2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference: Stay Wanderful Co-Founder and COO Rama Chanani

The 34th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference is pleased to feature Rama Chanani as one of the panelists on the Shake it Up: Agents of Change in Commercial Real Estate Panel. Rama Chanani has always had an innate interest in business, and began working at the hotel her parents owned at a young age as… Continue Reading 2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference: Stay Wanderful Co-Founder and COO Rama Chanani

2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference: Llenrock Group Founder and Managing Partner Andrew Benioff

The 34th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference is pleased to feature Andrew Benioff as the moderator of the Shake it Up: Agents of Change in Commercial Real Estate Panel. Andrew Benioff is the Founder and Managing Partner of Llenrock Group, LLC and a Principal at Linden Lane Capital Partners, LLC. Benioff previously served as managing… Continue Reading 2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference: Llenrock Group Founder and Managing Partner Andrew Benioff

2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference: Alison Novak Principal of The Hudson Companies

The 34th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference is pleased to feature Alison Novak as one of the panelist discussing The Intersection of Change and the Design/Built Environment. Ms. Novak, a Principal of The Hudson Companies Inc., joined Hudson in 2006, where she oversees mixed-income and market-rate developments as well as Hudson’s middle income equity fund. Under her leadership, Hudson… Continue Reading 2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference: Alison Novak Principal of The Hudson Companies

Hospitality Mergers: Addressing the Changing Guest

Over the past year, the hospitality industry has witnessed the birth of a colossus. In the wake of the Marriott / Starwood merger, which recently received anti-trust approval in China, the hospitality industry has attempted to project what comes next. Many of the sentiments point to doomsday issues involving non-trivial concerns wrapped around ownership agreements, customer reward programs, and… Continue Reading Hospitality Mergers: Addressing the Changing Guest

Shake it Up: Agents of Change in Commercial Real Estate

Technology is changing the landscape of many industries, and real estate is no exception. As we head into 2017, it is apparent that real estate is impacted by the tremendous technological changes in building materials, e-commerce, crowd-funding, and online marketplaces; Airbnb anyone? The 2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference on October 13th and 14th is aptly titled… Continue Reading Shake it Up: Agents of Change in Commercial Real Estate

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 difficult. However, the capital markets are… Continue Reading Alex Klatskin of Forsgate Industrial, The Importance of e-Commerce

Distinguished Speaker Series: John T. Livingston, Chief Executive and co-founder of AECOM Capital

The Baker Program in Real Estate welcomes Mr. John T. Livingston, CEO of AECOM Capital, to this week’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Since its formation in 2013, AECOM Capital has invested in 14 projects with a total development value of 3.5 billion dollars. AECOM Capital is a subsidiary of AECOM (NYSE: ACM) a fully integrated infrastructure… Continue Reading Distinguished Speaker Series: John T. Livingston, Chief Executive and co-founder of AECOM Capital

The Intersection of Change and the Design/Built Environment & Think Big/Think Bold: Disruptive Design in the Innovation Economy

It is difficult to deny that in the past decade, changes in technology have drastically altered the way we live, work, and play. We sometimes fail to remember, however, that real estate has been shaping our lives just as dramatically for thousands of years. It is fascinating, therefore, to consider how these two powerful forces… Continue Reading The Intersection of Change and the Design/Built Environment & Think Big/Think Bold: Disruptive Design in the Innovation Economy

Catching up with Frost Travis (’00), President of Travis Hyde Properties

Development and property management firm Travis Hyde Properties has been making an impact on the community of Ithaca since being founded in 1977. The community-minded company executes on innovative ideas for sustainable development and economic growth, and is literally building its vision for Ithaca’s future. This week, we sat down with Travis Hyde President Frost… Continue Reading Catching up with Frost Travis (’00), President of Travis Hyde Properties

New York REIT and JBG Cos. – A Case Study of REIT Misalignment

One of the most followed real estate sagas of 2016 was the case of New York REIT (NYRT), in which shareholders actively and publicly faced off against NYRT management in their opposition to an agreed-upon merger with Washington, D.C.-based JBG Companies (JBG). The NYRT-JBG story highlights several modern day issues for REITs. First, it illustrates… Continue Reading New York REIT and JBG Cos. – A Case Study of REIT Misalignment