Indiana University Wins NAIOP University Challenge
Indiana University Kelley -Bloomington won first place in the 2022 NAIOP Indiana University Challenge on November 3rd. Team members (pictured at top, from left) Jacob Pierce, Drake Wang, Adrian Rupar, Ben McHenry, and Max Kocour led their team to victory with their case focused on developing an industrial air cargo and special manufacturing facility on... Read more »
Kelley-Indianapolis Real Estate Student Wins Distinguished Undergraduate Student Leader Award
Garrett Tiberi, Kelley-Indianapolis senior and 2021-2022 Real Estate Club President, has received the Distinguished Undergraduate Student Leader Award. The Distinguished Student Leader Award, given by IUPUI Student Organizations, is an opportunity to celebrate and recognize students that have made a significant impact on the social, interpersonal, and professional development of their fellow students, as well... Read more »
IU Real Estate Students Named Eisenberg Scholars
The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation has named Jeremy Berger and Erick Martinez Eisenberg Scholars for the 2022-2023 academic year as part of the highly competitive Eisenberg Scholar Program. Jeremy Berger is a senior on the Bloomington campus majoring in Finance and Real Estate. He is Vice President of the Commercial Real Estate Workshop and a... Read more »
IU Faculty Jun Zhu Featured on CBS News Money Watch & Yahoo! Finance
Jun Zhu, Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance at Indiana University and non-resident fellow of housing finance policy at the Urban Institute, was recently interviewed on CBS News Money Watch and Yahoo! Finance. Professor Zhu commented on Bank of America’s new program offering zero-down-payment and zero-closing-cost mortgages in a push to address racial disparities in homeownership and... Read more »
Real Estate Private Equity Program in Third Year
The IU real estate private equity (REPE) program was officially launched in the fall of 2020 with the inaugural class led by senior Patrick Engels. As a freshman Patrick conceived the idea for the new REPE class spanning both the fall and spring semesters to allow top students the experience of raising money and investing... Read more »
Faculty Update: Expanded course offerings this fall
The IU real estate program is growing and with it our class offerings are expanding. Current real estate faculty member Dave Harstad has recently been hired as a full-time lecturer. Harstad is Managing Broker of the Colliers Bloomington office. With 17+ years of real estate and legal experience, his current practice includes office, industrial, retail,... Read more »
A look back: Founding of the IU Center for Real Estate Studies based on longstanding tradition of real estate at IU
In 1937, after graduating from the University of Chicago with a Ph.D. in Economics, Art Weimer was hired as a professor in the School of Business at Indiana University. In 1939 he became Dean of the business school succeeding Herman B. Wells who became President of IU. Real estate was the focus of Weimer’s research... Read more »
Indiana University Wins First Place in ICSC Foundation Case Competition
Representing Indiana University, the team of Trace Held, Will Higgins, Franco Matticoli, Mike Ruddell, and Bryce Wetzel was awarded first place in the ICSC Foundation’s Case Competition. This year’s case, created by Brad Hutensky, former ICSC Chairman and founder of Hutensky Capital Partners, focused on the revitalization of a floundering mall. Four teams were asked... Read more »
IU Real Estate Club Awarded Kelley Student Organization of the Year
The Real Estate Club was named Kelley Student Organization of the Year by Kelley Student Government at a March 30th awards ceremony. With over 70 Kelley student organizations on the Bloomington campus, the Real Estate Club was proud to receive this top honor. Thank you to the Real Estate Club Executive Board for their outstanding... Read more »