AREC Crew Goes to Boston for a Property Trek

An eleven-member group of the Cornell Associate Real Estate Club (AREC) went to Boston over the weekend of October 25th to visit several properties in various phases of development and speak with representatives and developers about the status and challenges of each project. Students visited the Avalon and Ava Somerville projects at Assembly Square by… Continue Reading AREC Crew Goes to Boston for a Property Trek

Deal-Making Fundamentals & Insights Shared by Real Estate Leaders

“There’s never been a bad day with that team,” remarked Stephen Furnary, in reference to a $5.5 billion industrial portfolio and team he had acquired from Trammel Crow Company as Chairman and CEO of Clarion Partners. Clarion had no previous industrial properties, but with one big deal, they had assumed the ownership of 85 million… Continue Reading Deal-Making Fundamentals & Insights Shared by Real Estate Leaders

Brands, Customers, Community, Vision: The Gensler Approach

The Baker Program in Real Estate is pleased to welcome Thomas Vecchione to campus for the Distinguished Speaker Series on November 6th at 4:30pm. Vecchione is Principal and Director of Real Estate Strategy at Gensler, and is currently serving as a member of Gensler’s firmwide Management Committee. His background in urban planning and architecture directs… Continue Reading Brands, Customers, Community, Vision: The Gensler Approach

Jacob Vallo ’99 on Social and Economic Development-Based Investing: DSS Speaker Series

The Baker Program in Real Estate’s Distinguished Speaker Series is proud to welcome Jacob Vallo (Baker ’99) to campus on October 16th.  After over 15 years in the real estate industry, Vallo, a Cornell Program in Real Estate graduate and advisory board member, has launched a new firm called Amsterdam Capital in Atlanta, Georgia. Vallo… Continue Reading Jacob Vallo ’99 on Social and Economic Development-Based Investing: DSS Speaker Series

Conference Recap: Reimagining Real Estate Panel

The Cornell Real Estate conference was held at Convene in New York City on Thursday and Friday October 9th and 10th. The conference was capped off on Friday afternoon with a unique question and answer panel session focused on emerging trends in real estate development. Robert Balder, Executive Director at the Cornell University College of… Continue Reading Conference Recap: Reimagining Real Estate Panel

Conference Recap: Spector and Rubenstein Lead Keynote Fireside Chat at Battery Gardens

The 32nd annual Cornell Real Estate Conference was held in New York City on Thursday and Friday October 9th and 10th 2014. The annual real estate conference offers current Cornell students, Cornell alumni and other real estate industry professionals an open forum to discuss trends in the industry and an opportunity to network. This year’s… Continue Reading Conference Recap: Spector and Rubenstein Lead Keynote Fireside Chat at Battery Gardens

Baker Program Welcomes David Doupe of JLL for Distinguished Speaker Series on October 23, 2014

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success” (Henry Ford). This is the motto to live by proclaims David Doupe (BS ’78) of Jones Lang LaSalle, who has built his career on molding and cultivating successful relationships within the real estate industry. Doupe is the International Director of the firm’s… Continue Reading Baker Program Welcomes David Doupe of JLL for Distinguished Speaker Series on October 23, 2014

Developer John Novarr on Collegetown Terrace, DSS Speaker Series

Baker students had the pleasure of hearing from Ithaca-based developer John Novarr on Thursday, September 18th, and learned from his experiences in planning, assembling, and executing one of the largest student housing projects in the country in recent years: Collegetown Terrace, at the base of lower Collegetown in Ithaca, NY. Novarr heads-up a development partnership… Continue Reading Developer John Novarr on Collegetown Terrace, DSS Speaker Series