Case Competition
The Future of Housing
The Corcoran Center Case Competition is a real estate case competition centered on affordable housing. It is open to undergraduates nationally. Workshops prepare students for the interdisciplinary challenge of creating a development based on a real-world site and project that makes economic and social returns for the community, residents, and development team
How It Works
The annual housing development case competition affords undergraduates an opportunity to compete, develop their knowledge, and learn from experts in the field through the analysis of an affordable housing real estate case. All competition activities are virtual. The registration deadline is final, late registrations are not accepted.
The competition is open to full-time undergraduate students currently enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities (not open to graduate students). Teams consist of 3–5 students. All team members must be from the same school.
The Case Competition includes two virtual workshops, taught by industry experts, that teach the material required to complete the case. You do not need to have taken prior courses in real estate to participate.
After completing the two workshops, teams prepare solutions to the case. Four finalist teams are selected anonymously by a panel of judges. These finalists are given the opportunity to revise their submissions after consultation with an industry expert mentor.
The finalist teams present their proposed development via 15 minute virtual presentations to a panel of industry leaders, who deliberate, offer feedback, and select the winner.
$10,000 in Prizes
- $5,000 — First Place Team
- $3,500 — Second Place Team
- $1,500 — Third Place Team
First-round judges will award Honorable Mention to teams not selected to the finals. Additional teams, as determined by the finalist judges, will recieve an Honorable Mention and awards.
2024 6th Annual Corcoran Center Case Competition
6th Annual Case Competition Winners
First Place: Logikon Capital, University of Wisconsin
Jessica Pientka, Brenna Paul, Krishna Kashian, Shane Donohue, Georgia Goff
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Third Place: AffordaBuilt Development Group, Florida State University
Sophie Michaud, Patrick Pugliese, Davis Broadaway, Andres Cabral, Jovan Victor
Second Place: City Lighters, Boston College
Weiya Wang, Yiyao Huang, Fengkai Dong, Jiwon Kim, Brian Le Heng Yeung
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Fourth Place: Compass Development, Roger Williams University
Daniel Fontana, Charles McGowan, Bryce Riccitelli, Stephen Nalessnik, Liam Lacchi
Past Competitions
2023 Corcoran Center Case Competition Winners
WILK Development, Temple University
Nathan Wakefield, Jake Lewis, Brianna Boughton, Taylor Henry, Luis Engleton-Sapon
2022 Corcoran Center Case Competition Winners
LEAH Development, Pennsylvania State University
Emma Shaw, Alycia Fournier, Hope Urbanovsky, and Lauren Knopf
Watch the 2022 Case Competition Finals
Photo: Rose Lincoln
Congratulations to Team ACE Real Estate - 2021 Corcoran Center Case Competition Winners
Alexander Felitto CSOM '24
Eva Van Pelt CSOM '22
Catherine Van Pelt CSOM '24
Second Place: CHG Development
Third Place: Stone Hill Development
The competition was kicked off by Congressmen Joe Kennedy III.
Lack of affordable Housing is a national crisis
The United States loses over 125,000 units of affordable housing each year. The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) is crucial to combating the affordable housing crisis.
Keith James, a Partner at Inland Group, leads a case workshop. Keith has over 20 years of experience in real estate development.