Short Course Description
In order to apply to this course, one must reply to the Call For Participation that is published and sent out (towards the end of the first semester) to the MBA/M.Sc students of the Coller School of Management.
The course objective is to provide understanding of the various aspects of real estate theory and practice as applied to the North American and, specifically, the Canadian real estate market. The course provides a real-life learning experience of the Canadian market including the financial, legal, development, and business aspect along with government policy and regulations in both the private and public sectors. The course includes academic and professional lectures, site tours, case presentations by bankers, brokers, real estate developers, pension planners, REIT managers, and lawyers. The core part of the course includes an intensive one-week field trip of the real estate market in Toronto ? one of the world leading and most rapidly growing real estate markets. The Toronto field trip includes tours and meetings with major real estate players of the Canadian real estate market (other than a modest commitment fee, all expenses of the field trip are covered by the Alrov Institute for Real Estate Research at the Coller School of Management with the generous donation of David and Galia Feiler). A series of lectures are held in Israel prior to the field trip. In those class meetings, students study the concepts related to North American real estate business. Student also study and actively present the companies to be visited in Toronto. In addition, students submit a final project report that includes an analysis of a proposed real estate project or subject, applying the knowledge and tools acquired during the course. Students present and discuss their projects in class.
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