GLENN R. MUELLER, Ph.D.
Professor – Denver University, F.L. Burns School of Real Estate & Construction Management-RECM
Dr. Mueller is teaching investment, development and real estate capital markets (REIT & CMBS) courses. He chairs
the school’s Appointment, Promotion & Tenure (APT) committee & is a member of Daniels College APT committee.
The real estate program started in 1938 and offers undergraduate (BS) and graduate (MS & MBA) degrees in real estate
and construction management (RECM), as well as an executive MS degree.
Real Estate Investment Strategist – Dividend Capital Group
Dr. Mueller provides Real Estate Market Cycle Research and Investment Strategy for Dividend Capital and Black
Creek’s Institutional Real Estate Investment Groups, Non-Traded and Public REIT groups. He was also investment
committee chairman of Dividend Capital Investments from 2005 to 2008 when the fund was sold
Chairman of the Board of Directors – European Investors Inc. - REIT Fund, 2014 - present
Advisory Board Member – Arden Real Estate Group – Institutional Opportunistic Real Estate Fund, 2014 - present
Visiting Professor - Harvard University - 2002 to present & summer executive education semesters.
Dr. Mueller has 39 years of real estate industry experience, including 30 years of research. Mueller's research
experience includes: public and private market investment strategies, real estate market cycle analysis, real estate
securities analysis (REITs), real estate capital markets, portfolio, investment and diversification analysis. In
addition, he has performed specific macro- and micro-economic level analyses, both nationally and internationally, on
the office, industrial, apartment, retail, hotel, and senior housing REIT sectors. He has published 95 articles including:
33 articles on investment strategy & portfolio management, 23 articles on REITS and 14 articles on real estate cycles.
He has also published his quarterly Real Estate Market Cycle research report since 1992.
Dr. Mueller was Co-Editor of the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management 2000-2014. He received Richard
Radcliff Award for Groundbreaking Research in Real Estate Market Cycles by The American Real Estate Society in
2010, the Graaskamp Award for Research Leadership from the American Real Estate Society in 2004 and the
Graaskamp Award for Research Excellence from the Pension Real Estate Association in 2001. He has published 95
articles that have appeared in top academic and industry publications such as: The Journal of Real Estate Research,
The Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, Real Estate Finance, Institutional Real Estate Securities, Real Estate
Review, Urban Land, and has won five national awards for some of his articles. He is also a member of the editorial
board of a number of major real estate industry publications, including: the Journal of Real Estate Research, Real
Estate Portfolio, the Real Estate Capital Markets Report, Institutional Real Estate Securities, The Journal of Applied
Real Property Analysis, PREA Digest, and the Journal of Real Estate Literature. In addition, he has been a contributing
editor to Real Estate Finance, Forecast Magazine, and The Handbook of Real Estate Portfolio Management. He is a
frequent presenter of real estate research at national and international conferences on topics ranging from market cycle
analysis, to portfolio strategies, to investment analysis and real estate securities analysis.
Prior to Denver University and Dividend Capital, Mueller was a professor at Johns Hopkins University and Colorado
State University (endowed chair holder). He has held top research positions at Legg Mason (head of REIT research
group), Price Waterhouse, ABKB/LaSalle Investment Management, and Prudential Real Estate Investors. He
was also a developer/builder in New England. Mueller holds a B.S.B.A. with finance major from the University of
Denver, an MBA from Babson College, and a Ph.D. in Real Estate from Georgia State University.
