on To round out the 2015-2016 academic year, Cornell’s Center for Real Estate and Finance and The Baker Program in Real Estate presented for students, alumni, and affiliates the “Titans of New York” on Friday, May 6 in New York City. With Richard Baker ’88, Governor of Hudson’s Bay Company, moderating and serving as host, the… Continue Reading Real Estate At Cornell: Titans of New York
on Public attention toward urban development naturally gravitates toward the tallest, biggest, and most prominent new fixtures in a city’s skyline. However, equally as important, and certainly just as revered within real estate circles, are the new buildings that break new ground in their design, layout, and especially the materials with which they are constructed. As… Continue Reading Perspectives On Timber’s Re-Emergence as a Building Material
on Jason Henderson, Jason Spencer Introduction Hardly a day goes by without the release of a handful of news stories about autonomous vehicles (or AVs for short). The proverbial “tipping point” of awareness has been reached in the public consciousness as AV technology is quickly becoming the new focus of firms from Silicon Valley to Detroit… Continue Reading Autonomous Vehicles and Commercial Real Estate
on Robert Lathan Introduction As multifamily homebuilders progress into the 21st century, they have looked to integrate electronics and technology to simplify and enhance their businesses. The use of programs like Yardi and MRI for both property management and accounting have become the standard. Like Moore’s Law – the observation that the number of transistors in… Continue Reading Lennar Technology: The Connected Consumer Has Arrived in Multifamily
on Harrison Willis Introduction Multifamily investments, particularly value-added strategies, have been of keen interest to real estate investors for years now. Successful execution of a multifamily investment offers excellent risk-adjusted returns when compared to other classes of real estate such as industrial, retail, and office. From a volatility standpoint, multifamily enjoys relatively stable long-term cash flows… Continue Reading Repositioning a Multifamily Asset
on Ravikanth Pamidimukkala Introduction The New York Metropolitan region is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world, and the single largest in North America.[1] It is also one of the most prominent economic centers, with New York City at the epicenter of its growth. With the entire region growing rapidly over the last… Continue Reading Impact of Rapid Transit on the Residential Market in Hudson County, New Jersey
on Anastasia Kalugina Introduction As urban housing markets throughout the United States increasingly exhibit challenges of affordability, federal, state, and local governments have placed renewed emphasis on housing, specifically mixed-income housing, which integrates affordable housing incentives into multifamily development projects. With such incentives, one must wonder what comprises a successful affordable housing policy and how affordable… Continue Reading Affordable Housing Policies: An Overview
on Real Estate is by nature a hands-on business in which real-world experience and new challenges are often the best teacher. With this in mind, graduate real estate programs have embraced case competitions as a way to apply education-based learning to real world project simulation. In recent years, teams from Cornell have stood out in these competitions,… Continue Reading The Year in Review: Case Competition Success
on The Baker Program will be hosting an information table at ICSC RECON 2016! Come by to learn about our graduate real estate program at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Location: Talent Development Pavilion (N-3, Marketplace Mall) Monday, May 23rd: 8:am to 5pm Tuesday, May 24th: 8am to 5pm Wednesday, May 25th: 8am to noon Contact: Beth… Continue Reading Learn About The Baker Program at ICSC RECON