on 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 at the Cornell University College of… Continue Reading Conference Recap: Reimagining Real Estate Panel
on The 32nd annual Cornell Real Estate Conference was held in New York City on Thursday and Friday October 9th and 10th 2014. The annual real estate conference offers current Cornell students, Cornell alumni and other real estate industry professionals an open forum to discuss trends in the industry and an opportunity to network. This year’s… Continue Reading Conference Recap: Spector and Rubenstein Lead Keynote Fireside Chat at Battery Gardens
on The 32nd Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference kicked-off with good news for Real Estate job seekers in a Job Barometer presentation led by David Funk, Director of the Baker Program in Real Estate. Overall hiring in the Real Estate sector has remained on a strong path of growth since the Recession-led drop-off in 2007 and… Continue Reading Real Estate Sector Poised for Continued Job Growth
on “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success” (Henry Ford). This is the motto to live by proclaims David Doupe (BS ’78) of Jones Lang LaSalle, who has built his career on molding and cultivating successful relationships within the real estate industry. Doupe is the International Director of the firm’s… Continue Reading Baker Program Welcomes David Doupe of JLL for Distinguished Speaker Series on October 23, 2014
on Baker students had the pleasure of hearing from Ithaca-based developer John Novarr on Thursday, September 18th, and learned from his experiences in planning, assembling, and executing one of the largest student housing projects in the country in recent years: Collegetown Terrace, at the base of lower Collegetown in Ithaca, NY. Novarr heads-up a development partnership… Continue Reading Developer John Novarr on Collegetown Terrace, DSS Speaker Series
on The 32nd Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference kicks-off the morning of October 9th in the Convene space at 32 Old Slip along the South Street Seaport. The conference features thoughtful, forward-thinking and inspiring leaders in the real estate industry able to provide valuable insights about some of the most important real estate investment, development and… Continue Reading 2014 Cornell Real Estate Conference Convenes October 9th & 10th
on 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, with a distinct focus mixed use… Continue Reading Forest City Ratner SVP to deliver Distinguished Speaker Series Lecture
on 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) and focuses on the connection between… Continue Reading Fall Course Spotlight: Economics and Financing of Neighborhood Preservation and Conservation
on 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 other fall. The lecture series returns… Continue Reading Fall Course Spotlight- Commercial Development in Real Estate
on 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 this year’s team when they take… Continue Reading Co-Captains Chosen for 2015 Cornell UT-Austin Case Team