EVENTS
SIGNATURE EVENTS
The center offers a wide variety of events that help students discover the importance of Real Estate.
REAL ESTATE CAREER CONFERENCE
Students hear from a panel of young alumni and sit with professionals to learn about various career paths in the commercial real estate industry. The Conference allows students to begin building critical industry relationships.
DILELLA CENTER GOLF OUTING
Every August, the DiLella Center hosts its annual Golf Outing and Clinic at Union League National Golf Club in Cape May, NJ, which supports Center programs and funds student scholarships for the upcoming academic year.
IGNITE CHANGE CASE COMPETITION
The competition focuses on a social or environmental issue within the built environment and gives students of all backgrounds and majors a chance to connect, think creatively, and initiate conversations about real-world problems.
REAL ESTATE TREKS
Each year, the DiLella Center takes students on one and two-day treks to NYC, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, DC, Baltimore and more to visit alumni at leading real estate organizations and tour local development projects.
UPCOMING EVENTS
DC/Baltimore Real Estate Trek
Thursday, October 30(Full Day), 2025
Register: https://airtable.com/app2qAjLupC9c6pWY/pagIB09MckNe7WGDs/form
NYC Real Estate Trek
Monday, November 10(Full Day), 2025
Register: https://airtable.com/app2qAjLupC9c6pWY/pag9LlsLM4PjZ2Lhk/form
PwC Emerging Trends in Real Estate
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
5:00-8:00pm, ET
Bartley 1011, PwC Auditorium
Register: https://airtable.com/app2qAjLupC9c6pWY/pag0AuTcTYfKRMN1t/form
CBRE x Villanova Event
February 17, 2026
CBRE Radnor Office
Invitation Only
Mulroy Challenge
Thursday, April 9 & Friday, April 10, 2026
Center City, Philadelphia
www.mulroychallenge.org
Real Estate CFO Panel
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Bartley 1011, PwC Auditorium
Year-End Real Estate Student Recognition Dinner
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Overbrook Golf Club
Invitation Only
Year-End Real Estate Student BBQ
Friday, April 24, 2026
Location to be Announced
- 2025 Real Estate Career Conference
- 2025 DiLella Center Golf Outing
- The Closing Dinner 2025
- 2025 Mulroy Real Estate Challenge
- The Closing Dinner 2024
- 2024 Mulroy Real Estate Challenge
- 2023 DiLella Center Golf Outing
- 2023 Real Estate Career Conference
- The Closing Dinner 2023
- 2023 Mulroy Real Estate Challenge
- Ignite Change Panel on Affordable Housing
- 2022 Real Estate Career Conference
- 2022 Real Estate Career Conference Keynote Presentation
- 2022 DiLella Center Golf Outing
- 2022 Mulroy Real Estate Challenge
- 2022 Ignite Change Case Competition
- 2022 NYC High Line and Philly Rail Park Panel
- 2021 Panel on Gentrification in Philadelphia
- 2021 Real Estate Career Conference
- 2021 Fireside Chat with Ward Fitzgerald and Dean Russell
- 2021 DiLella Center Golf Outing
- 2020 Real Estate Career Conference
- 2020 Real Estate Speaker Series
- 2020 Mulroy Real Estate Challenge
- NYC Real Estate Trek and Alumni Reception
- CFO Forum
- Real Estate Career Conference featuring Gary Holloway, Jr.
- Tour of the Commons
- Villanova’s Celebration of Excellence in Real Estate
- Mulroy Real Estate Challenge
- Philly Real Estate Trek
- DC Real Estate Trek
Daniel M. DiLella Center for Real Estate
Villanova School of Business
800 East Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085
vsb.realestate@villanova.edu
Benjamin Scheick, PhD, '03 VSB
The Hovnanian Family Endowed
Chair in Real Estate
Associate Professor, Finance & Real Estate
Faculty Director, DiLella Center for Real Estate
benjamin.scheick@villanova.edu
Jessica Taylor
Director
jessica.taylor@villanova.edu
Carly Gulasarian Conrad
Assistant Director
carly.gulasarian@villanova.edu
Nova Next members are rising leaders within their organizations with 5-to-10 years of relevant industry experience. Nova Next serves to provide strategic guidance on the Center’s mission and activities, its impact on curricula at VSB, and the expansion of professional development opportunities available to VSB students in the field of real estate.
BECOME A MEMBER
Participate within the DiLella Center and stay in touch with classmates and form valuable relationships with other Villanova alumni.
SUPPORT THE CENTER
Your donations enable the DiLella Center to advance experiential learning opportunities, alumni engagement and thought leadership initiatives.
VILLANOVA REAL ESTATE
ALUMNI DATABASE
The DiLella Center values our alumni and is eager to stay connected. Please help us build our Villanova Real Estate Alumni Database by completing our survey. Survey participants will gain access to the database, allowing you to connect with fellow Villanovans and explore opportunities to support our undergraduate real estate students.
