Books about real estate development

Written By H. Pike Oliver

These four books offer useful information and perspectives on real estate development.

  • Miles, M., Netherton, L., & Schmitt, A. (2015). Real Estate Development: Principles and Process (5th ed.). Urban Land Institute. 

  • Peiser, R.B.. (2019) Real Estate Development: The ULI Guide to the Business (3rd ed.). Urban Land Institute

  • Krone, D.L. (2016) Land Development (10th ed.) Builder Books

  • Schmitz, A. (2004) Residential Development Handbook  (4th ed.) Urban Land Institute

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) offers a comprehensive series of books on other aspects of real estate development, including multi-family housing, office, industrial, retail, and mixed-use development. These can be found at the online ULI Bookstore.

H. Pike Oliver

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, H. Pike Oliver has worked on real estate development strategies and master-planned communities since the early 1970s, including nearly eight years at the Irvine Company. He resided in the City of Irvine for five years in the 1980s and nine years in the 1990s.

As the founder and sole proprietor of URBANEXUS, Oliver works on advancing equitable and sustainable real estate development and natural lands management. He is also an affiliate instructor at the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington.

Early in his career, Oliver worked for public agencies, including the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research where he was a principal contributor to An Urban Strategy for California. Prior to relocating to Seattle in 2013, Oliver taught real estate development at Cornell University and directed the undergraduate program in urban and regional studies. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the American Planning Association and a founder and emeritus member of the California Planning Roundtable.

Oliver is a graduate of the urban studies and planning program at San Francisco State University and earned a master’s degree in urban planning at UCLA.

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