MIT School of Architecture and Planning
Self-Driving Cars and the Future of Real Estate: Challenges and Market Opportunities
Acquire an understanding of how mobility innovations will shape the future of real estate, while learning how to take advantage of the opportunities they create.
Start date
To be confirmed
Course duration
6 weeks
Excluding orientation
Language
English
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Effort
8–10 hours per week
Self-paced learning online
Course overview
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Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)
The real estate industry is undergoing disruption due to advancements in mobility changing how people live, work, and play. These changes significantly impact the demand for residential, commercial, and industrial properties in different areas of cities, and the response from developers will determine the financial performance and asset value of real estate products.
The Self-Driving Cars and the Future of Real Estate: Challenges and Market Opportunities online short course from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning (MIT SA+P) provides you with the knowledge and tools to strategically leverage real estate opportunities presented by new and future mobilities. The course offers a comprehensive understanding of the current state of the industry with regards to autonomous vehicles, on-demand delivery, ride-sharing, and micro-mobility. Led by MIT faculty and industry experts, you'll learn how mobility innovations are transforming real estate products and how self-driving vehicles will impact cities and the real estate market in the future. The program equips you with practical skills to navigate the rapidly evolving mobility landscape, identify opportunities, and address real estate market challenges.
Is this course for you?
This program is aimed at individuals who are looking to upgrade their skills to meet the demands of their current role as well as a rapidly changing industry. Professionals in the built environment, urban planning, and logistics management industries who want to learn how artificial intelligence (AI) and self-driving vehicles will impact urban developments, last mile delivery, and their occupations will also benefit from this course. Those with a background in finance, investment, or real estate will develop an understanding of the innovations in mobility, discover how these impact the real estate landscape, and learn to identify opportunities and avoid pitfalls. Professionals in the IT sector will discover ways in which they can apply their skills to developing products that link autonomous vehicle technology to the real estate market.
Course overview
Course overview
Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)
The real estate industry is undergoing disruption due to advancements in mobility changing how people live, work, and play. These changes significantly impact the demand for residential, commercial, and industrial properties in different areas of cities, and the response from developers will determine the financial performance and asset value of real estate products.
The Self-Driving Cars and the Future of Real Estate: Challenges and Market Opportunities online short course from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning (MIT SA+P) provides you with the knowledge and tools to strategically leverage real estate opportunities presented by new and future mobilities. The course offers a comprehensive understanding of the current state of the industry with regards to autonomous vehicles, on-demand delivery, ride-sharing, and micro-mobility. Led by MIT faculty and industry experts, you'll learn how mobility innovations are transforming real estate products and how self-driving vehicles will impact cities and the real estate market in the future. The program equips you with practical skills to navigate the rapidly evolving mobility landscape, identify opportunities, and address real estate market challenges.
Is this course for you?
This program is aimed at individuals who are looking to upgrade their skills to meet the demands of their current role as well as a rapidly changing industry. Professionals in the built environment, urban planning, and logistics management industries who want to learn how artificial intelligence (AI) and self-driving vehicles will impact urban developments, last mile delivery, and their occupations will also benefit from this course. Those with a background in finance, investment, or real estate will develop an understanding of the innovations in mobility, discover how these impact the real estate landscape, and learn to identify opportunities and avoid pitfalls. Professionals in the IT sector will discover ways in which they can apply their skills to developing products that link autonomous vehicle technology to the real estate market.
What will set you apart
A broad perspective of real estate’s future, including disruptions to commercial and residential properties, parking lots, curbsides, warehousing, and last mile delivery.
An understanding of how the growing investment in AI and self-driving vehicles is transforming the real estate industry.
The ability to leverage trends in micro-mobility, on-demand mobility, and self-driving vehicles for real estate investment opportunities.
A strategic plan that helps you understand the challenges and opportunities AI and autonomous cars might bring to the real estate industry and the broader built environment.
Exposure to real city case studies and industry-relevant tools, as well as practical skills that apply to your context.Course curriculum
Orientation module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Module 1
The future of mobility and real estate: Connections and disruptions
Module 2
Our changing cities: Micromobility, on-demand mobility, and the value of the curb
Module 3
Self-driving cars and their impact on residential and office markets
Module 4
Redefining retail and logistics: The impact of AI and autonomous delivery
Module 5
The impact of self-driving cars on parking real estate
Module 6
Artificial intelligence and new mobilities: Unlocking real estate value
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Faculty Director
Fábio Duarte
Principal Research Scientist, MIT Senseable City Lab, MIT Center for Real Estate
About the certificate
Uncover the transformative influence of mobility innovations on the real estate industry and earn an official MIT SA+P digital certificate.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.
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