--- title: Walter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for... description: Walter Torous, senior lecturer at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning and MIT Sloan, has been named executive director of the MIT Center for Real... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/walter-torous-named-executive-director-of-mit-center-for-real-estate-2o25wro5d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Walter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for Real Estate | daily.dev og:description: Walter Torous, senior lecturer at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning and MIT Sloan, has been named executive director of the MIT Center for Real... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/walter-torous-named-executive-director-of-mit-center-for-real-estate-2o25wro5d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2o25Wro5D.png og:image:alt: Walter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for Real Estate og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Walter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for Real Estate **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Walter Torous, senior lecturer at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning and MIT Sloan, has been named executive director of the MIT Center for Real Estate effective July 1, 2026, succeeding Siqi Zheng. He will continue directing the Master of Science in Real Estate Development program while overseeing teaching, fundraising, and strategic direction, working alongside newly named faculty chair Justin Steil. Torous plans to expand the MSRED curriculum across MIT departments and grow AI and technology content, citing machine learning research on mortgage defaults and the commercial office market post-pandemic. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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