CRES News
Kelley Advancing Dialogue in Real Estate & Urban Policy
On May 20, 2026, the Kelley Center for Real Estate Studies proudly co-hosted the Symposium on Real Estate & Urban Policy at the Newfields Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis. This event marked the third installment in a continuing series of academic conferences held in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The symposium... Read more »
Real Estate Private Equity Program Raises Additional $7.8M for Fund II
Undergraduate students at the Kelley School of Business continue to distinguish the real estate program through the success of Sample Gates Management (SGM), the investment entity for the IU Real Estate Private Equity (REPE) Program, the nation’s largest undergraduate student-managed real estate private equity fund. Building on the initial $4.2 million raised and deployed in... Read more »
IU Team Places Third in Mulroy Challenge
The Kelley Center for Real Estate Studies is proud to announce that Indiana University’s undergraduate real estate team earned third place overall out of 30 teams representing 21 universities at the 2026 Mulroy Real Estate Challenge, a highly competitive national case competition hosted by the Villanova School of Business. The strong finish highlights the depth of... Read more »
Kelley Center for Real Estate Studies Receives Generous Unrestricted Gifts from Stephen and Betty Sterrett
We are pleased to announce two significant and generous gifts from Stephen E. and Betty Sterrett. These unrestricted gifts are designated for the Jeffrey D. Fisher Fund for the Kelley Center for Real Estate Studies. The Sterretts are longtime supporters of the Center and have consistently demonstrated their commitment to the IU real estate program’s... Read more »
Indiana University Places Third in National REIT Case Competition
The IU real estate program is proud to announce that its undergraduate team earned third place in the inaugural Leaders & Best National REIT Challenge, hosted by the Weiser Center for Real Estate at the University of Michigan. This prestigious competition brought together top talent from universities across the country to tackle real-world challenges... Read more »
Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Fisher’s Textbook Named in Top 50 Greatest CRE Books of All Time
We are thrilled to celebrate the remarkable achievement of Professor Emeritus Dr. Jeffrey D. Fisher, whose seminal textbook, Real Estate Finance and Investments, co-authored with William Brueggeman, has recently been named as one of “The 50 Greatest Commercial Real Estate Books of All Time” by Propmodo, a leading blog in the PropTech space. This prestigious... Read more »
Industrial real estate takes the stage at IU Real Estate Luncheon
The IU Center for Real Estate Studies hosted a panel discussion titled Changes Ahead: Industrial Outlook and Trends at their fall luncheon, which took place in September at the Embassy Suites Plainfield. Sara Coers, Associate Director of the IU Center for Real Estate Studies and Lecturer in Real Estate at Kelley-Indianapolis curated and moderated the... Read more »
Real Estate Certificate approved for IU Bloomington
The Center for Real Estate Studies is excited to announce that Indiana University Bloomington will be expanding its real estate course offerings in 2025. A new undergraduate Certificate in Real Estate has recently been approved on the Bloomington campus with a target start date of fall 2025. The certificate will allow non-Kelley students access to... Read more »
Real Estate Private Equity Program continues investing of Fund I
Sample Gates Management (SGM), the investment entity for the IU Real Estate Private Equity (REPE) Program, a student-run private equity fund, has now deployed $2.2 million across six total projects, amounting to about 52.4% of Sample Gates Real Estate Fund I capital. The first of the four deals is ALTO Apartments, which closed in late... Read more »