The Master of Real Estate Development program at the David Eccles School of Business has always been a unique entity in higher education. It offers its students hands-on real-estate and development practice through the Utah Real Estate Challenge and other competitions. It features a faculty combining academic excellence and top-tier industry experience. It’s a joint program offered through the business school and the U’s [...]
MRED Around the World student Evan Hyde chimes in from the team's last stop of the trip--Paris. He writes: The team spent a final day exploring Paris, France. Remnants of "Delhi belly" and persistent jet lag made for a weary group, but we kept it together for two final meetings in the city of baguettes and fromage. First up on Thursday was a meeting [...]
MRED Around the World student Christian Traeden writes about the team's time in Dubai: Our only full day in Dubai was filled with some amazing meetings with some of the top players in this unimaginably opulent and over the top city. The best way to describe Dubai would be "biggest and best." The biggest this, and the best that, surrounds you at every turn. [...]
MRED Around the World student Joe Evans writes about the group's travel from India to Dubai, and encountering the world's tallest building, among other unusual sites: Today was an "in-between" day for the MRED Around the World travel crew. We had no professional visits scheduled, but with an airport, a flight, and a timezone change, it was a long, hard day of world travel. [...]
MRED Around the World student Michael Glauser writes from a rare quiet day on the journey, this time in Bangalore: On Sunday, we didn't have any real estate visits, so we filled our time with other interesting things. A few of us went on an adventure to find the LDS church, while others lounged, did laundry, went on a run, and ate breakfast. Following the [...]
MRED Around the World student Joseph Powell offers a short update about the group's trip from Hong Kong to India: This non-stop day came early and left us exhausted. Our flight out of Hong Kong the night before got delayed by four hours. We didn't end up getting to our hotel until 7 a.m. After a quick couple hours of sleep, we were off [...]
MRED Around the World student Dejan Eskic writes about the group's last night in Shanghai, China: Shanghai is a city that has boomed in the last 15 years. The city consists of two main parts, Puxi (the old Shanghai), and Pudong. What used to be farmland is now home to some of the most expensive real estate and some of the tallest buildings in [...]
MRED Around the World student Christian Traeden writes about the group's first day in China: Our first full day in Shanghai started quickly. China so far has a much different feel than South Korea. Controlled chaos comes to mind, but I'm sure if you read or speak Mandarin life is much easier. Luckily we have Amy from ISA to help us navigate. On our way [...]
MRED Around the World student Even Hyde produced a little video to capture the scenes of Hong Kong. Take a look: http://vimeo.com/94724827
MRED Around the World student Michael Glauser writes about the tricky travel between South Korea and China: Today was a day unlike any other thus far--it was our first travel day as a group. After the usual excellent breakfast at the Seoul Ramada, we headed to Incheon to board our plane at the world's best airport, ranked No. 1 for nine years running. On [...]