Mueller is also:
Investment Advisory committee member at National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT)
Fellow of the Homer Hoyt Advanced Studies Institute, Weimer School
Board Member of the American Real Estate Society (ARES) 1995-2014 and a past president (1997/8)
Member - American Real Estate & Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) and past director (1996/1999)
Research Committee -Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) 1992-2010 & past committee chairman (1996/98)
Research Committee member of the Real Estate Roundtable
Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Strategic Property Management
Research Council member of the Building Owners and Manager’s Association (BOMA)
Former course developer / instructor and member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Past President of the Southern New Hampshire Homebuilders Association
Dr. Mueller can be reached: 729 Willowbrook Road, Silverthorne, CO 80498 303-550-1781 [email protected]
Dividend Capital, 518 17th Street, 17th Fl, Denver CO 80202
phone 303-550-1781 [email protected]
University of Denver, 2101 South University #380, Denver, CO 80208 phone 303-550-1781 [email protected]
Short Bio
GLENN R. MUELLER, Ph.D.
Professor – Denver University, F.L. Burns School of Real Estate & Construction Management-RECM
Dr. Mueller is teaching investment, development and real estate capital markets (REIT & CMBS) courses. He chairs
the school’s Appointment, Promotion & Tenure (APT) committee & is a member of Daniels College APT committee.
The real estate program started in 1938 and offers undergraduate (BS) and graduate (MS & MBA) degrees in real estate
and construction management (RECM), as well as an executive MS degree.
Real Estate Investment Strategist – Dividend Capital Group
Dr. Mueller provides Real Estate Market Cycle Research and Investment Strategy for Dividend Capital and Black
Creek’s Institutional Real Estate Investment Groups, Non-Traded and Public REIT groups. He was also investment
committee chairman of Dividend Capital Investments from 2005 to 2008 when the fund was sold
Visiting Professor - Harvard University - 2002 to present & summer executive education semesters.
Chairman of the Board of Directors – European Investors Inc. - REIT Fund 2014-present
Advisory Board Member – Arden Real Estate Group – Institutional Opportunistic Real Estate Fund
Dr. Mueller has 39 years of real estate industry experience, including 30 years of research, with 95 published articles in
areas of real estate market cycle analysis, public and private market investment strategies, real estate securities
analysis (REITs), real estate capital markets, portfolio, investment and diversification analysis.
Dr. Mueller received the Richard Radcliff Award for Groundbreaking Research in Real Estate Market Cycles by The
American Real Estate Society in 2010, the Graaskamp Award for Research Leadership from the American Real
Estate Society in 2004 and the Graaskamp Award for Research Excellence from the Pension Real Estate Association
in 2001. He is currently the Co-Editor of the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management. Prior to DU and Dividend
Capital, Mueller was a professor at Johns Hopkins University and Colorado State University. He has held top
research positions at Legg Mason, Price Waterhouse, ABKB/LaSalle Investment Management, and Prudential
Real Estate Investors. He was also a developer/builder in New England. Mueller holds a B.S.B.A. from the
University of Denver, an MBA from Babson College, and a Ph.D. in Real Estate from Georgia State University.
Outline Bio
Glenn R. Mueller, Ph.D.
Professor – Denver University, F.L Burns School of Real Estate & Construction Management
Dr. Mueller is teaching and doing research in real estate market cycles, development, investments and real estate capital
markets. This academic program started in 1938 and offers undergraduate (BS) and graduate (MS & MBA) degrees in
business RECM, as well as executive and distance learning programs. He has published 95 research articles.
Real Estate Investment Strategist – Dividend Capital Research
Dr. Mueller provides Real Estate Market Cycle Research and Investment Strategy for Dividend Capital and Black
Creek’s Institutional Real Estate Investment Groups, Non Traded and Public REIT groups.
Visiting Professor - Harvard University - 2002 to present 2014 & summer executive education semesters.
Chairman of the Board of Directors – European Investors Inc. - REIT Fund, 2014 to present
Advisory Board Member – Arden Real Estate Group – Institutional Opportunistic Real Estate Fund
Former research positions at Legg Mason Inc., PriceWaterhouseCoopers, ABKB/ LaSalle Real Estate Investors,
and Prudential Real Estate Investors.
B.S.B.A. Finance major from the University of Denver - 1974
MBA from Babson College - 1975
Ph.D. in Real Estate and Finance from Georgia State University - 1990