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Towards a new real estate : innovative financing for a better built environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The real estate industry has evolved significantly over the last century. This evolution has enabled the rise of real estate to be one of the largest and most important asset classes in American investment. Yet this evolution ...
Building Information Modeling : value for real estate developers and owners
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry severely lags behind the manufacturing industry in terms of efficiency and productivity growth. This lag is a result of the fragmented nature of the industry and its ...
Adjusted pure-play portfolio REIT equity index : historical performance of public and privacy real estate investment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The public real estate market was initiated by the Real Estate Investment Trust Act of 1960. Since then, investors have been concerned with the assessment of performance comparisons between publicly held assets and privately ...
Mass-customization in commercial real estate : how the aviation industry can help us create beautiful buildings that add value
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The term "mass-customization" in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry refers to architectural elements that have similar purpose but are completely different from each other. Architects use ...
Green luxury student housing : a real estate feasibility study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The primary purpose of this thesis is to estimate the demand for student housing that focuses on upperclass undergraduate and graduate students who typically shy away from dormitory housing. The initial chapters provide a ...
Developing a new CMBS hedging tool : a property price index-based synthetic
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
By isolating credit as a distinct asset class, credit derivatives provide new vehicles for synthetically trading and transferring credit exposure of commercial real estate without buying or selling the physical assets. ...
Redevelopment of southern mill towns : a study of Georgetown, South Carolina
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The Georgetown Steel Company (GSC), located in Georgetown, South Carolina, closed and filed for bankruptcy in October 2003. GSC has only been operating since the late 1960s; therefore, it does not contain masonry warehouse ...
Ghost in the shell : econometric forecast of Singapore's office market and where is architect in financial time
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Inspired by Singapore's recent effort in building its new skyline in Maria Bay, the thesis intends to employ econometric structural modeling techniques to Singapore's office market for the period from 1975 to 2011. Using ...
An analysis of appraised values and actual transaction prices in the US CMBS market
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis addresses the characteristics of transaction-based indices and appraisal-based indices and compares the difference between appraisal and transaction price in the United States Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities ...
Greening stadiums : study of environmentally responsible methods of building and retro-fitting stadiums
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Sustainable development for stadiums and arenas is a recent topic gaining interest throughout professional sports ownership groups worldwide. Stadiums have lagged behind in understanding the best practices surrounding the ...