Several of our MSRE students were in San Francisco recently for the 23rd annual Bank of America Affordable Housing Challenge. Sponsored by Bank of America, the Challenge is a competition among several West Coast graduate schools where teams must create …
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Passing the torch
At the spring meeting of the Runstad Center Advisory Board last week, outgoing chair Lisa Stewart was presented with a token of our gratitude for providing the framework of our success over the last two years. Our sincerest thanks to …
Mobility = Mobility
Can increased physical mobility lead to increased social mobility in a city? In one resilient Colombian city, leaders believe physical mobility is a necessity.
Medellín, Colombia is a city on the rise. It was recently named City of the Year…
Wright Runstad awarded contract for Rainier Square redevelopment
Last week, the University of Washington Board of Regents approved the selection of Wright Runstad & Company to redevelop Rainier Square, a 140,000 square foot retail property that is part of the University’s Metropolitan Tract in downtown Seattle. Wright Runstad …
Washington housing market weaker in 1st quarter 2014
Washington State’s housing market finished weaker in the first quarter of 2014 when compared to the end of 2013, according to a new report from the Washington Center for Real Estate Research here at the Runstad Center.
The housing market …
Join the Crowd
“The Eiffel Tower was financed by Gustave Eiffel, the Empire State by John Jakob Rasob and Pierre Dupont, and the Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world, was financed by Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum…the first skyscraper …
Maria Barrientos meets with Runstad students
Accomplished Seattle developer Maria Barrientos gave our students a veritable master class in residential development at a brown bag lunch session yesterday. Maria has completed trendsetting mixed-use apartment and condominium projects in all of Seattle’s hippest urban neighborhoods. She also …
MSRE student advances in Business Plan Competition
Congratulations to our second-year MSRE student Nowelle Knutson, whose company Seven Rue has advanced to the Investment round of the annual Foster School Business Plan Competition! Seven Rue is an innovative real estate company that helps homeowners sell their …
Why Medellín matters
“It’s not about infrastructure, architecture or engineering, it’s about a political project inclusive of citizens”. Jorge Perez, current Director of Planning, Medellín
Inspiring images of libraries, escalators and metro-cables in Medellín have populated the pages of worldwide media in …
See More From the Fellows’ Travels…
It’s impossible to capture all we saw in small blog entries, so the Runstad Affiliate Fellows are working to collected all their images and display them on an upcoming online gallery. Stay tuned……