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Welcome

Welcome to the Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development and the Graduate Programs in Real Estate Development at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland.

You are embarking on an exciting journey in a unique program that combines academics and practice, professors and practitioners in a joint effort to enhance, or jumpstart, your career in real estate development. The MRED program here at Maryland embraces a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary approach to real estate education addressing all facets of the industry from planning to property management, finance to construction. As our tag line announces, we are all about "Collaborative Education for a Sustainable Future." We educate our real estate students to develop for a Quadruple Bottom Line concerned not only with the old-fashioned financial bottom line, but more broadly for Economic Viability, Environmental Respect, Social Responsibility and Beautiful Design.

Besides undertaking the work in your courses, you will find multiple opportunities to interact with industry professionals, many of whom will come to lecture in your classes or work with you on your capstone project. In addition, we encourage early and frequent involvement with one of the many development trade associations located in this region. Moreover, you should take advantage of the enrichment you can find at the School's Wednesday night lectures, the Kibel Gallery exhibitions, as well as field trips and weekend forums.

So, again, welcome! I look forward to many formal and informal exchanges during your time here at Maryland. Please don't hesitate to contact me by email, phone (301-405-6790), or in my office (Arch Faculty Wing 1243) before or after class to discuss your particular program and interests, as well as concerns or suggestions for how we can make this the most valuable and rewarding education for you. I look forward to welcoming you back as one of our honored alumni.

Regards,
Margaret McFarland, JD, Director
Graduate Programs in Real Estate Development
Email
301-405-6790

Real Estate Development News

• Fall 2009 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture: Wednesday, December 2, 6:15pm
  Adèle Naudè Santos, FAIA
  MIT School of Architecture and Planning | Professor and Dean

• Join Team Maryland To Compete And Win The 2010 Uli-Hines Prize

  Want to be on a winning team and take home $50,000 your trouble? Faculty in all the disciplines are committed to working with one or more teams to earn Maryland the $50,000 top prize in the 2010 National ULI-Hines Competition-- the largest Design and Development Competition in the country.

• Interdisciplinary Hillman Design and Development Case Competition

  The Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development and Developer, David Hillman, are co-sponsoring an interdisciplinary design and development competition and the winning team will walk away with $15,000.
  

• New Center for the Use of Sustainable Practices (CUSP) Announced

  Using LEAFHouse as a pilot project, the new Center for the Use of Sustainable Practices (CUSP) was formed.  CUSP joins the National Center for Smart Growth as a sister center, in order to explore research, design, education and outreach activities related to sustainable practices at the scale of the building, the community, and the city.