Author: Amy Herrick

MRED student Brendan Swinehart, received the SIOR Foundation Student Real Estate Experience Program scholarship in late January. The scholarship was given by the Carolinas Chapter of SIOR and the SIOR Foundation.

He was chosen out of six applicants (three from Clemson, three from UNC-Charlotte) to attend the SIOR International European Conference in Dublin, Ireland, July 15-17, 2020. As part of this scholarship, Brendan will be provided up to $4,000 of funding to cover conference attendance expenses for Dublin.

Swinehart is a May 2019 Clemson graduate with a double major in architecture and Chinese. He is interested in using his background in Chinese to assist Chinese and other international businesses invest in property in the United States for development. As an undergraduate student at Clemson, Brendan traveled to Asia and Europe and he is looking forward to traveling abroad again to explore Ireland while learning about his family’s heritage.

SIOR (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors) was founded in 1941 to assist in securing manufacturing facilities across the nation to put into service to support production needs for World War II. Scholarship eligibility requirements included 1) current undergraduate (junior or senior) or graduate student; 2) majoring in real estate, finance, business or economics with a career interest in commercial real estate; 3) 21 years of age at the conference start; and 4) possess a valid passport for the conference dates.

Learn more about SIOR here.

The program is proud to announce that Gabriel Lazcano, MRED December 2019 candidate, received a number of prominent industry scholarships in 2019. Lazcano received the following professional real estate industry scholarships:

Society of Real Estate Professionals Scholarship
Lazcano was one of eleven students selected for this scholarship. The annual scholarship is offered to eligible full-time undergraduate or graduate level students who are pursuing a career in real estate with the intent to relocate to Tampa Bay, FL after graduation.

NAIOP Diversity Scholarship
The NAIOP scholarship program supports students who are pursuing a degree in commercial real estate and is a key component of the association’s pledge to advance diversity in commercial real estate.

Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) Scholarship
The Pension Real Estate Association awards scholarships on an annual basis to promising students studying real estate at the undergraduate and graduate levels. These scholarships are awarded through PREA’s own scholarship program and financial need is considered in determining the amount of each award.

The Appraisal Institute Education and Relief Foundation (AIERF) Graduate Scholarship and the Minorities and Women Education Scholarship
The AIERF Graduate Scholarship is awarded on the basis of academic excellence and helps finance the educational endeavors of graduate students concentrating in real estate appraisal, land economics, real estate or allied fields and the AIERF Minorities and Women Education Scholarship helps minorities and women pursuing academic degrees in real estate appraisal or related fields.

Five Clemson University graduate students in the Master of Real Estate Development Program (MRED), the Master of City and Regional Planning Program (MCRP) and the Master of Historic Preservation Program (MSHP) get set in January 2019 to compete in the national ULI Hines Student Competition. In its 17^th year, teams of five students from at least three disciplines participate in the ideas competition to devise a “development program for a real site in a North American city, providing designs, market-based financial data, and related narratives.” (ULI Hines Student Competition)

The Clemson students competing as a multi-disciplinary team in this year’s challenge include Caitlin Coppinger (MCRP), Sean Dorsy (MRED), Alex Pemberton (MRED), James Poulnot (MRED), and Kendra Waters (MSHP). According to ULI, the competition “challenges students to collaborate across disciplines and imagine a better built environment.”

This year’s team will use the knowledge acquired during their academic years at Clemson University and various design, community planning, preservation and architecture experience each gained individually in their undergraduate education and careers before joining their respective graduate programs.

Each team will have two weeks for design their comprehensive design, January 14-28, 2019. The 2019 site is Cincinnati, Ohio. Toronto hosted the 2018 competition.

The winning team receives $50,000 and the finalist teams receive $10,000. Stay tuned for finalist team announcements in February 2019 and finalist teams presentation and winner announcements in April 2019.

Learn more about the ULI Hines Student Competition

Learn more about Clemson University’s MRED, MCRP, and MSHP Programs

The Clemson University Department of City Planning and Real Estate Development (CPRED) is excited to announce a simplified curriculum between its two departmental programs. Beginning in Fall 2018, students can pursue a Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) degree and a Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) degree as a shared program model.

The shared program model is made possible, in large part, to a recent annual fellowship created by James Michael Bihl (’02) and Jennifer Tropea Bihl (’99, M’ 00) that provides support for students whose professional interests and academic focus will further the integration of the planning, development, and traffic/transportation engineering fields to help build successful and sustainable communities. Students who are concurrently enrolled or enrolling in the MRED Program, and the MCRP Program, are eligible recipients of the James M. Bihl and Jennifer T. Bihl Annual Fellowship.

This fall, CPRED welcomed Kiersten Cedeno as the first student enrolled in the MRED/MCRP shared program curriculum and as the first recipient of the James M. Bihl and Jennifer T. Bihl Annual Fellowship. Kiersten is a June 2018 graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in architecture. From her architecture background, Kiersten is in not only interested in how specific architectural choices impact communities, but also how to view communities and their integrated pieces from a holistic lens. Kiersten will complete academic requirements in the MRED Program and then continue her academic requirements in MCRP.

Recipients of the James M. Bihl and Jennifer T. Bihl Annual Fellowship must meet the following residential criteria: 1) Graduated from a high school in South Carolina, North Carolina or Georgia; or 2) Obtained an undergraduate degree from an institution in South Carolina, North Carolina or Georgia; or 3) has established residency as defined by Clemson University in South Carolina, North Carolina, or Georgia continuously for at least the previous four years.

Future students interested in learning more about the shared program model, should contact CPRED department chair, Dr. John Gaber.

The faculty and staff in the department of City Planning and Real Estate Development are excited to welcome a new assistant professor beginning Fall 2018.

Stephen Buckman comes to Clemson University from the School of Public Affairs-Department of Urban Planning at the University of South Florida, where in 2017 he received a new researcher grant for his research, “Local First as Community Economic Resiliency: Local First Arizona and Local First Grand Rapids.” Professor Buckman completed his Ph.D. in Geography at Arizona State University, and will be teaching for the real estate development and city and regional planning programs. His research centers on resiliency pertaining to the built form in relation to economic, environmental, and social issues.

The May 4, 2018 issue of the Upstate Business Journal featured the work of Master of Real Estate Development student, Lawrence Black. Black, along with his wife Ashleigh, are transforming the Southern Bleachery site at Taylors Mill. Black is expected to graduate in August 2018.

Read the full article here.

December 2018 MRED candidate Brian Ordonez was selected on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 as a recipient of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® (SIOR) Student Experience Program Scholarship. Brian was one of two students chosen by the Carolinas SIOR Chapter to attend the upcoming 2018 SIOR Spring World Conference in Austin, Texas, April 11-14, 2018. A total of seven students from across the nation were selected to participate in the student experience program. Program recipients will be provided with up to $2,000 of funding to cover commercial real estate conference expenses, including registration, hotel and travel.