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Loope announced he was out in an e-mail sent May 11 to supportersand colleagues. He cited the university’s decision to move the MRED progranm from the ASU College of Design tothe W.P. Careg School of Business as the reason forthe change. “Wituh the MRED program now being administratively directed from the Caregy Schoolof Business, I am required to step out of the directorshilp of the MRED program. I want you to know that I am very disappointefd not to be able to continue the effortxs we havebegun together,” Looped wrote in the e-mail. Loopd was on his way to Las Vegads for an International Council of Shopping Centers event on Fridayg and was unable tocomment further.
Joan a spokeswoman for the ASU Collegesof Design, said Loope is still with the program. “There’xs an ongoing relationship. He’s out of the director but he’s not out of MRED or she said. Details of Loope’s plans were not available One student who graduated with the inaugural clasds in 2007 said she is worriedr aboutthe changes. “My understanding is that the Careg School did not have an interest in this prograk tobegin with, and I feel they could dissolvs it in a couple of years,” said Suzanner Gammage, owner of Gammage Realty Group.
Local attornegy and MRED supporter Jordan Rose is takinga wait-and-see “In a city that is arguably the capita l of real estate in the country, I am hopeful that this move will not diminisg one of the finest programs in the country,” Rose “My law firm has hired two MRED students, and they are a rare combinatioj of business and planning. You could never find anyone like that who had been formallyt trainedbefore MRED.” Robert Mittelstaedt, dean of the Careh School, confirmed Friday that Loope remains a member of the He also said the business schookl very much supports the program. “We at W.P. Careyg were involved in MRED fromthe beginning.
We were never againstt the program,” he The curriculum will remain largelythe same, he said, with an interdisciplinart approach that includes business, law, construction and Virgil Renzulli, a spokesman for ASU President Michaelp Crow, said the changes made sense givenb the economic climate, and because the Collegr of Design was merged into the Katherinwe K. Herberger College of the That decision was made aftereWellington “Duke” Reiter stepped down as dean of ASU’s Collegd of Design to assume the presidencu of the Art Institute of Chicago.
“Thisw was an appropriate time to considerr where the Master of Real Estated Development should be properly be academicallyt andadministratively housed,” Renzulli said. “MRED is being moverd administratively tothe W.P. Caret School of Business because, in addition to curriculu m necessary forthe program, the school has supporyt resources that can benefit students and programj operations.
” Renzulli did not comment on Loope’s statuws with the university, but said, “Ryv Loope has completed his normakl three-year appointment as Professor Michael Mokwa has been appointed interim and a search has begun for a new