The Urban Land Institute published the 4th edition of the Professional Real Estate Development, co-authored by Professor Sofia Dermisi. Dermisi holds a joint appointment between the Department of Real Estate and the Department of Urban Design and Planning.
Category: Real Estate
Rising rents are drowning Washington’s smaller cities
Seattle may have the highest rents statewide, but communities such as Walla Walla and Spokane have seen the most drastic losses in affordability. | Crosscut
Online talk about Transforming the Irvine Ranch: Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and THE BIG PLAN
UC Irvine Libraries is hosting a Hybrid Book Talk and Lecture on the History of the City of Irvine and UCI. This event will feature H. Pike Oliver and C. Michael Stockstill, authors of Transforming the Irvine Ranch: Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and The Big Plan for an insiders’ account of the history of UCI and its surrounding community.
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.
2022 Runstad Leadership Dinner
The Runstad Department of Real Estate held its 9th annual Runstad Leadership Dinner on October 13th with more than 700 people in attendance. This year the Leadership Dinner focused on raising support for undergraduate students within the Department.
Opinion: Density is necessary but insufficient to ease the housing crisis
“We believe, and the vast majority of the scholarly evidence corroborates, that density is a necessary but insufficient condition for addressing the housing affordability crisis,” writes Gregg Colburn, assistant professor of real estate, and Rick Mohler, associate professor of architecture. | The Seattle Times
Hundreds of new apartments, townhomes starting to open around Kitsap
Department chair Steven Bourassa contributes data from the Washington Center for Real Estate Research, revealing rising rent in Kitsap County.
Q&A: Runstad Department welcomes new faculty member Vince Wang
The Runstad Department is thrilled to welcome Vince Wang as he joins the department as part of the college’s new faculty cohort. We talked with Vince about his research, what he’s excited to teach, what inspires him, and more.
Seattle’s cooling real estate market widens budget shortfall
Steven Bourassa, chair of the Runstad Department of Real Estate, explains the impact of Seattle’s housing market on the city’s budget.
Rachel Santika, undergrad student profile
We talked with transfer student, Rachel Santika, about what drew her to the real estate major and what her plans are for the future.