Real estate research, education, and outreach
Shenehon Center for Real Estate
About the Shenehon Center for Real Estate
The Shenehon Center for Real Estate at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business serves as a resource to the real estate community. For more than 15 years, the center has been advancing interest in real estate issues, supporting the growth and development of real estate professionals, and fostering innovation and collaboration. We do this by:
- Creating and developing real estate leadership and management programs for undergraduate and graduate degree programs
- Providing a neutral forum to convene real estate professionals to share best practices
- Supporting and working with local real estate industry organizations
- Conducting real estate research
- Developing mechanisms to transfer leading edge business practices to the real estate industry
Contact
Andrew Babula
Shenehon Center Programming
Major in Real Estate Studies
If working in this exciting field is your goal, consider a St. Thomas BS in Real Estate Studies from the Opus College of Business.
In addition to core business courses, you’ll take concentration courses that cover market analysis, real estate law, finance and investments, property management, appraisal, and development. Our program gives you a solid background in general business practices, as well as real estate theory and application.
Real Estate Events
Real Estate Industry Update Breakfast
In partnership with Finance & Commerce, the Shenehon Center hosts a Real Estate Industry Update Breakfast every June. Stay tuned for more information about the 2023 event!
NAIOP University Challenge
This is an annual competition between undergraduate real estate departments and clubs from the University of St. Thomas and several other Universities from the Midwest.
Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame
Join us in celebrating the 2023 inductees to the Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame.
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
8:00am – 10:00am
Golden Valley Country Club
7001 Golden Valley Rd, Golden Valley, MN
Registration information will be available closer to the event.
Real Estate Alumni
The Real Estate Alumni Council is an organization of alumni and friends of the University of St. Thomas who are involved in the real estate industry. Members include those with an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or certificate in Real Estate as well as other University of St. Thomas alumni who work in the real estate industry. The Real Estate Alumni Council provides a critical role as a networking forum for alumni and connects the efforts of the Opus College of Business Real Estate Program and current students with alumni and the overall real estate industry.
For more information about the Real Estate Alumni Council, including upcoming events and how you can get involved, please email realestate@stthomas.edu or join our LinkedIn group
Major in Real Estate Studies
If working in this exciting field is your goal, consider a St. Thomas BS in Real Estate Studies from the Opus College of Business.
In addition to core business courses, you’ll take concentration courses that cover market analysis, real estate law, finance and investments, property management, appraisal, and development. Our program gives you a solid background in general business practices, as well as real estate theory and application.
Real Estate Events
Real Estate Industry Update Breakfast
In partnership with Finance & Commerce, the Shenehon Center hosts a Real Estate Industry Update Breakfast every June. Stay tuned for more information about the 2023 event!
NAIOP University Challenge
This is an annual competition between undergraduate real estate departments and clubs from the University of St. Thomas and several other Universities from the Midwest.
Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame
Join us in celebrating the 2023 inductees to the Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame.
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
8:00am – 10:00am
Golden Valley Country Club
7001 Golden Valley Rd, Golden Valley, MN
Registration information will be available closer to the event.
Real Estate Alumni
The Real Estate Alumni Council is an organization of alumni and friends of the University of St. Thomas who are involved in the real estate industry. Members include those with an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or certificate in Real Estate as well as other University of St. Thomas alumni who work in the real estate industry. The Real Estate Alumni Council provides a critical role as a networking forum for alumni and connects the efforts of the Opus College of Business Real Estate Program and current students with alumni and the overall real estate industry.
For more information about the Real Estate Alumni Council, including upcoming events and how you can get involved, please email realestate@stthomas.edu or join our LinkedIn group
Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame
The Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame was established to honor real estate leaders who have made significant contributions in real estate and demonstrated a passion for improving their community as a business leader.
The Shenehon Center for Real Estate honors members of the Minnesota real estate community with an induction into the Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame annually.
Click the button below to nominate a leader by June 15 for consideration for the next class of inductees. If you prefer to email a completed paper form, click here.
Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame Inductees
| Year | Inductees |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Bob Greenberg David Frauenshuh George Sherman Jean Kane |
| 2021 | Herb Tousley |
| 2019 | Alan Arthur Kim Culp Dennis Doyle Dan Engelsma Marjorie Nolan Ken Rothchild |
| 2018 | Tom Holtz |
| 2017 | Ralph Burnet |
| 2016 | Walter Nelson |
| 2015 | Dan Dolan |
| 2014 | George R. Karvel, Ph.D. Cyril “Cy” Kuefler, Sr. Jim Stanton |
| 2013 | Leonard Bisanz Helen Brooks Thomas Crowley M.A. Mortenson, Sr. Kenneth Stensby |
| 2012 | David Bell Robert Boblett, Sr. Philip Smaby Boyd Stofer |
| 2011 | The Dayton Brothers |
| 2010 | Tony Bernardi Lloyd Engelsma Gerald Rauenhorst William Reiling Jim Ryan Sam Thorpe, Sr. |