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2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference: David Hodes Managing Partner Hodes Weill & Associates

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David R. Hodes is a Managing Partner of Hodes Weill & Associates. Previously, David was a Managing Director of Credit Suisse, based in New York. David joined Credit Suisse First Boston in November 2000 when the firm merged with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). He co-founded Credit Suisse’s Real Estate Private Fund Group (REPFG) in… Continue Reading 2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference: David Hodes Managing Partner Hodes Weill & Associates

2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference: Douglas M. Weill – Founding and Managing Partner Hodes Weill & Associates

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Douglas M. Weill will be a speaker and a moderator at the 34th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference. Douglas is a Founding and Managing Partner at Hodes Weill and Associates, a boutique real estate advisory firm. Since its inception in 2009, Hodes Weill has been assisting global real estate players with institutional capital raising, transactions,… Continue Reading 2016 Cornell Real Estate Conference: Douglas M. Weill – Founding and Managing Partner Hodes Weill & Associates

John Livingston, Co-Founder and CEO of AECOM Capital: A Developers Mindset

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Last week at the Distinguished Speaker Series, the Baker Program in Real Estate had the pleasure of hosting John Livingston, the Co-founder and Chief Executive for AECOM Capital. As shared by Mark Hughes, 2018 Baker Program student who had lunch with the speaker, “Mr. Livingston reminiscenced his experience of partaking in the transformation of Times Square… Continue Reading John Livingston, Co-Founder and CEO of AECOM Capital: A Developers Mindset

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

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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

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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

Shake it Up: Agents of Change in Commercial Real Estate

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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

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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

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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

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

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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