During the week of Notre Dame’s first home football game, FIRE kicked off the 2026-27 academic year with two signature events that brought students, employers, alumni, faculty, and industry leaders together on campus.

For three weeks this summer, a select group of Notre Dame students traded the classroom for construction sites, development projects, temples, jungles and the waters of Thailand.

A team of Notre Dame students earned second place in one of the largest student competitions in commercial real estate.

The Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate (FIRE) has partnered with BL Next to provide training for Notre Dame student-athletes pursuing careers in real estate.

Seven Notre Dame students minoring in real estate are interning for mission-driven real estate organizations around the country this summer. This summer’s cohort of placements includes both Catholic dioceses and faith-based affordable housing developers. While each internship is distinct, a...

This year, 160 students are graduating with the minor, and they come from 20 different majors. Not only Finance and Economics, but also Architecture, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Psychology, Neuroscience, Sociology, Global Affairs, American Studies, and more. That range is...

On February 23, 2026, the University of Notre Dame’s Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate (FIRE) hosted Athletes in Real Estate, a program designed to help student-athletes explore how their competitive experience can translate into commercial real estate careers.

We are thrilled to announce a landmark moment for the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate. FIRE has officially joined the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame!

Ming Hu, associate dean for research, scholarship and creative work at the University of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture, has been named a 2026 AIA/ACSA Practice and Leadership Award winner.

The University of Notre Dame’s Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate (FIRE) is launching FIRE Ignite, a professional readiness accelerator designed to prepare undergraduate students for careers in commercial real estate, after a soft-launch in the Fall of 2025.

A recent research paper, House Search Traffic: Does It Matter?, was published in The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics by Professor Davin Raiha of the University of Notre Dame, along with co-authors Professor Dongshin...

Last summer, FIRE’s Church Properties Initiative (CPI) piloted a diocesan internship program to support the real estate management of the Catholic Church. By providing interns to support diocesan real estate offices, CPI was simultaneously increasing the capacity of these offices...

On September 12, 2025, more than 400 alumni, students, faculty, and friends gathered in McKenna Hall for the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate’s (FIRE) largest event to date, the 2025 FIRE Fall Kickoff & Coppola Family Real Estate Speaker Series....

This summer, four real estate students interned with diocesan real estate offices, experiencing the daily cadence of these powerful and important ministries.

What happens when you bring together students of real estate, architecture, engineering, social science, psychology and global affairs to confront one of the world’s greatest challenges—sustainability in the built environment? At the University of Notre Dame, the answer is a...

The Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate (FIRE) at the University of Notre Dame is proud to celebrate the graduation of another impressive cohort of students in the real estate minor. In 2025, 119 students will graduate with the minor, with...

Notre Dame participated in the 2025 Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation Real Estate Challenge in Chicago, represented by both graduate and undergraduate teams. Competing against 25 top schools, students developed proposals for a major redevelopment project in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. 

On October 4, 2024, the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate (FIRE) and the Real Estate Club of Notre Dame (REND) led 54 undergraduate students on a career trek to Chicago to explore the city’s diverse real estate firms. The one-day...

On Monday, March 24th, 2025, the University of Notre Dame’s Murello Center for Career Development and the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate (FIRE) co-hosted an informational workshop tailored specifically to current and former student-athletes looking to explore a career in...

The University of Notre Dame's Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate (FIRE) hosted the FIRE Florida Invitational at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida on Friday, March 14, 2025. This event brought together real estate industry leaders, academics, and students to learn...