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Area/Catalogue
BUSS 5331

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Course Level
Postgraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Course ID
101283

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
School of Commerce

Course aim

To provide students with an appreciation of the entire process of property development and current issues in the industry. To enable students to carry out market research and preliminary feasibility study for residential, commercial, and industrial development.

Course content

Introduction to the property development process and participants; inception and refinement of the development idea through market research; the public roles and development approvals; the formal feasibility study; DCF applications in feasibility and lifecycle analysis; valuation of development land and incomplete property developments; financing the development; contracts, commitment and construction; completion, marketing and management; development of residential land subdivisions; development of retail property; development of hotel and mixed use property; development of office and industrial property; trends and issues in property development.

Textbook(s)

Miles, ME, Berens, GL, Eppi, MJ & Weiss, M.A 2007, Real Estate Development: Principle and Process, 4th edn, ULI - The Urban Land Institute, Washington DC

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
BUSS 5333 Property Valuation G

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External 3 hours equiv. x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Directed Study 3 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Case study, Examination, Weekly test

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

Dr Sharon Yam
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