Real Estate

Welcome to the Real Estate Community

Overview
Sample Companies
Sample Functional Roles

Real Estate has become an area of solid interest for our MBA students over time. Rice Business has a strong real estate faculty, including both tenured and tenure-track professors, as well as successful, respected practitioners in the various sectors in which a student might pursue a real estate career. We boast a broad array of elective courses to flesh out our Real Estate Concentration. The CDO in coordination with Rice Business’ real estate faculty and External Relations creates networking opportunities and events that engage our many alumni who are distinguished in the industry. We welcome you to connect with the CDO and the Real Estate Organization to take advantage of all that the Jones School has to offer.
CBRE | Davis Commercial Real Estate | FPA MultiFamily | HFF | Hines | Jones Lang LaSalle Americas | Lionstone Investments | Lovett Commercial Real Estate Development | MedSite Partners | Midway Companies | Parkway Properties | Read-King Commercial Real Estate | Rice Management Company | Stewart Title | USAA Real Estate | Weingarten Realty Investors | Whitestone REIT*Employment with a specific company is not guaranteed.
Acquisitions Intern | Commercial Brokerage Intern | Development Intern | FP&A Intern | Investment and Development | Investment Intern, Real Estate | MBA Intern, Finance Planning & Analysis | MBA Summer Associate | Real Estate Development Intern | Real Estate Intern (Site Selection) | Strategic Initiatives Intern | Summer Associate | Summer Investment Associate | Tenant Rep Intern*Employment within a specific job function or title is not guaranteed.

Alumni Career Panel Series: Real Estate

This is a great resource for those who want to gain insight from Rice Business alumni who work in the Real Estate industry. This panel features:

Armistead Burks – Principal at Burloc Development Company – Class of 2005
Chris Rector – Managing Director / COO – Southwest US/Mexico/Central America at Hines – Class of 2015
Zach Dobin – Principal at Triten Real Estate Partners – Class of 2020

Rice / Rice Business Real Estate Resources

Rice Business Real Estate Networking List

Current students, click here, to access the Rice Business professional networking list. Students must be logged in to view this resource.

Real Estate Faculty Page

https://business.rice.edu/faculty-research/research/real-estate

Real Estate Investment and Development Online Short Course – Executive Education

https://business.rice.edu/executive-education/online-programs/real-estate-investment-and-development

Rice Management Company (Investment arm of Rice, including Real Estate)

https://investments.rice.edu/people

Professional Real Estate Organizations

Rice Business Real Estate Organization

https://business.rice.edu/professional-associations

ULI – Urban Land Institute (offers a heavily subsidized student membership)

https://uli.org/

CoreNet GLobal – The Global Association for Corporate Real Estate (Young Leaders program, too)

https://www.corenetglobal.org/join/tcontent.aspx?ItemNumber=21179&navItemNumber=21180

CCIM Institute – The Certified Institute

https://www.ccim.com/

NAIOP – Commercial Real Estate Development Association

https://www.naiop.org/

ICSC – International Council of Shopping Centers

https://www.icsc.com/

CREW Network– Corporate Real Estate Women Network

https://crewnetwork.org/home

NMHC – National Multi-Family Housing Council

https://www.nmhc.org/

Real Estate Activities and Case Competitions

UlI Hines Student Competition (held annually – Rice Business competes)

https://americas.uli.org/programs/awards-competitions/hines-student-design-competition/

The Case Competition (sponsored by multiple B-Schools)

https://thecasecompetition.com/

NAIOP Golden Shovel Competition

https://naiopsfba.org/news/latest-news/who-took-home-the-covet-golden-shovel-at-the-31st-annual-real-estate-challenge/

UT McCombs Real Estate Challenge

https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Centers/Real-Estate-Center/National-Challenge

UNC Real Estate Development Challenge

https://realestate.unc.edu/development-challenge/

Cornell International Case Competition

https://sha.cornell.edu/faculty-research/centers-institutes/cref/events/competition

2021 Career Edge Industry Series: Real Estate

This is a great resource for those who want to learn more about real estate and gain insight from Rice alumni who work in the real estate industry. To view the real estate career edge panel, please click here.

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