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Exploring REITs for community-based retail development in China : a new strategy to create better places to live
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
In the last decade, mainland China has encouraged diverse experiments of real estate asset securitization in different sub-sectors, such as rental, industrial, and retail markets. However, little research has focused on ...
A development perspective on creating workforce rental housing proximal to major employment centers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Middle-income renters in major cities across the United States are facing an affordability crisis. Many of them earn too much money to qualify for rental assistance programs, but don't earn enough to comfortably afford ...
Holistic revitalization in small post-industrial cities : tools for urban housing development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
For generations, housing programs have sought to utilize redevelopment projects to accomplish broader community revitalization goals. Contemporary affordable housing practice embodies this idea in large housing development ...
How can social compact's neighborhood drilldown data spur more retail development in Miami's difficult to develop neighborhoods?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The inner-city neighborhoods of America continue to struggle with the economic blight they have faced ever since American urban growth began to abandon the urban city core fifty years ago. One of the most salient characteristics ...
Knowledge-based cluster development in India : opportunities and challenges
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Knowledge-based industries tend to cluster. The nature of activities illustrate the importance of networks and virtual and proximity aspects of clustering. Review of existing literature brings out the advantages of clustering ...
Show me the money : a study of real estate development returns
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
This paper introduces three new tools for the analysis and replication of real estate development returns. In particular, this paper discusses advanced sensitivity analysis, real estate development return indexes and ...
A systematic study of real estate core funds : herd behavior and performance attribution analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The returns and portfolio characteristics of core funds were tested for evidence of herd behavior and performance relative to the NCREIF Property Index (NPI), using a proprietary database that included data from 1985 to ...
The future of the multifamily industry post-GSE conservatorship
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
On September 6, 2008, at the start of what would amount to the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression, the U.S. Government took two publicly traded Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and ...
Dueling markets : capitalizing on the non-institutional and institutional asset arbitrage
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
The rising supply of both domestic and international capital pursuing yield in major U.S. real estate markets is staggering and has resulted in substantial unmet demand for quality, institutional assets. This thesis examines ...
Examining issuance and pricing of Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities during the financial crisis of 2007-2009
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Changes in the issuance of Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities are examined and contrasted with market events and policy action during the financial crisis of 2007-2009. Additionally, a sample of investment-grade Commercial ...