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A team of students from Columbia University won the Colvin Case Study Challenge this year with their analysis of the One Boerum Place development on a property formerly belonging to Brooklyn Law School in Brooklyn, New York.

Rendering courtesy of Avery Hall Investments


Hungry for next-gen talent in your company’s corporate real estate or development pipeline? A just-completed case study challenge staged by the Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development within the University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation offers a glimpse of that talent at work. And the case studies themselves offer glimpses of developments where such talent may cluster.

A common theme? Flexibility and adaptability in navigating the pandemic.

A 25-page case study from a team at Columbia University about the One Boerum Place condo-turned-rental development in Brooklyn, New York, took first place and the $10,000 first prize. A study of the Ion innovation district in Houston from University of Houston students came in second, receiving a boosted total of $5,000 thanks to a recent $200,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation to support multiple programs at UMD. A study of the Riverworks Eastern Wharf development in Savannah from a team within Clemson University’s Master of Real Estate Development program took third place. And a University of Buffalo team’s study of the Seneca One project in Buffalo received honorable mention.

Since 2016, the University of Maryland has hosted the Colvin Case Study Challenge for full or part-time students enrolled in a college or university real estate program. The goal of the competition is to “hone professional skills and reveal the knowledge base and understanding of markets, project valuation, finance, urban design, sustainability, entitlement processes and operational issues.”

"The Colvin Institute Case Study Challenge brings together students who are pursuing degrees in real estate across the U.S.," said Dr. Dawn Jourdan, dean of the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, in a release. "This opportunity provides students the ability to showcase the skills they are learning on a national stage, receiving mentoring and feedback from professionals in real estate and the allied fields. It is a crown jewel of the activities sponsored by the Colvin Institute."

The competition is named for the late Baltimore developer John Colvin, who founded the Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development in 2008. The institute supports the “interdisciplinary approach of UMD's Master of Real Estate Development curriculum, which comprehensively covers finance and capital markets, law and public policy, structure and site design, construction management, property, portfolio and asset management as well as marketing and commercial leasing.”


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The executive summary of the Columbia students’ prize-winning report proclaims that the $250 million One Boerum Place development, spearheaded by Avery Hall Investments in collaboration with Allegra Holdings and Aria Development Group, “stands as a testament to adaptive resilience and strategic urban development.” The mixed-use residential and com¬mercial building was developed on a triangular lot purchased for $76.5 million in 2016 from Brooklyn Law School.

Phakorn Chansrichawla, Yang Yang and Derek Le from Columbia University’s Master of Real Estate Development program took first place in the Colvin Case Study Challenge.

Photo courtesy of Columbia University

In their case study, students Phakorn Chansrichawla, Yang Yang and Derek Le cite David Carlos of Savills Studley, who noted “the ongoing trend of non-profit organizations leveraging their real estate assets to sup¬port future initiatives. This transaction represents the law school’s most recent land sale, contributing to its efforts to increase the school’s endowment, which has doubled over the past five years to approximately $225 million.”

By way of context, the students document that Downtown Brooklyn is one of Brooklyn’s fastest growing neighborhoods, with a total population of more than 65,000 and a population growth rate of 16.5% that is triple the rate of New York City as a whole. The area is home to some 84,000 jobs with a strong influx of tech jobs over the past decade. Moreover, “77% of residents have a bachelor’s or graduate degree, with the median household income of Downtown Brooklyn at $156,977.”

A pivot from condo to rental was crucial to the project’s success. So were purchased additional air rights from adjacent lots totaling 50,000 sq. ft. of development rights and enough affordable square footage to qualify for New York City’s 421-a tax abatement program. By 2022, One Boerum Place’s 138 units, totaling 250,000 gross sq. ft., were fully leased and retail space was coming online.

Second place in the Colvin competition went to the team of Joseph Tran, Hunter Canales and Kaleab Andy from the University of Houston, who completed a case study about the Ion Innovation District that has welcomed tenancy from partner Chevron, among others.

Rendering courtesy of Chevron and The Ion

The tax abatement enabled Avery Hall “to have three maximum years of abatement during construction period, full abatement for two years of operational period and eight years of abatement phase out,” the students write. “This aspect of the project was crucial to the success of a rental project, as the firm needed to have certain benefits guaranteed to ensure that pivoting from a condominium project to a rental project would pencil out. These benefits allowed the switch and were key to convincing all capital partners.”

The Colvin Institute’s archive of past competitions is another resource savvy employers can explore to connect with strong programs and students from around the country. Last year’s Colvin winner was a team from Pepperdine University with their study of the Talaria Burbank development. Semifinalists came from Clemson, NYU and Baruch College. The 2021 competition’s first prize went to a team from University of Colorado Boulder for their study of McGregor Square in Denver, with semifinalists from (once again) Clemson, the University of Maryland and Auburn University.


Even a fire a few years ago did not sidetrack the momentum of Riverworks Eastern Wharf in Savannah, a mixed-use development that’s part of a broader waterfront redevelopment in the growing Georgia city. The project was the focus of third-place winners Paul Good, Jordan Smith and Zion Kaauwai from Clemson University’s Master of Real Estate Development program.

Photo by J. Michael Worthington, Jr. (www.worthingtonimages.com) courtesy of Choate Construction

 
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In Portland, Ore., there’s a burgeoning sub-cluster of footwear companies, now more than two dozen strong. Part of a larger and ever expanding cluster of athletic and outdoor (A&O) companies, this growth has turned the region into the North American go-to industry hub.

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Ten Reasons to Visit Louisville for TrustBelt 2019

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Targeted incentives are fueling a surge in project activity across Washington.

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In 1994, the number was 5,193. A year later, it reached 6,522. In 1996, it broke 8,000. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, you ask? No. But reflective of the U.S. stock market?s bullish expansion during the past three years, corporate facility-location activity across the United States is on an equally torrid pace. In fact, Site […]

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Critical Mass

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Rio Rancho: The New Company Town

R IO RANCHO, N.M. – Driving along the highway from Albuquerque, N.M., to suburban Rio Rancho to the north, the first thing one notices hovering over the town is the giant corporate edifice of the Intel Corp.         Dominating the city landscape like the majestic Sandia Mountains to the east, Intel’s sprawling, […]

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Powerful Partnerships

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Newsmaker of the Month: St. Joe Company

W hen people think of Florida, most probably envision sandy white beaches, family-oriented theme parks and lots of retirement communities. When business people think of Florida, the hot spots of Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Orlando and Jacksonville readily come to mind.       But what about Northwest Florida — or the region locals like […]

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All Are Welcome in Washington

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Projects aimed at producing fuel from algae continue to advance around the globe with the help of private and government funding. If and when algae-based fuels become commercially viable on a large scale, New Mexico could be one of the major centers of production. Sapphire Energy has built a large research and development center in Las Cruces and plans to commission a 100-acre algae field this spring near the southern New Mexico town of Columbus.

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Mind Matters

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Project Bulletin: August 15, 2023

Only two weeks after announcing its intention to build a fifth U.S.-based vertically integrated photovoltaic solar module plant somewhere in the country (and one day after this Site Selection Snapshot highlighting a clean energy manufacturing surge), First Solar, Inc. on August 10 announced it had selected the Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for what is believed to be the single largest capital investment in the area’s history.

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Two for Two

Texas is two-thirds of the way to sweeping Site Selection's big three annual state rankings.

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