Research

Julia Freybote, Ph.D.

Dr. Freybote's research focuses on investor behavior, information environment and asset pricing in the REIT and commercial real estate market. Her work has been published in Real Estate Economics, the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics and the Journal of Real Estate Research. In 2019, she received the William N. Kinnard Scholar Award from the American Real Estate Society (ARES), which recognizes outstanding real estate scholars early in their academic career.

Riëtte Carstens, Ph.D.

Dr Carstens holds a PhD and MBA from Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Her research interests include real estate investment and finance, textual analysis, REITs and the value of machine learning and other innovative technologies for the real estate industry. Her research has been published in the Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Property Research, Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management and Journal of Real Estate Literature.

Each Summer, Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) students in the PSU Real Estate Development Workshop course produce a development plan for a property site in the Portland Metro area. Students form real estate development teams and produce an original development plan, including the development concept, the market analysis, the conceptual design, economic analysis, capital, and operations budget, and management plan.

The students' plan demonstrates and applies mastery of the development concepts and tools learned through their coursework. The Center greatly appreciates the support of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the Building and The Urban Land Institute (ULI), and the numerous private sponsors and real estate industry mentors.