Corcoran Center in the News
Wanted: All Sorts of People in Real Estate
09-21-2022
With rising interest rates, stubbornly high prices, and sagging demand, is this any time to plot out a career in real estate? You bet, said alumni and others brought together by the Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action. Nearly 150 students turned up for the center’s annual event, Launching Your Real Estate Career, which featured a job-market analysis by Carroll School of Management real estate professor Edward Chazen along with a panel of five recent Boston College alumni working in the industry.
All-Women's Team Wins Corcoran Case Competition
04-20-2022
For the first time, Boston College’s Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action has named an all-women team from Penn State as the winner of its fourth annual affordable housing case competition, Boston Real Estate Times reports.
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Making Real Estate Work for Everyone
04-12-2022
At a time when the housing crisis appears to be deepening in the United States, the Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action brought together undergraduate students around the country to tackle the issue of affordability at the center’s fourth annual case competition.
Tackling Affordable Housing Crisis
03-28-2022
Boston College’s Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action announced that it has kicked off its fourth annual Case Competition focusing on the affordable housing crisis.
Our Zip Code, Our Fate
12-14-2021
At a time when the world’s attention is fixed on global challenges such as COVID and climate, two Carroll School centers have launched a conversation about something closer to home—what happens within a half-mile of where we live. Leaders from a pioneering national organization, Purpose Built Communities, spoke about reversing the fortunes of distressed urban communities at the annual Jane Jacobs Lecture presented by the Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action and the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics.
Corcoran Case Competition Goes National
04-22-2021
Participation in the third annual Corcoran Center Case Competition jumped from 28 teams in 2020 to 45 this spring, as Boston College opened the competition to other universities (via Zoom) for the first time. Undergraduate groups from ten universities, including Cornell, Villanova, and University of California, Berkeley, joined BC students in crafting proposals to build affordable housing for senior citizens on a surface parking lot in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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New Awards Recognize Socially Distanced Service
11-17-2020
The Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action has launched a new initiative to encourage both undergraduates and faculty at Boston College to engage with and serve their local communities remotely. The Center’s new Community Engagement Awards will provide monetary support to students and faculty who submit winning proposals for high-impact service, teaching, or scholarship activities that engage Boston’s urban neighborhoods virtually.
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In Memoriam: Joseph E. Corcoran '59, H'09
06-01-2020
Joseph E. Corcoran '59, H'09, a Boston-born pioneer in the development of mixed-income housing and Boston College graduate who shared his talents and generosity in service to his alma mater, died on June 3. He was 84.