Magazine cites influential real estate program
<p>The accelerated master of real estate development program, a transdisciplinary program supported by the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and three other colleges and schools at ASU, is featured in the September-October 2007 issue of Arizona Commercial Real Estate magazine.</p><separator></separator><p>The article, by reporter Kerry Duff, sports the headline, “Influential Education: ASU offers an MRED program, one of only five in the nation preparing people to be real estate developers.”</p><separator></separator><p>The fast-paced, 30-week program provides a broad overview of the entire real estate development process, from site selection and project conceptualization through financing, construction – and, ultimately, disposition.</p><separator></separator><p>The magazine reported that guest speakers the first year included Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon; Greg Vogel of Land Advisers Organization; Grady Gammage Jr., an attorney at Gammage & Burnham in Phoenix; Fred Unger, developer of SouthBridge in downtown Scottsdale; and representatives from Westcor, Red Development, Kierland Commons, Vestar Development Co. and the banking industry.</p><separator></separator><p>The program is designed to attract professionals who want to advance or change their careers, according to Gary Birnbaum, managing director of the Phoenix law firm Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, and associate dean for graduate studies and program development at the College of Law. Birnbaum is one of four core faculty members in the program.</p><separator></separator><p>Judy Nichols, <a href="/judy.nichols@asu.edu">judy.nichols@asu.edu</a></p>