on The Cornell Baker Program is delighted to welcome Michael Gross, Vice Chairman of WeWork, back to Cornell to wrap up our Distinguished Speaker Series for the year. Founded in 2010, WeWork has quickly become a widely-recognized entity in the real estate industry and is on pace to become the fastest-growing lessee of new space in… Continue Reading Distinguished Speaker Series: Michael Gross, Vice Chairman of WeWork
on Cornell University’s Center for Real Estate and Finance is pleased to welcome Steven Roth of Vornado Realty Trust as a panelist. Mr. Roth will join Sandeep Mathrani of General Growth Properties and David Simon of Simon Property Group. The moderator will be Richard Baker (SHA ’88) of Hudson’s Bay Company. The panelists will examine how the retail… Continue Reading 2nd Annual Titans of Real Estate: Steven Roth
on Cornell University’s Center for Real Estate and Finance is pleased to welcome Sandeep Mathrani of General Growth Properties as a panelist. Mr. Mathrani will join Steven Roth of Vornado Realty Trust and David Simon of Simon Property Group. The moderator will be Richard Baker, SHA ’88 of Hudson’s Bay Company. The panelists will examine how the… Continue Reading 2nd Annual Titans of Real Estate: Sandeep Mathrani
on Cornell University’s Center for Real Estate and Finance is pleased to feature Richard Baker (SHA ’88) as this year’s moderator for the 2nd Annual Titans of Real Estate conference. Mr. Baker has served as Hudson’s Bay Company’s Governor since 2008, and also currently serves as the Executive Chairman of the Company. Prior to his current role, Mr. Baker… Continue Reading 2nd Annual Titans of Real Estate: Richard Baker (SHA ’88)
on Cornell’s Baker Program in Real Estate is pleased to spotlight Andrew Benioff as the next featured guest in its Distinguished Speaker Series on April 13, 2017. Andrew is the Founder and Managing Partner of Llenrock Group, LLC, a real estate investment banking and advisory firm, and a principal at Linden Lane Advisors, LLC, a value-added… Continue Reading Distinguished Speaker Series: Andrew Benioff, Founder and Managing Partner of Llenrock Group, LLC
on Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration’s Center for Real Estate Finance (CREF) in conjunction with Cornell’s Baker Program in Real Estate’s Distinguished Speaker Series is pleased to feature Cheryl Boyer (SHA ’87) as a guest for the 2017 WX Panel Discussion, a panel of women executives who will share their experiences and strategies for achieving success, as… Continue Reading WX Panel Discussion and Distinguished Speaker Series: Fulcrum Hospitality Chief Operating Officer Cheryl Boyer
on From January 18-21, 2017, the Baker Program in Real Estate Class of 2018 visited Dallas, Texas to participate in their domestic inter-session trek. Their first full day in Dallas began with a brief morning walk through downtown towards Mercantile Place. On the way, the students passed the iconic Dallas eyeball; it would be interesting to… Continue Reading Dallas, Texas: Day Two, Morning
on With the death of Fidel Castro, Cuba has the opportunity for a fully invested relationship with the United States. Obviously, this projected relationship depends on the policies ushered forward jointly between Raul Castro and President Donald Trump, along with the current Republican dominated U.S. Congress. For fifty years, no United States President had formal interaction… Continue Reading Fidel has Passed on, Now What for Cuba and Hospitality? (Part One)
on With an exciting revised curriculum which highlights the importance of global real estate, second year Baker students participated in the first intercontinental real estate trek from December 19- 22, 2016. For this inaugural intercontinental trip, students visited South Korea. This highlights the second day of the trip, and is the second part in a three… Continue Reading Seoul Korea: Day Two
on Since Program Director, Dustin C. Jones, has taken the reigns to the Baker Program in Real Estate, he has looked to fulfill a mission that exposes the Masters candidates to all things real estate. Whether the location be Vancouver, Dallas, Seoul, Manhattan, San Francisco, or the program’s home in Ithaca, NY, Dustin strives to deliver… Continue Reading Distinguished Speaker Series: Spring Semester 2017