Law and Regulations in Real Estate Development

Offers a hands-on approach to understanding how land use and environmental laws and regulations affect development patterns and applying land development laws in real-life scenarios. Exploration of how real estate projects are modified by local government and land development laws and regulations through planning stages, design process, and entitlement process; and how these laws and processes ultimately shape the look and feel of the built environment. Students come to understand the legal framework and entitlement process for developing real estate projects. Students gain the ability to identify, analyze, and apply the land use regulations affecting a given piece of property, including how environmental laws and regulations governing the physical environment—such as contamination and wetlands—affect the development process and potential of the site.

Letter grading.