Course - Real Estate Development - AAR4828
Real Estate Development
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About the course
Course content
The course will give knowledge on real estate development, the underlying strategic thinking and the recognition of planning as a basis for the development.
The course content:
- Real estate development and urban planning
- Land use (residental and business)
- Location theory
- Market and development appraisal
- Real estate portfolio
- Real estate development processes and agreements
Weight will be on planning premisses, marked analyzes and feasability studies.
Learning outcome
After the course the student should be able to know the most important elements in development and implementation of real estate development projects.The student will have knowledge about real estate development and planning, land use, location theory and economic and market assessment of real estate project, the most important actors and how real estate development projects are implemented. The student will have basic knowledge about easy to use tools related to calculations, risk and process execution that can be applied in different phases of real estate development.
The student shall learn how to plan and execute a real estate development process, and will be able to perform basic analysis of the projects' critical framework, which demands to process, profitability and risk profile.
This course will provide students with basic knowledge of real estate development, including understanding of the various stages of development. With this type of competence the student should on an independent basis be able to work with property development projects.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, excercises and seminars
Recommended previous knowledge
3 years of training from the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts or equivalent
3 years of training from the Faculty of Engineering, Science and Technology or equivalent. It is an advantage to have completed AAR4815 Planning and Building Process
Required previous knowledge
The course is included in the masterprogram Real Estate Development and Facilities Management. Registration deadline: 1. juni.
Requires good language skills in Norwegian
Course materials
Text book, Reports, Compendium
Subject areas
- Construction Engineering
- Architecture and Economics
- Urban Design and Planning
- Architectural Design and Management
- Building Technology