How do you achieve short-term stability and long-term growth in the unpredictable real estate marketplace? This program explores how forward-thinking real estate leaders are positioning their firms to seize growth opportunities and maximize asset value. Equipped with new strategies for enhancing operational efficiency, navigating market change, and unlocking new sources of capital, you will be ready to help your company compete more successfully in an increasingly complex industry.

This program is presented jointly with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Summary

This program is presented jointly with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Key Benefits

Focused on the best practices and emerging trends in the global real estate industry, this program helps you expand your real estate expertise and strengthen your strategic decision-making capabilities. You will gain critical insights into the finance and leadership issues facing the real estate development, design, and construction industries—and return with the frameworks to structure your organization for long-term growth.

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Pursue the right opportunities Pursue the right opportunities

Identify and analyze emerging opportunities
Understand real estate benchmarking indicators
Evolve your firm's structure to match your strategy and growth stage

Effectively lead projects Effectively lead projects

Develop the optimal financing approach
Create more value through effective design
Deliver projects on time and on budget
Build and contract with industry talent

Expand your personal and professional network Expand your personal and professional network

Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

Key Benefits

Details

Pursue the right opportunities

Identify and analyze emerging opportunities
Understand real estate benchmarking indicators
Evolve your firm's structure to match your strategy and growth stage

Effectively lead projects

Develop the optimal financing approach
Create more value through effective design
Deliver projects on time and on budget
Build and contract with industry talent

Expand your personal and professional network

Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for executives with considerable real estate industry experience, including:

Real estate owners and private real estate developers
Lending officers, investors, REIT officers, and fund managers and advisors
Real estate industry service providers, such as financial analysts, lawyers, architects, urban planners, and brokers

Participating Companies Have Included:

CBRE Group

Country Garden

Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts

GD&K Group

Harrison, Walker & Harper, LP

Infonavit

JP Morgan

Microsoft

Mitsui

PT Jones Lang LaSalle

Sterling Bank

Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.

Dive Deeper into the Experience

Inside the Classroom

See how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.

We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?

Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.

Discover more about business. And yourself.

Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.

Who Should Attend: This program is designed for executives with considerable real estate industry experience, including:

Real estate owners and private real estate developers

Lending officers, investors, REIT officers, and fund managers and advisors

Real estate industry service providers, such as financial analysts, lawyers, architects, urban planners, and brokers

Participating Companies Have Included:

CBRE Group

Country Garden

Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts

GD&K Group

Harrison, Walker & Harper, LP

Infonavit

JP Morgan

Microsoft

Mitsui

PT Jones Lang LaSalle

Sterling Bank

Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.

Dive Deeper into the Experience

Inside the Classroom

See how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.

Watch the Video Watch the Video

We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?

Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.

Watch the Video Watch the Video

Discover more about business. And yourself.

Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.

Watch the Video Watch the Video

Learning and Living at HBS

When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

Learning and Living at HBS: When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

Admissions Criteria and Process

We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities.

Admissions Criteria and Process

Answering Your Questions

Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).

Application Submission

We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226.

Application Review

To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review applications monthly and will contact you via email with the Admissions Committee's decision.

Fee, Payment, and Cancellations

The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. No payment is necessary until you have been accepted. Payment is required prior to the program start date. If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.

What You Will Learn

Through faculty presentations, case studies, interactive classroom exercises, and small group discussions, you will evaluate strategies for leading commercial real estate projects in a dynamic global marketplace. As you explore the latest approaches to capital assembly, design, and financial analysis, you will improve your ability to build the right strategies, overcome obstacles, and drive success.

What You Will Learn: Through faculty presentations, case studies, interactive classroom exercises, and small group discussions, you will evaluate strategies for leading commercial real estate projects in a dynamic global marketplace. As you explore the latest approaches to capital assembly, design, and financial analysis, you will improve your ability to build the right strategies, overcome obstacles, and drive success.

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How financial modeling unlocks value How financial modeling unlocks value

Organizing joint ventures and private equity investors
Examining land valuation and market demand
Balancing financial analysis with project scope and aesthetics
Using scenario planning to minimize surprises and evaluate real options

How design creates value How design creates value

Optimizing concepts in urban design, architecture, and the built environment
Analyzing customer segmentation and product strategy
Assessing branding in design by using a benefit/cost approach

How project leadership maintains value How project leadership maintains value

Constructing and implementing effective communication strategies
Managing projects across vendors, suppliers, and capital sources
Exploring bidding, cost control, and project scheduling

How strategy helps real estate organizations grow How strategy helps real estate organizations grow

Analyzing how global economic and capital market scenarios affect business strategy
Leading your real estate organization through periods of market and industry change
Examining how to structure your organization for long-term business success

Key Areas

How financial modeling unlocks value

Organizing joint ventures and private equity investors
Examining land valuation and market demand
Balancing financial analysis with project scope and aesthetics
Using scenario planning to minimize surprises and evaluate real options

How design creates value

Optimizing concepts in urban design, architecture, and the built environment
Analyzing customer segmentation and product strategy
Assessing branding in design by using a benefit/cost approach

How project leadership maintains value

Constructing and implementing effective communication strategies
Managing projects across vendors, suppliers, and capital sources
Exploring bidding, cost control, and project scheduling

How strategy helps real estate organizations grow

Analyzing how global economic and capital market scenarios affect business strategy
Leading your real estate organization through periods of market and industry change
Examining how to structure your organization for long-term business success

The HBS Advantage

Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by top faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

Faculty Cochairs

John D. Macomber

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

HBS Unit:

Finance

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Bing Wang

Harvard Graduate School of Design:

Associate Professor in Practice of Real Estate and the Built Environment

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Faculty

Nori Gerardo Lietz

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

HBS Units:

Entrepreneurial Management

Finance

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Ali Malkawi

Harvard Graduate School of Design:

Professor of Architectural Technology

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Edward H. Marchant

Harvard Kennedy School:

Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design

Harvard Graduate School of Design:

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

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Rahul Mehrotra

Harvard Graduate School of Design:

Professor of Urban Design and Planning

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Holly Samuelson

Harvard Graduate School of Design:

Assistant Professor of Architecture

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Scott Smpson

Greenway Group:

FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Principal

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David A. Smith

Affordable Housing Institute:

Founder and CEO

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Andy Wu

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:

Strategy

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Charles F. Wu

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

HBS Unit:

Finance

Read Full Bio

The HBS Advantage: Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by top faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

Faculty Cochairs

John D. Macomber

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

HBS Unit:

Finance

Read Full Bio

Bing Wang

Harvard Graduate School of Design:

Associate Professor in Practice of Real Estate and the Built Environment

Read Full Bio

Faculty

Nori Gerardo Lietz

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

HBS Units:

Entrepreneurial Management

Finance

Read Full Bio

Ali Malkawi

Harvard Graduate School of Design:

Professor of Architectural Technology

Read Full Bio

Edward H. Marchant

Harvard Kennedy School:

Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design

Harvard Graduate School of Design:

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

Read Full Bio

Rahul Mehrotra

Harvard Graduate School of Design:

Professor of Urban Design and Planning

Read Full Bio

Holly Samuelson

Harvard Graduate School of Design:

Assistant Professor of Architecture

Read Full Bio

Scott Smpson

Greenway Group:

FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Principal

Read Full Bio

David A. Smith

Affordable Housing Institute:

Founder and CEO

Read Full Bio

Andy Wu

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:

Strategy

Read Full Bio

Charles F. Wu

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

HBS Unit:

Finance

Read Full Bio