On December 16th, eight MRED students [pictured below] presented their feasibility studies for their capstone projects to a panel of industry judges: Van Anderson, Senior Vice President, Revere Bank; Gerald Joseph, Founder and Principal, Joseph Development Company; John Lin, President and CEO, CapStar Commercial Realty; and Anthony Waddell, Vice President of Real Estate Development, Mid-Atlantic, Preservation of Affordable Housing.
Congratulations to Jennifer Chorosevic who took first place for her project, Dyeworks Park, Chicago, Illinois; Thomas Parker won second place for The Hilltop, Bladensburg, Maryland; Third place was awarded to Ariel Higgins for The Starboard, Bladensburg, Maryland, and an honorable mention went to Katie Sipos for Telegraph Hill, Bladensburg Maryland. The Bladensburg projects were mentored by Tim Pula, Vice President of Community Development, Beatty Development. Daniel Henson mentored dual degree student Robert Grooms, whose project was located on the East Side of Baltimore, and Dr. Susanne Cannon, mentored Ms. Chorosevic's project located on the South branch of the Chicago River. The Colvin Capstone Case Competition is a bi-annual competition in which graduating MRED students work on a semester-long development proposal in an assigned city. Dual degree students such as Ms. Chorosevic and Robert Grooms select projects that also are the subject of their architecture thesis. The projects are judged on the following criteria: financing, market analysis, entitlements, environmental impacts, construction, economic/social impacts, visual communication and oral presentation skills.