Special Topics Course 11.S964

11.S964 (H3) Real Estate Private Equity

Faculty: Manish Srivastava

Time: H3 Fridays 2:00-4:30 pm (with some sessions extending to 5 pm)

Dates: 2/9/24-3/23/24

Room: TBD

Grade: P/D/F

Units: 3

Course Description:

This course is for students interested in understanding private market real estate transactions. It will cover a range of topics, including the formation of real estate private equity funds, investor profiles, capital raising, partnership and fee structures, return allocation mechanisms, waterfall calculations, taxation, and approaches to solving complex situations encountered by owners of private equity assets and investing in private asset-backed companies. Students will investigate real estate private equity transactions with an emphasis on whether to pursue a specific transaction or not based on its investment risks and merits. They will be expected to form well-reasoned arguments in support of their qualitative and quantitative positions with respect to some interesting transaction situations to be evaluated in this course.