The American Real Estate Society (ARES) Real Estate Thought Leadership Collection
About the Book Series
The American Real Estate Society (ARES) Real Estate Thought Leadership Collection
Expertly curated by ARES leadership in partnership with Routledge, Taylor & Francis, the ARES Real Estate Thought Leadership Collection showcases cutting-edge scholarly research, practice-oriented textbooks, professional references, case studies, and other applications of research to everyday professional practice. Aimed at researchers, faculty, and industry practitioners, this portfolio of real estate resources is distinguished by scholarship, quality, and impact.
About The American Real Estate Society
The American Real Estate Society (ARES) is a leading producer of real estate research worldwide, with the mission of facilitating disciplinary innovation and knowledge exchange between real estate academy and industry constituents. Founded in 1985, ARES is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit association comprised of academic and professional real estate thought leaders from the United States and around the world. The society is dedicated to the advancement of real estate knowledge, education, and outreach, and to bridging the gap between real estate thought and practice.
ARES Publications
The American Real Estate Society promotes the global dissemination of research representing the forefront of critical thought in real estate, with findings applicable to all areas of industry, policy, education, and practice. ARES publishes a broad range of real estate topics within an international scope, including finance, economics, investment, business, development, housing, sustainability, and environmental and urban studies. ARES publications provide insider access to the latest high-level real estate research, case studies, reports, analyses, pedagogies, and reviews. These constitute an up-to-the-minute resource of interest and relevance to business decisionmakers, academic researchers and educators, industry professionals, and emerging real estate leaders.
ARES publishes six, peer-reviewed, academic journals in partnership with Routledge, Taylor & Francis that provide relevant and timely research of interest to real estate academics and practitioners worldwide: The Journal of Real Estate Research (JRER), Journal of Housing Research (JHR), Journal of Real Estate Literature (JREL), Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management (JREPM), Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education (JREPE), and Journal of Sustainable Real Estate (JOSRE). For more information visit: https://www.aresnet.org/page/ARES-Journal-Info#rjer
Conference
ARES hosts an academic and professional conference each spring in a unique travel destination that attracts real estate researchers from around the globe. The event features formal paper presentations, panels and roundtables, exhibitions, and social and networking events.
Membership
Membership in ARES includes the subscription to the journals, discounted conference registration, and many other benefits. For more information visit: https://www.aresnet.org/page/Benefits.
The Irvine Ranch: Fulfilling the Vision, 1977-2025
1st Edition
By H. Pike Oliver, C. Michael Stockstill
May 14, 2026
The Irvine Ranch: Fulfilling the Vision, 1977-2025 continues the story of the planning and development of the Irvine Ranch under a partnership of high-powered businessmen to the single ownership of Donald Bren. The Irvine Ranch transformed from an agricultural empire into the most successful New ...
The Future of Real Estate Education: From Pedagogy to Technology
1st Edition
Edited
By Karen M. McGrath, Elaine Worzala, Pernille H. Christensen
April 09, 2026
The Future of Real Estate Education: From Pedagogy to Technology brings together award-winning educators and researchers in the field to address the complexity and challenges of today’s real estate degree programs. Representing diverse disciplinary, geographic, and professional perspectives, the ...
Commercial Real Estate Analysis for Investment, Finance, and Development
4th Edition
By David M. Geltner, Norman G. Miller, Alex Van De Minne, Piet Eichholtz, Thies Lindenthal, Lily Shen
January 22, 2026
Commercial Real Estate Analysis for Investment, Finance and Development, a fully revised fourth edition of the authors’ leading textbook, presents the foundations of real estate investment analysis with the rigor of general finance and economics. This book introduces the essential building blocks ...
Transforming the Irvine Ranch: Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and the Big Plan
1st Edition
By H. Pike Oliver, C. Michael Stockstill
June 24, 2022
From citrus trees to spring breakers, Transforming the Irvine Ranch tells the story of Orange County’s metamorphosis from 93,000 acres of farmland into an iconic Southern California landscape of beaches and modernist architecture. Drawing on decades of archival research and their own years at the ...






