Deal Lab

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

“Deal Lab: Articulating Risk Within The Real Estate Enterprise” (“Deal Lab”) is an engaging and academically demanding course in which students learn to connect themes across the many multi-disciplinary components of the commercial real estate enterprise (including acquisition, development, finance, leasing, and related ownership matters) in a realistic real estate development context. From a first-person perspective, students experience the challenging issues, complex trade-offs, and deliberate risk-taking calculations involved in tailoring realistic solutions to common problems found in commercial real estate development projects. Through Deal Lab, students develop the skill sets of identifying probable risks associated with managing a real estate project and articulating practical and legally relevant solutions to such risks. The goal of Deal Lab is to create a more sophisticated level of awareness by the students of the practical utility of the legal tools introduced in the Foundations of Real Estate Law curriculum and the financial analysis tools introduced in the Foundations of Real Estate Finance. Deal Lab expands students’ theoretical and academic understanding of legal principles to promote an ability to effectively use legal implements in the context of contract negotiation and litigation to deliver practical outcomes responsive to the demands of the development team and process.