The course meets Monday, April 7 to Monday, April 28, 2025 from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. ET. The course will be hosted on the Canvas platform and once registered you will receive login information to obtain the course materials. You will receive a certificate upon completion of the course.
Session 1 — April 7, 2025
People: Intentional Social Equity, Affordability, Health and Well-Being
his week we study how social equity, affordability, health and well-being can be supported by the buildings we inhabit through intentional decisions made by developers and their partners. We will reflect on the segregated past of the industry and the social disparity that has resulted. We will study how consumers of real estate drive what developers build; through demand, demographics and trends in addition to public policy, industry practices and the goals of developers and communities.
Session 2 — April 14, 2025
Planet: Radical Sustainability & Resiliency
This week we study how responsible development demands radical sustainability as the impacts of climate change and globalization have led the industry to create more resilient and adaptable cities, communities and buildings.
Session 3 — April 21, 2025
Profit: The Basics of Real Estate Finance
This week focuses on the basics of real estate finance to build vocabulary and knowledge of how developments are valued, leveraged, invested in and evaluated. We will study how the intentional inclusion of the quadruple bottom line are interwoven within financial assumptions and are the developer’s compass for decision making.
Session 4 — April 28, 2025
Placemaking: Development Outcomes that Serve the Community
The design of the built environment is crucial to the future of our communities. Placemaking is about how developers integrate community input, work with the existing context and build buildings and amenities that will positively influence the future of the community as a whole. How can developers transform project amenities into community assets and what are the benefits of creative placemaking?