College of Architecture and Planning

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Category: Urban Planning

  • Student NAIOP winners

    Planning Students Win Real Estate Contest
    November 20, 2019 by

    Four students in the Department of Urban Planning recently won the NAIOP-ULI intercollegiate real estate challenge, defeating teams from three business schools. This year’s challenge was to propose and justify a redevelopment, including legal, market, financial and operational feasibility analysis, for the former Broad Ripple High School site in Indianapolis. Their plan included high-end condominiums […]

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  • Field trip 2019: Carolinas
    October 27, 2019 by

    By Sarah Murray, BUPD 2020 Field trip week is always one of my favorite weeks of the year. The Charlotte, NC, and Greenville, SC, trip was definitely the best of all the trips I have taken with CAP. In Charlotte, NC, we visited the Levine Museum of the New South, the development of the light […]

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  • Planning Junior Elected APA Representative
    September 9, 2019 by

    By Batul Ather, BUPD 2021 In late August, I had the honor of being elected to the American Planning Association’s Student Representative Council as their Region IV  Representative. Words could not describe my excitement and eagerness to serve such a prestigious role. As a representative, I am tasked with organizing programs and conferences, communicating with […]

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  • Students Craft Renter’s Handbook
    August 15, 2019 by

    Muncie renters who experience problems with their housing situation have a new tool to help them negotiate outcomes with their landlords. Students in the Ball State University Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning program, under the direction of John West, worked with community residents on the south side of Muncie to gather information and produce […]

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