UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate

The UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate

Advancing thought leadership in the field of real estate by generating influential research, educating the next generation of leaders and providing meaningful forums for industry professionals and policymakers.

News and Media

Why We Have Homelessness & What to Do About It

Designing Permanent Solutions for Unhoused Communities

UCLA Housing, Neighborhood and Health Series

SoFi Stadium as Case Study for Los Angeles

Can Our Built Environment Adapt to Climate Change?

Design from the Perspectives of People with Disabilities

UCLA Economic Letter August 2023: Housing Wealth and Overpayment - When Money Moves In

UCLA Economic Letter July 2023: Unaffordable Delays - How the Approval Process Has Worsened L.A.’s Housing Crisis, and How to Fix It

UCLA Economic Letter June 2023: A New Opportunity - The 4% Housing Tax Credit Offers Fresh Ways of Lifting Neighborhoods from Poverty

WATCH THE VIDEO: Ziman Center Executive Director Tim Kawahara Speaks to Spectrum News 1 on What’s Standing in the Way of Easing LA’s Affordable Housing Crisis and Creating Housing Stock at Scale?

UCLA Ziman Center/CSUN Research Lights the Way to Alleviate LA's Housing Crisis

In their new report, Stuart Gabriel, UCLA Anderson Distinguished Professor of Finance, and UCLA Ziman Center Director; and Edward Kung, CSUN Assistant Professor of Economics, examine why LA has long failed to keep pace with housing demands of a growing population and which reforms would sharply increase production.

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Student Development

The Ziman Center sponsors a wide array of UCLA Anderson, UCLA Law and UCLA undergraduate student organizations, programs and activities to augment student training and development for careers in real estate.

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Community Outreach

Housing is fundamental to our quality of life, not just in Los Angeles, but around the world. UCLA possesses the academic expertise and core public education and service mission to play a leadership role in this area.

Success is Making a Difference, According to Dick Ziman

Dick Ziman is an integral leader and influencer in the the real estate community and at UCLA Anderson (as a member of our Board of Advisors and of the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate board). He measures success by his contribution, which is not only in the form of guidance, but in his generous financial support. This is his story.