Students will review laws and legal principles applicable to real estate development, options for property ownership structures, environmental regulations, identify incentives, policies and taxes that influence development, and study real estate contracts and the transactions typically executed for real estate projects.
Students will investigate strategies and procedures to gain control of a property and to secure jurisdictional approvals needed for a project. Students will study how to engage the local political and community participants and stakeholders that will influence a project’s development, timeline, and acceptance.