MIT’s Center for Real Estate (CRE) provides breakthrough knowledge for organizations to capitalize on today’s dynamic real estate markets and technologies. Paired with the MITs tradition of excellence in technology, knowledge transfer, and global reach, CRE’s research and education initiatives help train practitioners to build responsibly and profitably.
 
CRE is home to a specialized, globally recognized, first in the nation, one-year Master of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED) program.  Our industry members bridge academia and industry to allow for more informed decision-making and the implementation of best practices.  In addition, the CRE has a global network that links the real estate industry with Center graduates and with MIT’s leading-edge research in science and technology.
 
Founded by prominent real estate developer and MIT alumnus, Charles “Hank” Spaulding CE ’51 in 1983, CRE was created to improve the quality of the built environment and to promote a more informed professional practice in the global real estate industry.