Join us live on February 10 as Gregg Colburn, assistant professor of real estate and longtime friend of NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, will moderate a discussion with astronaut Cassada, currently stationed on the ISS.
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Meet Steven Bourassa
CBE Runstad Department of Real Estate’s new chair shares what drew him to the role and what excites him about the future. On August 8, Steven Bourassa joined the College of Built Environments as the Chair of the Department and the Jon and Judith Runstad Endowed Professor.
New Chair of the Runstad Advisory Board: Shannon Underwood
Shannon Underwood has been a member of the Runstad Advisory Board since 2014. She served on the Academic Committee, the Hiring Committee, and as chair of the Student Experience Committee before becoming Chair. She recognizes her good fortune in working with the distinguished real estate thought leaders on the Board who share her commitment to the next generation of real estate leaders.
Redfin’s Glenn Kelman on real estate’s ‘massive reckoning’
Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, gave the keynote address at our 9th Annual Runstad Leadership Dinner. The dinner celebrates and supports our growing undergraduate program. Steve Bourassa, chair, is quoted. | Puget Sound Business Journal
What would it take to bring Seattle home prices down to earth?
Arthur Acolin, assistant professor of real estate, talks about the theoretical impact a sufficient supply chain could have on home prices. | Crosscut
The rise of high-tech real estate investing platforms and their effect on housing affordability
James Young, director of the Washington Center for Real Estate Research, talks about real estate tech startups and the housing market. | GeekWire
New book highlights link between homelessness, lack of affordable housing
Gregg Colburn, assistant professor of real estate discusses the root causes of homelessness. | KPBS
Cause of homelessness? It’s not drugs or mental illness, researchers say
As more cities search for explanations and solutions to homelessness, leaders look to data. Gregg Colburn, assistant professor of real estate, is quoted. | Los Angeles Times
Be Nimble – and Never Stop Learning
Corbin personifies the breadth of the real estate field and the many career paths that wind through it. He came to Seattle to study Studio Art and International Political Economy, wound through managing sales teams at an action sports retailer, and landed at UW pursuing dual Masters’ degrees in Architecture and Real Estate.
Bringing Passion and Skill to Community Development
Genevieve recognized early on how powerfully the built environment shapes social communities, including impacts on health outcomes, equitable access to economic opportunity, environmental sustainability, and livability. Through the Runstad Department, she obtained 3 internship positions in the affordable housing/community development field at Bellwether Housing, Enterprise Foundation, and Beneficial State Bank.