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Address: 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, US
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The MIT Center for Real Estate has a rich, 33-year history of advancing the art and science of international real estate.

Envisioning the industry’s integrated stewardship of its land and products, MIT CRE provides tomorrow’s practitioners with the means to transform an ever more vital, complex and global market. Our pioneering research investigates the real estate transaction from initial concept to market reality, allowing us to provide thought leadership that helps organizations around the globe capitalize on today’s dynamic markets and technologies.

10/20/2026

Brandon Lee MSRED '27 with his team won Best Overall Hack at the AECtech+ Boston 2026 Hackathon.

Their project new.family turns a product page into an editable Revit file with live market pricing and sourcing. His teammates were from Arkyv and Perkins Eastman.

You can check it out here: https://www.new.family

Brandon is an Andrea Chegut Fellow, a Nicholas and Stacy Tsapatsaris Fellow, and a Gallagher-Clewes Memorial Scholar at MIT Center for Real Estate.

10/15/2026

The MSRED class enjoyed touring One Congress in Boston this month.

One Congress is a one-million-square foot office tower rising 600 feet along Boston’s skyline.

Organized by student Cherry Tang who interned at Carr Properties over the summer. We are grateful for the team’s insights and tour!

Photo Credit: Cherry Tang
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10/14/2026

Dive into the real deal on inclusionary zoning and see what 20% affordable really means in today’s housing scene!
20% Affordable, Give or Take: A Spotlight on Inclusionary Zoning

AACRE and the MIT Center for Real Estate will host a symposium on inclusionary zoning at the MIT Media Lab. The program brings together practitioners and scholars to examine key financial, legal, economic, and policy issues related to inclusionary zoning and housing development in Greater Boston and beyond.
Recent developments have brought the economics and constitutionality of inclusionary zoning requirements into sharp focus: the lawsuit brought by Columbia Street LLC and the Pioneer New England Legal Foundation against the City of Cambridge; the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Sheetz v. El Dorado County (2024); the more recent U.S. District Court decision in Palmer Kearney Mesa Properties, LP et al v. City of San Diego (2026); and the recent dramatic slowdown in multifamily housing construction in Boston. Taken together, these point to the need for a serious, informed conversation about housing development and affordable housing mandates.

Last chance to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/20-affordable-give-or-take-a-spotlight-on-inclusionary-zoning-tickets-1999717498870?aff=oddtdtcreator

The afternoon will open with a working session grounded in the financial profile of a hypothetical project subject to an inclusionary zoning bylaw, followed by three moderated panels addressing, in turn, the key legal, economic, and policy issues. A reception will close out a great afternoon of education and discussion.

10/06/2026

Meet Executive Director Walter Torous, speaking about the MIT Center for Real Estate and the holistic approach to real estate that the MSRED program offers.

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09/27/2026

Join us for the upcoming symposium on inclusionary zoning this October in Cambridge!

October 16, 2026
12:00 PM
MIT Media Lab

Recent developments — from the Columbia Street LLC lawsuit against the City of Cambridge and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘻 𝘷. 𝘌𝘭 𝘋𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 to the 2026 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘢 ruling and Boston's dramatic slowdown in multifamily construction — have brought the economics and constitutionality of inclusionary zoning into sharp focus. This event is a timely opportunity for a serious, informed conversation.

The afternoon will feature an opening financial session presented by Tod McGrath (MIT), followed by three moderated panels addressing the key economic, legal, and policy issues, and closing with a reception and networking.

This event is open to the broader real estate, policy, and legal communities — please share with your networks. Reserve your spot!

->REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/20-affordable-give-or-take-a-spotlight-on-inclusionary-zoning-tickets-1999717498870?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/24/2026

Ready to shape the future of the built environment? Applications for the MIT Master of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED) program are officially OPEN!

WHY MIT?
Since 1983, MIT has offered the MSRED, a one-year degree in real estate development – the most concentrated, science-based graduate degree in real estate available– grounded in the critical frameworks of social, economic, and environmental sustainability.

Students benefit from MIT's unique ecosystem of interconnected academic research, industry connection, and broad alumni network.

INFO SESSIONS
Want to learn more about the curriculum, the admissions process, and student life? Join us for our first Virtual Information Session!

📅 September 29th
📍 Virtual / via Zoom

✅ RSVP for the 9/29 Info Session: https://apply.mit.edu/register/?id=bfdf186a-4fe9-4eb9-98ad-857b6e6cc104

09/17/2026

MITdesignX is named one of TIME's best accelerators of 2026 in the US – we're honoring the center's students in the most recent cohort. Among the participating teams were two MSRED-led ventures focused on addressing critical housing gaps in emerging markets.

▪️ Isabelle Turri and Sophia Chou built Guará Inc., an AI-native platform for Brazil's nascent institutional rental market. The share of Brazilian households that rent has grown from 18% to 23% over the past decade, but the country still has fewer than a hundred build-to-rent buildings.

▪️ Jainil Shah founded Aashray, a development, operating, and investment platform for world-class student housing in India, home to the largest and fastest-growing student population on earth and almost no institutional housing built to serve it.

Both ventures reflect the center's commitment to research-driven entrepreneurship that addresses real-world challenges at scale.

Congratulations to the DesignX team, students, founders, mentors, and collaborators on this recognition!

MIT DesignX

Photo Credit: MIT Design X / Lauren Witte

09/04/2026

MSRED Orientation is complete! Welcome to MIT class of 2027! Make the most of the academic year!
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08/27/2026

CRE alumnae Tamara Knox and Natasha Sadikin's firm won Small Lots, Big Impacts LA Private Land RFI this summer.

The award makes their firm, Frolic Community, eligible for financing to develop a pilot project for attainable missing middle homeownership on privately-owned land in Los Angeles.

Frolic's projects are financed and sold as co-ops, drawing design inspiration from Danish co-housing. Developments are going up in Seattle, the Bay Area and soon – Los Angeles.

Learn more: https://www.frolic.community/approach

08/11/2026

The RED Studio course focuses on the synthesis of urban, mixed-use real estate projects, including the integration of physical design and programming with finance and marketing.

Interdisciplinary student teams analyze how to maximize value across multiple dimensions.

Introducing Wellspring Fort Point, by team Sophia Chou, Sean Lee, Isabelle Turri, and Sophia Campbell (MCP Dual)

Build site details: 2M sf mixed-use development
Master plan concept: 770 condominiums, 1000 hotel keys, 70k sf medical offices, 110k sf spa/fitness/food & beverage
Special features: $150M+ public benefits: affordable housing payout, active park funding, community health clinic, urban farming, wellness services job training

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Cambridge, MA
02139

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+16172535000

Website

https://cre.mit.edu/

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