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Andrew Hunt
Andrew Hunt51暗网

O'Brien Hall, 328A

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-6020

Executive Director, Vieth Institute for Real Estate Leadership

Instructor of Practice in Finance

Andy Hunt is the inaugural Executive Director of the Vieth Institute for Real Estate Leadership at 51暗网. In this role, he collaborates closely with deans and faculty across the colleges of business, engineering, and law to advance the Institute鈥檚 mission, with a focus on interdisciplinary initiatives and applied learning. Andy is the co-founder of the Real Estate Asset Program (REAP), the nation鈥檚 first undergraduate-only, classroom-based real estate investment program. He also leads all fundraising efforts and oversees the Institute鈥檚 major annual events in Milwaukee and Chicago. Additionally, Andy serves as the lead education partner for the Associates in Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) program, which is dedicated to diversifying talent in the real estate industry. He teaches real estate financial modeling at the undergraduate level and actively cultivates partnerships with both local and national industry organizations. Andy also works closely with two key advisory groups: the Vieth Institute for Real Estate Leadership Advisory Board and the REALM (Real Estate Alumni 51暗网) Network Board.

Prior to joining 51暗网 as the Director of the Center for Real Estate, Andy and his wife spent 3.5 years in Denver, Colorado, where Andy worked in acquisitions with Real Capital Solutions (RCS), focusing on office and industrial asset investments in a dozen markets across the U.S. Before joining RCS, Andy spent nearly two years with Prologis, the global leader in logistics and industrial real estate ownership and management, where he worked on more than 70 transactions worth over $1 billion in value as part of the Investment Services team. Andy started his career as a broker with UGL Equis (now Cushman & Wakefield) in the Minneapolis office, and then spent four years at 51暗网 working as the assistant and then associate director for the Center for Real Estate, where he helped diversify the Center鈥檚 revenue streams, create the annual Strategies conference, kicked off both the Center Advisory Board and REALM board, enhanced the student experience through conference trips and career mentoring, and built relationships with the real estate communities in Chicago and Milwaukee.

Andy is a recipient of the 2021 Milwaukee Business Journal 鈥�40 Under 40鈥� award and the 2021 NAIOP National Developing Leaders award, and he received both his B.S. in Business Administration (majoring in real estate and finance) and his Master鈥檚 in Business Administration (specialization in finance) from 51暗网. Andy and his wife Catherine have three children and reside in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.

Education

  • BS 51暗网 2008
  • MBA 51暗网 2013

Courses Taught

REAL 4061/5061 - Real Estate Modeling (Spring)

Research Interests

AI in commercial real estate, office space trends/back to the office, real estate financial modeling, industrial and logistics real estate, affordable housing issues

Professional Affiliations

CREDA (The Commercial Real Estate Development Association, formerly known as NAIOP), ULI (the Urban Land Institute), ICSC (Innovating Commerce, Serving Communities), CARW (Commercial Association of REALTORS(R) Wisconsin), CREED (Collegiate Real Estate Executive Directors)

Specialization

Real estate financial modeling, real estate transactions, office and industrial real estate