on Register now for the 35th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference on October 13th. The conference will be held at the Pierre Hotel in New York City and is open to all members of the real estate community. The theme of the conference is Real Estate Mega Trends, and discussions will focus on changes in where… Continue Reading Register Now for the 35th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference
on On November 6, 2012, Colorado Amendment 64 was passed by initiative, thereby legalizing the recreational use of cannabis. Once Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed the law into place, a brand-new industry was born: the cannabis industry. Since then, seven states and the District of Columbia have adopted expansive laws legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Naturally, industrial… Continue Reading Industrial Real Estate Impacts from a Flourishing Cannabis Market
on Cornell’s Baker Program in Real Estate welcomed Mark Fogel of ACRES Capital to campus on August 31st for its first Distinguished Speaker Series event of the 2017-2018 academic year. ACRES Capital has a unique business model that meets the needs of developers who are unable to secure debt from traditional sources, particularly for construction and… Continue Reading DSS Wrap-Up: Middle Market CRE Lending with Mark Fogel of ACRES Capital
on By Dustin Dunham Cornell’s Baker Program in Real Estate is honored to welcome Meir Cohen, CEO of Cohen Equities, as the next featured guest in its Distinguished Speaker Series on September 7, 2017. Cohen Equities is an institutional quality real estate investment platform with an exceptional track record of opportunistic acquisitions. Under Mr. Cohen’s leadership,… Continue Reading Distinguished Speaker Series: Meir Cohen, Cohen Equities
on By Mark Hughes, Upon returning to Cornell and reflecting on my internship with HFF this summer, I realize that I made the right choice in the Baker Program in Real Estate. For my summer internship I wanted a fast paced environment that was transaction oriented and would allow me to gain in-depth knowledge of the… Continue Reading 2017 Summer Internships: Mark Hughes, HFF
on The new semester begins with a bang! Our first speaker for the Distinguished Speaker Series is Mark Fogel, founder of ACRES Capital, a debt fund headquartered in Long Island. Since, I had the pleasure of working in acquisitions with Mark over winter break, I look forward to my classmates getting a glimpse of his… Continue Reading Distinguished Speaker Series: Mark Fogel, Founder – ACRES Capital
on When I began looking for an internship, my goal was to find an organization that could appreciate my background. I had worked in India for several years before enrolling in the Baker Program. I was delighted to be offered a summer internship in New York at Prologis, a global investor and operator of industrial… Continue Reading 2017 Summer Internships: Tiya Jain, Prologis
on With the IOC recently coming to agreement with Paris and Los Angeles to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympic Games respectively, the earnest work begins for each city to deliver on its promises. As both cities have the experience of hosting large sprawling city events almost annually – this will be each city’s third… Continue Reading Summer Olympics 2028: The Route for Los Angeles to Earn the Gold Medal
on By Peter Romano, When most people hear the words, “summer internship,” their skin crawls. It is a requirement, a box that needs to be checked off for graduation, a brooding checkpoint that hovers over their head waiting to burst the pristine college-life-bubble. With this sentiment, I’m no different than the majority; I thought my background… Continue Reading 2017 Summer Internships: Peter Romano, Presidium Group
on By Laura Curi de Mattos When I started my job search I had two goals: stay in New York City, and work for a company that would expose me to multiple projects during the summer. The age-old adage when talking real estate is, “location, location, location,” and in my opinion there is no better place… Continue Reading 2017 Summer Internships: Laura Curi de Mattos, Weitzman