Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 NAIOP Executive Development (NED) Program!

On April 21^st NAIOP SFBA hosted the 36^th Annual Real Estate Challenge at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco. Cal and Stanford duked it out again to determine whose development plan would win the coveted Golden Shovel award! This year’s development project was Hunter Point and Candlestick Park, as part of a bid to host the Expo World's Fair 2035 in San Francisco. Coaching the Cal team to victory was Bill Falik, Managing Partner, Westpark Communities and Abigail Franklin, UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Team members included Ashley Gaur, Kendenn Rose, Dan Whelan, Joe Wilson, and Sirui Zhou.

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