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Most real estate executives don’t think of themselves as storytellers, but the best ones are drawing from the same toolbox as any screenwriter or marketer. Here’s how three leaders at the intersection of storytelling and real estate tell, sell, and sustain a project’s story.

Do the people who keep your city running live near where they work? In city after city, the answer is no—they can’t afford to. Affordable housing isn’t a social program or a budget line item. It’s infrastructure, says instructor David Smith: “It’s where jobs go to sleep at night.”

As Charlotte Shaw, Executive Director/CEO of the Birmingham‑Jefferson County Transit Authority approaches her final AMDP term in the coming weeks, she has been reflecting on three common misconceptions among transportation leaders and developers—and how they’ve changed for her.

Insights from Empire City, Ho Chi Minh City, for real estate leaders working on large-scale projects in fast‑growing cities.

When Otar Berishvili, AMDP Class 26, looks at a Soviet‑era publishing house or a century‑old sanatorium in Tbilisi, he doesn’t see a relic—he sees a future hotel, a public courtyard, or a collaborative workspace where Georgia’s next generation of entrepreneurs will gather.

Celebrating Rick Peiser, the Visionary Builder Behind Harvard’s AMDP in Real Estate This year marks an important milestone for the […]

Designing the AI Age: Deals, Housing, Storytelling, and the Future Workplace AI is not only changing software. It is changing […]

“They Had My Back”: How the AMDP Builds Lasting Bonds From Day One We’ve just wrapped Team Project Jury Day […]

One of the most important lessons we have learned over the years is that price is only one component—albeit an important one—of a successful negotiation outcome.

My partner and I were negotiating a land acquisition with three young entrepreneurs who had the property under contract. We suspected they lacked the funds to close the deal themselves and were attempting to “flip” the property.