Competitions

Berkeley Real Estate Club members and interested graduate students are invited to participate in the following competitions.

Bank of America Low-Income Housing Challenge - May 5, 2009

Sponsored by Bank of America, the BofA Low-Income Housing Challenge is a competition among several West Coast graduate schools where teams must create a low income housing proposal. Each team must identify a viable site and then develop a proposal that includes design, finance, market and community support elements while working with developer and community partners. The project proposals are judged by a panel of local professionals.

• 2009: The Alemany
• 2008: The Seed
• 2007: 2nd Place    42 Bosworth Proposal     42 Bosworth Presentation
• 2006: 1st Place     The Village
• 2005: 2nd Place
• 2004: 1st Place
• 2003: 2nd Place
• 2002: 1st Place
• 2001: 1st Place

The NAIOP Real Estate Challenge - May 5, 2009

Sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, the NAIOP Real Estate Development Challenge is a competition between graduate students at UC Berkeley and Stanford. Teams of five students are given an actual site, and must propose the best use, design, financing and marketing of a commercial real estate project on that site. Proposals are judged by a nine-member jury of real estate professionals in the areas of development, finance, property management, brokerage and local government. Final proposals are presented at an annual luncheon in April, with hundreds of NAIOP members in attendance. The winning team gets to keep the prized Golden Shovel (a close cousin of the Big Game Axe!) for one year.

• 2009: 1st Place
• 2008: 1st Place
• 2007: 2nd Place
• 2006: 2nd Place
• 2005: 2nd Place
• 2004: 2nd Place
• 2003: 1st Place
• 2002: 1st Place
• 2001: 1st Place

UT Austin Real Estate Competition

The Real Estate Challenge is a case-based real estate competition hosted by the University of Texas at Austin between top business schools. The event takes place in Austin during the Fall and is meant to give graduate students a taste of the challenges that face real estate professionals after graduation. The competition is judged by real estate professionals from Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and JP Morgan Chase - just to name a few.

• 2009: Honorable Mention
• 2008:
• 2007:
• 2006: 3rd Place
• 2005: 2nd Place
• 2004: 4th Place
• 2003: 1st Place
• 2002: 1st Place

UNC Chapel Hill - Real Estate Development Competition

The UNC Real Estate Development Competition is a case-based real estate development competition that takes place in Chapel Hill each February. 16 teams from top MBA programs around the country compete annually. This event is judged by real estate professionals from around the country including representatives from majore REITs, Private Equity Investors, and Developers.

• 2009: