Center Programs

The Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast delves into the underlying forces shaping the Los Angeles region's real estate markets. By developing comprehensive data on all aspects of public and private development, investment, planning and policymaking, the Forecast will help real estate owners, developers, investors and lenders, urban planners, policymakers and regulators, academics, and others make better investment decisions, deal structures, growth plans, policy decisions and market research.

The Ross Program in Real Estate is a set of intensive, comprehensive educational programs designed to provide urban entrepreneurs and professionals with the technical expertise and industry relationships needed to develop urban real estate projects in their communities. The only program of its kind in the nation, it was founded in 1993 and received an endowment gift from Stan and Marilyn Ross in 2003. The Ross Programs serves as the umbrella program for all of the urban development programs offered by the USC Lusk Center.