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1. Case | HBS Case Collection | February 2013 (Revised June 2017)

   Project Sun Devil and Project Paris

   Nori Gerardo Lietz

   Tony Lee is preparing to present a project to the investment committee of Howard Street Capital. He will be recommending an investment in Project Sun Devil, a high-quality 225-unit student housing rental property near Tempe, Arizona. Tony Lee will compete for capital against the other project on the investment committee's agenda, Project Paris. Project Paris, a very different type of real estate transaction, is a hybrid mezzanine investment in the acquisition of a residential real estate services firm headquartered in France. The case provides an overview of the two projects.

   Keywords: general management; financial analysis; return on assets; accounting; performance measurement; Financial ratios; return on equity; financial statements; Profitability analysis; Portfolio Investment; portfolio management; real estate; Property; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Real Estate Industry; United States;

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   Lietz, Nori Gerardo. "Project Sun Devil and Project Paris." Harvard Business School Case 213-078, February 2013. (Revised June 2017.)  View Details

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2. Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | June 2017

   Project Sun Devil and Project Paris

   Nori Gerardo Lietz and Alexander W. Schultz

   Tony Lee is preparing to present a project to the investment committee of Howard Street Capital. He will be recommending an investment in Project Sun Devil, a high-quality 225-unit student housing rental property near Tempe, Arizona. Tony Lee will compete for capital against the other project on the investment committee's agenda, Project Paris. Project Paris, a very different type of real estate transaction, is a hybrid mezzanine investment in the acquisition of a residential real estate services firm headquartered in France. The case provides an overview of the two projects. Teaching Note for HBS No. 213-078.

   Keywords: general management; financial analysis; return on assets; accounting; performance measurement; Financial ratios; return on equity; financial statements; Profitability analysis; Portfolio Investment; portfolio management; real estate; Property; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Analysis; Real Estate Industry; United States;

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   Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Alexander W. Schultz. "Project Sun Devil and Project Paris." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 217-086, June 2017.  View Details

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