one dinner)

Registration

• On-line Registration
• Registration form (pdf)
• Registration deadline: TBD
• Enrollment is limited to 30 participants.

Registration Deadline / Cancellation / Refunds

Registrations must be received by TBD. Registrations received after the deadline will be processed subject to availability, and will be assessed a $75 late fee.

Cancellations must be submitted in writing. Cancellations received 14 to 30 days before the program start date will incur a charge of 10% of the program tuition. Cancellations received within 14 days of the program start date will incur a charge of 30% of the program tuition. Cancellation for all programs is subject to a minimum $75 charge. No refunds on or after the first day of the program.

The Office of Executive Education reserves the right to cancel a program due to insufficient enrollment two weeks before the first session. In the event of a program cancellation, all tuition and fees will be refunded. The Office of Executive Education cannot be responsible for participants' non-refundable travel expenses.