Cornell Real Estate Review
2019 SUMMER INTERNSHIPS SERIES: LERA COVINGTON, LENDLEASE
This summer I had the privilege of working as a Summer Acquisitions Associate with Lendlease’s New York City office. Lendlease is an Australian-based firm that offers services in construction, development […]
DSS Wrap-Up: Mark Fogel, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of ACRES Capital
On Thursday, May 2nd, the Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate welcomed Mark Fogel, Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of ACRES Capital, as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series. […]
D.S.S. Wrap-Up: Erica Henning ’96 (A&S), ’97 (MPA)
This past Thursday, the Baker Program in Real Estate’s Distinguished Speaker Series (DSS) had the pleasure of welcoming Cornell alumna Erica Henning back to campus. After leaving Cornell in […]
Tokenized Real Estate: Creating New Investing and Financing Channels Through Blockchain
In 2018, New York City-based asset management firm Elevated Returns completed a tokenized real estate offering for $18 million on the Ethereum blockchain. The asset was the St. Regis Resort […]
5th Annual Real Estate Shark Tank at Cornell University
Last week, Cornell University hosted the 5th Annual Real Estate Shark Tank for the graduating class of 2019 of the Baker Program in Real Estate. This capstone project is a […]
The Fourth Annual Titans of Real Estate
On Friday, April 19, 2019, Cornell University’s Center for Real Estate and Finance and the Baker Program in Real Estate hosted the Fourth Annual Titans of Real Estate at Cipriani […]
How Algorithms Will Threaten the American Dream
In commercial real estate the single-family housing market is often treated as a different industry entirely. Indeed, transactions in single family housing are often conducted between non-sophisticated owners and, more […]
DSS WRAP-UP: DARIEN WRIGHT, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT BROOKWOOD HOTELS
On Thursday, April 11th, Darien Wright joined Cornell’s Baker Program in Real Estate to lead an insightful discussion on extended stay hotels. Mr. Wright began his tenure with Brookfield Property […]
The Need for Land Value Capture in Infrastructure: the case of the Tappan Zee Bridge
Public infrastructure has long been financed through direct government budgetary appropriation, grants, and government borrowing. The long-term debts have typically been repaid from revenues generated by the asset through user […]
The Need for Privatized Student Housing
In today’s hyper-competitive college application process, student housing is a focus for many institutions of higher learning. The administrations and boards of trustees often believe that, by creating more attractive […]