Real Estate News

During Columbia Business School’s spring break from March 14 through 22, a group of 22 real estate students and faculty members traveled to Bogotá and Mexico City to understand more about these emerging markets, their real estate dynamics, and doing business in these cultures. On the docket were full days of visits with local real estate players such as Terranum Capital in Bogotá and Thor Urbana Capital in Mexico City, in addition to city tours and visits to historical sites and museums.

On March 3, 2015, the Columbia Business School Real Estate Association (REA) with support from the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate presented its first annual Real Estate Technology and Entrepreneurship event as a part of the Centers’ Career Panel Series, to a room filled with current students and alumni attendees. 

Charles Griffith '16 has been named an International Council of Shopping Centers Foundation Charles Grossman Graduate Scholar. The award includes a scholarship as well as a grant for travel expenses to attend ICSC RECon, the global convention for the shopping center industry, which will take place in Las Vegas in May.

On Friday, March 6th, WeWork hosted members of the Real Estate Association and Paul Milstein Center staff for a tour of its workspaces at Bryant Park and a discussion about the WeWork brand, its expansion plans, and the future of commercial office space.

On Friday, February 27, the Real Estate Association spent the afternoon with the Related Companies, listening to insights from executives and touring existing properties and developments. The group of over 20 MBA students first toured the Shops at Columbus Circle at Time Warner Center, where the leasing manager, Lauren Hammer, gave an overview of the tenant mix and shared some interesting facts about the property.  

For the fourth year in a row, Columbia Business School placed in the top three at the invitation-only UNC Real Estate Development Challenge. Dennis Giuliano '15, Andrew Kim '16, Ashley McDonald '15, and Rob Nitkin '15 of team "Equity Multipliers" finished third at the competition held on February 20-21 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

On February 6, 2015, the Columbia Business School Real Estate Association, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate and Career Management Center hosted their hallmark Real Estate Career Forum to much success.

The 7th annual Real Estate Symposium, an exclusive alumni-only event, took place on Monday, December 15, 2014, at the Columbia University Club of New York. Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Executive Chairman, Boston Properties, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of U.S. News & World Report, Chairman and Publisher of the New York Daily News, delivered the keynote address.

Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Executive Chairman, Boston Properties, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of U.S. News & World Report, Chairman and Publisher of the New York Daily News joined Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn for a fireside chat at the 7th Annual Columbia Business School Real Estate Symposium on Monday, December 15, 2014.

This intergenerational panel, the closing session of the day, brought together prominent industry figures to discuss trends, expectations, and concerns related to real estate development.