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2017 Real Estate Symposium

The 10th annual Real Estate Symposium, an exclusive alumni-only educational forum, took place on Monday, December 4, 2017 at the Princeton Club of New York.

Jonathan Tisch, Co-chairman, Loews Corporations, Chairman and CEO, Loews Hotels delivered the opening keynote address, and Alicia Glen, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, Office of the Mayor of New York City closed out the program with an intimate fireside chat with Lynne Sagalyn, Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor Emerita, Columbia Business School. The half-day event also featured an all new presentation on the London/UK market by Lance West, Senior Managing Director and Chairman, Centerbridge Partners.

In honor of the 10th anniversary, the annual event concluded with a celebratory reception.

See photos from the sold out event here. 

2017 Reports 

2017 Schedule of Events

Time Event

11:45 am

Check-in / Registration Opens

12:00-1:00

Buffet lunch 

1:00-2:00

Keynote Address: Jonathan Tisch, Co-Chairman, Loews Corporations, Chairman and CEO, Loews Hotels

2:00-2:20

Presentation on Global Real Estate in Europe, London: Lance West, Senior Managing Director, Chairman, Centerbridge Partners

2:20-2:45

Coffee/Networking Break

2:45-3:45

Breakout Panels

Global Institutional Real Estate
The Innovative Practices and Tools affecting a Revolution in Design and Construction Methods
The Changing Landscape of Retail

3:45-4:00

Coffee Break
4:00-5:00

Closing Fireside Chat: Alicia Glen, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, Office of the Mayor of New York City, and Lynne Sagalyn, Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor Emerita, Columbia Business School

5:00-6:30

Reception, Celebrating 10 years!

Featured Panelists and Moderators

  • David Sherman ’82, Metropolitan Real Estate, Columbia Business School
  • Peter Ballon, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
  • Adam Gallistel ’04, GIC Real Estate
  • Susan Swanezy, Hodes Weill & Associates
  • Kevin Faxon, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
  • Tommy Craig ’82, Hines
  • Thomas Scarangello, Thornton Tomasetti
  • Jason Alderman, Lendlease
  • Sabrina Kanner, Brookfield Properties
  • Scott Trafford, TH Real Estate
  • Tim Stenta, General Growth Properties
  • Gentry Ashmore Hoit ’90, GreenOak
  • Kathryn Bucklew, EDENS

2017 Steering Committee

Jeffrey Barclay ’83 (co-chair), Goldman Sachs; Tommy Craig ’82, Hines; Gideon Gil ’00, Cushman & Wakefield; Gentry Ashmore Hoit ’90, GreenOak (co-chair); Christopher Mayer, Columbia Business School; Herbert Myers ’96, Investcorp; David Sherman ’82; Metropolitan Real Estate; Kristin Svenningsen, Columbia Business School; Jared Toothman ’12, Vornado Realty Trust