Forest City Ratner SVP to deliver Distinguished Speaker Series Lecture
The Barclays Center, the New York Times Building, Atlantic Yards; these are just a few of the large scale development projects that Forest City Ratner has undertaken in New York City. Forest City Ratner has developed hundreds of properties throughout the U.S focusing on retail, office and multifamily development,...
Fall Course Spotlight: Economics and Financing of Neighborhood Preservation and Conservation
Economic, ecological and social responsibility are three fundamental aspects of sustainable development. Several Baker Program in Real Estate students are expanding their knowledge in these areas this semester in the elective course Economics and Financing of Neighborhood Preservation and Conservation. This course is led by Nathanial Guest (M.A. ’12)...
Fall Course Spotlight- Commercial Development in Real Estate
Mastering the complexity of office and industrial development takes years of trial and error. The Baker Program in Real Estate provides students with a unique introduction to these complexities in the complimentary course Commercial Development in Real Estate. Dr. David Funk, Baker Program Director, leads this practitioner-as-lecturer course every...
Co-Captains Chosen for 2015 Cornell UT-Austin Case Team
Cornell’s UT-Austin National Real Estate Challenge Case Team has selected Annamaria Lookman (Baker ’16) and William Woodsworth (MBA ’16) to lead the team in 2015. Lookman and Woodsworth will join as understudies this year, participating in all team meetings, case practices, trainings, and will fly to Austin along with...
Distinguished Zoning Attorney Appointed New Associate Director
“It was a complete frenzy,” recalls Dustin Jones. “Call after call… my phone would be ringing off the hook with developers and builders putting together plans for new communities- thousands of units, one right after the other.” Such were the circumstances in the suburbs and cities surrounding Phoenix, Arizona...
Women in Real Estate Discussion Panel
Our panel includes leaders in three distinguished leaders, with expertise in law, architecture, and construction: Meredith Kane, a partner in the law firm of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Jill Lerner (Arch ’75), a partner in Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, and Eileen Weingarten (Arch ’75), a Vice...
Presentation from Nicolas Garnier of Swiss Development Group
The Baker Program in Real Estate welcomes Nicolas Garnier to its Distinguished Speakers Series on Thursday, March 28, 2013. Mr. Garnier is a member of the Board of Directors of Swiss Development Group (SDG) and was its CEO from 2008 until 2011. With more than 20 years of experience...
Speaker Presentation: Robert Buccini and David Pollin
On Thursday, March 7, 2013 the Baker Program in Real Estate hosted Robert E. Buccini and David B. Pollin, co-founders of The Buccini/Pollin Group, as guest lecturers in its weekly Distinguished Speaker Series....