Two students from Waterloo Engineering took home the top prize from a recent international real estate case competition hosted by Ryerson University in Toronto.
Nathan Lee, a third-year civil engineering student, and Samantha Kerry, a third-year architectural engineering student, teamed up two students from other University of Waterloo faculties at the Expand Your Empire conference.
Samantha Kerry (l-r), Matthew Van Bakel, Kyson Vi and Nathan Lee represented the University of Waterloo in a recent real estate case competition.
The multi-disciplinary team had five weeks prior to the two-day conference to develop a comprehensive redevelopment proposal for a mixed-use parcel of land in the Greater Toronto Area.
Members then presented their plan – which included demographic analysis, 3D modelling and financial analysis, with a focus on transit – to a judging panel of industry professionals through multiple rounds of competition.
The Waterloo team took both first-place overall and an award for the most feasible design.
Students at the event, one of the largest real estate case competitions in North America, were challenged to focus on sustainable design.
Also on the Waterloo team were Matthew Van Bakel, a third-year planning student, and fourth-year accounting and financial management student Kyson Vi.