Alp Alkaş Retail and Real Estate Center (aA RREC) launched jointly by the Alkaş family and Ozyegin University in loving memory of Alp Alkaş, late son of Avi Alkaş, who passed away at a very early age in 2012, has opened its doors in December 2013.

Avi Alkaş, President of Jones Lang LaSalle Israel and Chairman of Alkaş Consulting / Han Spaces, who has 30 years of experience in providing shopping mall development, leasing, and management services, and Özyeğin University will bring new life to the real estate sector with aA RREC that aims to prepare competent and resourceful employees required by the retail and real estate industry.

Our Aim

Turkey has one of the most attractive property markets within the region including the Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Russia. Due to the favorable demographics, continuing urbanization process and the neoliberal urban policies adopted by the government since the early 2000s, Turkey has had the region’s fastest developing real estate market with demand for infrastructure projects, residential properties, hotels, offices, shopping centers, and logistic properties exploding rapidly. There is a great hunger for information and knowledge about the dynamics of the Turkish real estate industry with its new challenges and opportunities. Global investors, governmental institutions, and academicians have an increasing demand and interest in understanding the potential growth of the Turkish real estate industry.

Against this backdrop of recent developments in the Turkish real estate industry, OzU aA RREC is Turkey’s first and only real estate center and aims to promote excellence in teaching and research in real estate at the regional scale. Unifying industry leaders with OzU’s distinguished researchers, our selective industry partnerships will bridge the gap between theory and practice.