SEMESTER:
Fall 2019
Please
note, this course description is from Fall 2018. For reference only.
COURSE
NUMBER: EWMBA282.1
This course is cross-listed with the FTMBA
Program
COURSE
TITLE: Real Estate Development
UNITS
OF CREDIT: 3 units
INSTRUCTOR:
Dennis M. Williams
E-MAIL
ADDRESS: dwilliams@northmarq.com
CLASS
WEB PAGE LOCATION: bCourses
PREREQUISITE(S):
Prior real estate coursework and/or work experience is
encouraged.
CAREER
FIELD:
This course provides excellent preparation for a career in commercial real
estate, including areas such as development, acquisitions, finance and asset
management.
CLASS
FORMAT: The class will include a mixture of
lectures and case work.
REQUIRED
READINGS: The readings will include a mixture of a
textbook, course reader and reserve readings.
BASIS
FOR FINAL GRADE: Grading will be based upon
individual and group assignments, a semester long group development project,
class participation and a final exam.
Please
note, this course description is from Fall 2017. For
reference only.
ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND
OBJECTIVES:
This course focuses on the entire process of real estate development, beginning
with the acquisition, entitlement and development of land all the way through
to construction completion, marketing, leasing and management of the finished
project. Major elements of development covered in this course include site
assessment, market feasibility, design aesthetics, environmental constraints,
the entitlement process, financial structuring, project management,
marketing/leasing and deal making. This course is a must for those with an
interest in the real estate development process. The class is typically
composed of graduate students with backgrounds in Business, Planning,
Architecture, Engineering and Law.
BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCH:
Dennis
M. Williams
Managing
Director
Northmarq Capital, Inc.
Dennis Williams has been a mortgage banker
with the San Francisco office of Northmarq Capital
(formerly TK & Co.) since 1988. His
company arranges permanent, construction, bridge, mezzanine and equity
financing for income property. Currently
a Managing Director at Northmarq, Dennis has arranged
over $6 billion of income property financing with institutional capital sources
and has been one of the company’s top originators since becoming part of Northmarq in 2000.
Property types financed include office, research & development,
retail, multi-family, hospitality and industrial real estate.
Dennis received his MBA from the Tuck
School of Business at
Dennis served as president of the Bay Area
Mortgage Association (BAMA) from 1997-98, and as President of the SF Chapter of
the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) in 1995
and 2002. Dennis has acted as a
moderator and guest speaker at multiple presentations to BAMA, NAIOP (SF &
Silicon Valley Chapters), Mortgage Bankers Association, Belden Club, Urban Land
Institute, Fisher Center RE Conference, the Korean Executive RE Symposium, City
National Bank, Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, AICPA and Northmarq Capital. He has also served as the Chair of the
NAIOP Sponsored Cal-Stanford Golden Shovel Competition since 2000.