Construction, Real Estate - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 1989 (Revised November 2002)
Case

American Dream, The

By: Donald A. Brown, William J. Poorvu and Richard E Crum

Explores the process of purchasing a single family house through the eyes of a young couple. The couple is trying to determine what type of home to buy as well as how to finance it. View Details

Keywords: Personal Finance; Financing and Loans; Decisions; Real Estate Industry

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Purchase

August 1989 (Revised May 1991)
Case

Grosvenor Park

By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman

Dick Dublin believes he has designed a townhouse development which will appeal to mobile young professionals. Dublin has removed some market risk by locking in a forward commitment for low interest rate loans for future purchasers at Grosvenor Park. The pricing... View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Projects; Financing and Loans; Property; Financial Strategy; Price; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Real Estate Industry; Maryland

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Purchase

24 Jun 2014
News

Latest Climate Change Report Paints Dire Picture For Business

Keywords: Real Estate; Real Estate

23 Dec 2009
News

Managing Starwood's Brand & Expansion Strategy

Keywords: Real Estate; Real Estate

Fast Answer

HBS Course: Starting a Private Investment Firm

private investment lifecycle. Individual accounts are required to access. Strict data download limit. Preqin
Information on PE & VC firms, funds, private companies, and deals. Has a... View Details

19 May 2019
News

Zumper Co-founder Seeks an Airbnb for Tenants, Landlords

Keywords: Real Estate

07 Jan 2019
News

One Lesson Led This Entrepreneur To Raise $90 Million From The Top Venture Capital Firms

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Jun 2009
News

The Power of Prayer

These days, getting money and housing together is a tricky issue. So there was good news from Florida, one of the hardest hit real-estate markets, when the Miami-area chapter of the Collective Banking Group (CBG) renewed its partnership with, and received commitments... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

16 Oct 2013
News

Progress Through Preservation

Will Rogers by Maureen Harmon Every year, Will Rogers (MBA 1985) packages honey from his backyard beehive operation and doles it out to major supporters of the Trust for Public Land, where he serves as president and CEO. The hives, which he's kept for more than 40... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; Real Estate

08 Apr 2011
News

Investing in the Family Brand

Keywords: Real Estate

07 Jun 2015
News

Lightning Owner Wants to Build to Last, in Tampa and on Ice

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Dec 2005
News

A Renter’s Market

Lee For Jonas Lee (MBA ’93) and his investment firm, Redbrick Partners, the purchase, refurbishment, rental, and maintenance of hundreds of low-cost, single-family urban homes represent a terrific, overlooked market opportunity. “It’s a $15 trillion asset class with no... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Real Estate

Career Coach

Nikki Talerman

Consulting recruiting – helping students with case prep, resume reviews, and offering a candid picture of what day-to-day consulting life is like, 3) Housing/Real Estate – talking through her network-based recruiting process for View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Faculty Updates

real estate in particular, Poorvu began teaching Real Property Asset Management and Field Studies in Real Property and writing cases at HBS in... View Details

Fast Answer

Construction: environmental building, materials

technologies. (HU PIN) Frost & Sullivan contains technology insight alerts and market reports. (HBS Intranet) REIS - Property profile includes a section on climate risk. Related links: Energy -- a topical section in Fast Answers View Details

30 Aug 2018
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“No Interest in Being the Only”

that real estate was so tangible,” she said. “We all stay in hotels, we shop in malls, we work in offices. It’s an asset that you can touch and feel and understand.” “My grandfather hoboed from Tennessee to... View Details

28 Mar 2016
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The Alum Building a Brand New City in Panama

Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski (MBA 1980) is the man behind what Forbes calls “the most audacious real estate project in the world”: the redevelopment of Howard Air Force Base along the Panama Canal.... View Details

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About | Harvard Business School

(MBA 1981) Christian began his career as the assistant to the Nordic area manager of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. from 1978 to 1979. After graduating from HBS in 1981, he became a consultant with McKinsey & Company in Scandinavia from 1981 to 1984. He has been... View Details

27 Mar 2023
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A Sporting Chance

It would be a much sexier story, says Jorge Perez de Leza (MBA 1996), if he told people he was trampled by a raging bull, but the truth is that the fall that had such a profound effect on his life was a much more mundane event. "It was just a really stupid accident,"... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli