Real Estate Development: Principles and Process 3rd Edition

Ideal for those new to real estate development, this comprehensive reference book offers a thorough and practical introduction. Using an eight-stage model of the development process, the authors explain idea conception, feasibility, planning, financing, market analysis, contract negotiation, construction, and asset management. Ongoing case studies of an office and a multifamily development provide realistic examples.

Mike E. Miles, PhD

A seasoned professional, Mike Miles provides insight and expertise developed from a well rounded career in both the private sector and academia.

He has been the portfolio manager for the Fidelity Real Estate Asset Manager, a series of institutional investment vehicles that combine public securities with direct real estate ownership, and has also been executive vice president of the Prudential Realty Group and managing director of Prudential Real Estate Investors.

Miles has also held full-time academic positions at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Hawaii-Manoa.

He is a prolific author and has written several textbooks and monographs on real estate economics, as well as more than 50 journal articles.

Miles is past president of both the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries and the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association.

Gayle Berens

Currently vice president of real estate development practice for the Urban Land Institute, Berens directs the publications and education programs related to the practice of real estate and land development-from commercial to residential to parks. She also directs and develops university-related programs for ULI, including the academic fellows program.

Berens in the coauthor of several books, including Urban Parks and Open Spaces, and all three editions of Real Estate Development: Principles and Processes.

Marc A. Weiss, PhD

Marc Weiss is a senior fellow at the Center for National Policy, a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and president of Metropolitan Investment Strategies in Washington, D.C. He recently served as special assistant to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, senior advisor to the director of the District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development, coor