2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference: Doug Hocking Principal KPF
Douglas Hocking serves as Principal of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), a global architecture firm based in New York City. He joined KPF after graduating from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University in 1990. In his 26 years at KPF, Hocking has worked on some...
Alex Klatskin of Forsgate Industrial, The Importance of e-Commerce
The Distinguished Speaker Series of the Baker Program in Real Estate had the pleasure of hosting Alex Klatskin, General Partner Forsgate Industrial Partners last Thursday, September 22. In his talk, Alex explained the industrial asset class’ significance driving value in the investment space. Raising funds for industrial projects was particularly...
Distinguished Speaker Series: Alex Klatskin, GP of Forsgate Industrial Partners and 2011 National Chairman of NAIOP
This week, the Baker Program in Real Estate welcomes Alex Klatskin to the Distinguished Speaker Series. Mr. Klatskin is a General Partner at Forsgate Industrial Partners, a private industrial real estate firm based New Jersey. As one of the premier industrial firms in the Northeast, Forsgate holds a significant amount of...
Cornell Real Estate Women (CREW) Formation
The Baker Program in Real Estate is pleased to announce the formation of Cornell Real Estate Women (CREW), a newly established professional and graduate student organization at Cornell. The mission of CREW is the promotion and advancement of professional women in real estate. Starting with current graduate and professional students...
Kate Bicknell: Cornell Tech and Careers in Real Estate
Kate Bicknell (99’), Senior Vice President of Forest City Ratner, visited the Baker Program in Real Estate last Thursday in a highly anticipated speaker series. During her time at Forest City Ratner, one of the nation’s leading mixed use development firms, Bicknell has played an integral role in the development...
Fifteen Years of Rebuilding the World Trade Center
September 11, 2001 stands in history as one of the most tragic days this country has ever known. And nowhere was that tragedy felt more keenly than in New York City, where a senseless act of terrorism claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people and forever altered the...
Konrad Wos ’76 Uses History to Teach Baker Students about Creating Real Estate Value
In early October, students of the Baker Program in Real Estate had the privilege of welcoming Konrad Wos (B.Arch ’76), of Wos & Wos Development, to their weekly Distinguished Speaker Series. The insights and vision that Wos shared with students reflected the expertise he has garnered in over 30 years...
Historic New Home Offers Inspiration to Architecture, Art, and Planning Students
The award winning architect Norman Foster is credited with saying “As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.” Earlier this year, students of the Cornell Architecture, Art, and Planning program in New York City (AAP NYC)...
Brands, Customers, Community, Vision: The Gensler Approach
The Baker Program in Real Estate is pleased to welcome Thomas Vecchione to campus for the Distinguished Speaker Series on November 6th at 4:30pm. Vecchione is Principal and Director of Real Estate Strategy at Gensler, and is currently serving as a member of Gensler’s firmwide Management Committee. His background...
Conference Recap: Reimagining Real Estate Panel
The Cornell Real Estate conference was held at Convene in New York City on Thursday and Friday October 9th and 10th. The conference was capped off on Friday afternoon with a unique question and answer panel session focused on emerging trends in real estate development. Robert Balder, Executive Director...