This negotiation roleplay is meant to accompany the MIT Forest City Case study and provide readers a chance to further engage with the materials while practicing key negotiation skills. It is also included as part of the EdX course SRRDx2: Creating Shared Benefits in Real Estate Development. The negotiation should only be completed after completing the entire Forest City case study, which provides key background information.
This is a five or three-party, multi-issue negotiation (depending on the number of available participants) between economic, environmental, social, government, and political interests around the future of the Forest City real estate project in Johor, Malaysia. It illustrates the need to consider and balance competing interests, benefits, and costs around large-scale real estate developments and other large projects.
Roles: 5
Group Assignment: team on team or one on one