Washington state’s housing market was strong in the first quarter of 2015, with both sales and new building permits up compared with a year ago and the market remaining largely affordable, according to a new report from the Washington Center …
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AP Hurd to address Carbon Accountability at CoreNet luncheon
A Runstad Center faculty member and Affiliate Fellow, AP Hurd, is speaking at the monthly CoreNet luncheon. AP is President and Chief Development Officer of Touchstone as well as the author of The Carbon Efficient City, which shows …
UW team advances to finals in low-income housing competition!
A team of MSRE, M. Arch, MUP and MPA students from the University of Washington has been advanced to the final round in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Low Income Housing Challenge 2015. Their proposal was for an affordable, …
2014 Leadership Dinner – Seattle at the Crossroads
The success of the Runstad Center Leadership Dinner this past October can be measured by more than its 400-person attendance or the monetary proceeds that so benefit our students. The true impact is in building a robust and inclusive dialogue …
Detroit Future City: Design for Rapid Change
Join the UW Department of Landscape Architecture and Professional Advisory Committee, ARCADE, UW Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies, UW Department of Urban Design and Planning at the Frye Art Museum for a panel discussion on Detroit …
Seattle: crowdfunding capital?
Key members of the real estate community, including Runstad Center faculty member Ed McGovern and MSRE alum/board member Katlin Jackson, joined a distinguished panel of speakers at the Four Seasons last week for “Seattle Capital Landscape: New Trends and …
2014 CoreNet Scholarship Recipients
CoreNet recently recognized the 2014 scholarship recipients at their November luncheon. Congratulations Zac Strode, Ben Lukes, Andrew Hunt, Michael Riha, and Brad Machat. A sincere thank you to CoreNet Seattle Chapter President Scott Carter & Sponsorship Vice President John Coates …
Past Runstad Board Chair Greg Johnson named Executive of the Year
Leadership always matters. For many years, the Runstad Center benefitted daily from the leadership of long time Advisory Board Chair Greg Johnson. Over those same years, Greg accumulated a pile of accomplishments as President of Wright Runstad & Company: …
Orientation is underway!
The Runstad Center welcomed its newest class of MSRE candidates this week! Orientation activities began on Monday, with a full schedule each day until classes begin next week. Our students were introduced to our dean, faculty members, support staff, mentors, …
Please join us for the first annual Runstad Center Leadership Dinner!
The first annual Runstad Center Leadership Dinner will be held on October 9, 2014, at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle. Together with a distinguished panel of public and private leaders, we invite you to join the conversation on the …