on Developers and landlords are faced with a perennial issue: how can they more fully utilize their properties, particularly during lease-up? The period from building completion to stabilization, and any other period of considerable vacancy in a multi-tenant property, can be a challenging time for landlords. At the same time, consumer behavior is causing creative destruction… Continue Reading Pop-Ups Offer Landlords a Perfect Fit
on On November 8, 2018, the Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate welcomed Bruce Menin, Principal of Crescent Heights, to campus as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series. Crescent Heights is a vertically-integrated real estate firm that specializes in the development and operation of architecturally distinctive residential high-rises in gateway markets across the country. After a… Continue Reading DSS Wrap-Up: Bruce Menin, Principal, Crescent Heights
on Passive Investors are Causing Concern in REIT Markets: Passive equity investment vehicles such as stock market index funds have exploded in popularity over the last decade. In fact, as of this year there are now more index funds than there are actual public equities, a remarkable shift that has shown no sign of losing momentum (Bloomberg… Continue Reading Passive Investors are Causing Concern in REIT Markets
on This week, the Baker program in Real Estate welcomed back an alumna, Julie Romey (Class of 1999), for its Distinguished Speaker Series. Julie is the Senior Principal at Keyser Marston Associates, Inc., and specializes in Affordable Housing Strategies, Programs, and Transactions. Over the last two decades, she has built an expertise in the New Market… Continue Reading DSS Wrap-up: Julie Romey (Baker ’99), Senior Principal, Keyser Marston Associates, Inc.
on On October 19, 2018, the Cornell Real Estate Council (CREC) was pleased to welcome leaders in real estate finance and capital markets to the 36th annual Cornell Real Estate Conference. Our esteemed panel of Wall Street and capital markets professionals represent some of the largest and most influential real estate investment firms in the world.… Continue Reading 36TH ANNUAL CORNELL REAL ESTATE CONFERENCE – PANEL WRAP UP – WALL STREET AND THE CAPITAL MARKETS
on On October 19, 2018, the Cornell Real Estate Council (CREC) was pleased to welcome alumnus Seth Klarman (CAS ’79) to the 36th annual Cornell Real Estate Conference as the keynote speaker. Mr. Klarman is the CEO of The Baupost Group, a privately held investment management company with approximately $30 billion in assets. Mr. Klarman has… Continue Reading Seth Klarman, CAS ’79 – Keynote Speaker – 36th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference
on The 36th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference, held in New York City on October 19th, 2018, had a strong focus on the future. Part of this future vision requires bringing design – the most quintessential undertaking of real estate, forward towards the mid-21st century. With advances in technology disrupting every sector, intelligent design is a… Continue Reading 36th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference Panel Wrap-up – Design, more important than ever
on Among the many aspects of the sharing economy, perhaps none have the ability to influence the built environment as much as shared space and shared mobility. While shared accommodation and work spaces have allowed for an evolution of typologies that embrace large collaborative areas with smaller shared private areas, we have yet to see the… Continue Reading Re-shaping the Built Environment for the Changing Landscapes of Shared Mobility
on The third panel of the 2018 Cornell Real Estate Conference featured the topic of Venture Capital and Tech, which explored the expansion of real estate technology and capital investments into such technologies. Moderated by Clelia Peters, Co-founder of MetaProp and President of Warburg Realty, the panel was composed of several individuals who are making waves… Continue Reading 36th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference – Panel Wrap Up – Venture Capital and Tech
on Each year at the Cornell University Real Estate Conference in New York City, the editors of the Cornell Real Estate Review honor a leader who has made a demonstrable impact on the real estate industry at a global scale, as well as a service-minded contribution to society. The 2018 recipient of the Industry Leader Award… Continue Reading Kenneth Himmel (SHA ’70) Honored with the 2018 Industry Leader Award at the 36th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference