on Richard Baker ’88, Governor and Executive Chairman of Hudson’s Bay Company will be coming to Cornell on Thursday to deliver a talk to Baker Program in Real Estate students on his experience and thoughts on the retail and real estate sectors. Baker founded NRDC Equity Partners in 2006 with his father Robert, William Mack, and Lee Neibart.… Continue Reading Richard Baker ’88 Visiting Cornell to Talk Retail & Real Estate
on Buildings are not supposed to look like Vancouver House – they are supposed to be larger at their base than at their top, not the other way around, and they are supposed to have a “regular” form, not one that evolves over the height of the building. For followers of the Westbank Corporation, this atypical building… Continue Reading A Total Work of Art: Baker Program’s Inaugural Trip to Vancouver, Part Three
on “Why is Vancouver here?” Six-term Vancouver City Council Member Gordon Price queries the group of assembled Baker Real Estate students. The group pauses, then a few hands raise. “Forestry?” “Fishing?” “Shipping?” Bingo. Price perks up: “What does Vancouver have?” A natural deep water port. One of only a handful along the entire west coast of the Americas.… Continue Reading Railyard Rust to Glass & Steel: Baker Program’s Inaugural Trip to Vancouver, Part Two
on At this Thursday’s Distinguished Speaker Series, students of the Baker Program have the privilege of welcoming Doug Weill, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the real estate advisory boutique Hodes Weill & Associates. Mr. Weill and his partner David Hodes formed the company in 2009 after nearly a decade of successfully co-managing Credit Suisse’s Real Estate… Continue Reading Baker Students Welcome Doug Weill ’88, Managing Partner of Hodes Weill & Associates
on In March 2016, second-year students in the Baker Program in Real Estate embarked on a trip to Vancouver, British Columbia to meet with the people and companies that have played a hand in shaping Vancouver into the celebrated international city it is today. Starting with a bold plan hatched in the 1980s to connect the… Continue Reading Connecting a City to the Water: Baker Program’s Inaugural Trip to Vancouver, Part One
on For this week’s Distinguished Speaker Series, students of the Baker Program will have the pleasure of hosting Spencer Levy, Americas Head of Research for CBRE. In his role, Levy plays an integral part in planning and executing the global research strategies of CBRE. As head of research for the Americas, Levy oversees the work of… Continue Reading CBRE Americas Head of Research Spencer Levy Visits the Baker Program
on In December 2015, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. announced that it was pursuing a spinoff of a portion of its portfolio into a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). This follows the industry trend and wider trend of non-purely real estate firms seeking to do the same in order to unlock shareholder value and boost their stocks through the… Continue Reading Hilton Granted Approval for REIT Spinoff
on Each Thursday during the Baker Program in Real Estate’s Distinguished Speaker Series an industry veteran takes time to discuss their business with students from the program. Director Dustin Jones makes sure to have a well-rounded and well respected cohort of speakers who relish the opportunity to engage with the students. This week, the Baker Program… Continue Reading Citi Community Capital Vice President Visits Baker Program
on In late January, first-year students in the Baker Program in Real Estate attended the first annual domestic real estate trek as part of the program’s newly revised curriculum. For this inaugural trip, students visited San Francisco and Silicon Valley, two of the nation’s most active real estate markets. This article is the third part in a three-part… Continue Reading Baker Program San Francisco Trek: Part Three, Related Companies in California
on The Baker Program in Real Estate’s Distinguished Speaker Series features many successful real estate practitioners who are also alumni of Cornell. The resulting ability to relate to current students experiences and subsequent knowledge of post-Cornell career paths make these individuals among the best who come to Baker. On February 18, the Baker Program’s signature Distinguished… Continue Reading Interview with Andrew Isikoff of the Silverfern Group