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2020 Real Estate Symposium
The 13th annual Real Estate Symposium, an exclusive Columbia Business School alumni-only educational forum took place on December 8, 2020. For the first time ever, the half-day forum will be presented virtually, and we are delighted to be able to share a curated program highlighting thought leaders and industry experts with our real estate alumni community from all across the US and various parts of the world! Thank you to all who participated—over 380 alumni were in attendance, spanning 42 graduation years, with representation from 23 U.S. states and 13 different countries
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Time | Session |
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10:30–10:35 a.m. | Welcome Remarks |
10:35–11:20 a.m. |
Opening Keynote Conversation on Housing Bob Faith, CEO, Greystar |
11:25–11:35 a.m. | Burst Topic: Rise of Small Cities During COVID-19 Ravi Bhalla, the Mayor of Hoboken |
11:45 a.m. –12:30 p.m. |
Panel 1: Future of Cities post COVID-19: Will urbanization continue or will smaller cities level up? Moderator: David Sherman ’82, Co-Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate Melissa Burch, Executive General Manager, Lendlease Development |
12:40–1:25 p.m. |
Panel 2: Investment Playbook 2021 and Beyond Moderator: Adam Gallistel ’04, Regional Head of Americas, Chairman of Latin American Business Group, GIC Real Estate Coburn Packard, Partner, Co-Head of Real Estate, MSD Partners |
1:352:20 p.m. |
Closing Keynote Fireside Chat on Retail Jodie McLean, CEO, EDENS |
2:20–2:25 p.m. |
Closing Remarks David Sherman ’82, Co-Director Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate |
2:25–3:00 p.m. | Virtual Networking! |
Bob Faith
CEO
Greystar
Ivy Zelman
CEO
Zelman & Associates
Christopher Mayer
Paul Milstein Professor for Real Estate
Co-Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate
Columbia Business School
Ravi Bhalla
Mayor of Hoboken
Jodie McLean
CEO
EDENS
Cia Buckley Marakovits ’93
President and CIO
Dune Real Estate Partners
Melissa Burch
Executive General Manager
Lendlease Development
Adam Gallistel ’04
Regional Head of Americas, Chairman of Latin American Business Group
GIC Real Estate
Coburn Packard
Partner and Co-Head of Real Estate
MSD Partners
Onay Payne
Managing Director
Clarion Partners
Mark Portner ’99
Managing Director
Shorenstein
David Sherman '82
Senior Advisor and Co-Founder, BGO Strategic Capital Partners
Co-Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, Columbia Business School
Gagandeep Singh
Senior Vice President, Head of Global RE and Work Place Experience
American Express
Miriam Wheeler
Managing Partner, Co-Head Real Estate Finance Group
Goldman Sachs
Matthew Baron ’07
President
Simon Baron Development
Julie Brenton ’89 (co-chair)
Partner, Head of Investor Relations
Dune Real Estate Partners
Lisa Cations ’17
Head of Enterprise Solutions EMEA
Hana
Gideon Gil ’00
Executive Managing Director
Cushman & Wakefield
Musashi Liu ’20
Senior Associate, Acquisitions, Development & Asset Management
Tishman Speyer
Christopher Mayer
Paul Milstein Professor for Real Estate
Co-Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate
Columbia Business School
Atif Qadir '14
Partner, Amanat Properties
Founder & CEO, REDIST
Quentin Reynolds ’02
Chief Investment Officer
The Davis Companies
David Sherman ’82
Senior Advisor and Co-Founder, BGO Strategic Capital Partners
Co-Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, Columbia Business School
Walter Stackler ’94
Managing Partner
Shelter Rock Capital Group
Robert Stern ’88 (co-chair)
Founder & Managing Partner
Castle Hill Investors
Kristin Svenningsen
Managing Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate
Columbia Business School
"The advice I always give women is to stay.
"I would encourage folks to get a holistic perspective of the industry.
"It is important to be at a place that invests in you and wants to see you grow and succeed."
"Your goal is to change the world. Change the structures. Disrupt everything and do it quickly."
"Columbia is a great first step if you know you want to transition to real estate."
Neville Rhone ’00 is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Arc Capital Partners.
Julie Wong ’03 is a Partner of GreenOak, where is responsible for global capital raising.
David Neithercut ’82 is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Trustees of Equity
Philippe Visser ’04 is the Senior Vice President of Development, Hudson Yards, at Related. In a recent interview with Mark Abramowicz ’18, Mr. Visser discussed his background and what drew him to real estate, the allure of large, complex projects, and gave advice for current Columbia Business School students aspiring to have careers in real estate.
Olshan Properties
Andrea Olshan ‘04 serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Olshan Properties. In a recent interview with Morgan Mann '17, Ms. Olshan discussed market trends and areas of disruption, joining the family business, strategies for the future, and gave advice for current Columbia Business School students aspiring to have careers in real estate.
Savanna
Nicholas Bienstock '96 discusses trends in creative office development in Brooklyn, starting his own business, and gives advice for Columbia Business School students aspiring to have careers in real estate.
Dune Real Estate Partners
Cia Buckley Marakovits ’93 discusses trends in the real estate industry, provides highlights of her professional experience, and gives advice to Columbia Business School students aspiring to have careers in real estate.
Formerly with Milstein Properties
Bob Berne ’62 discusses trends in real estate and gives advice for students aspiring to have careers in real estate.
Chief Executive Officer, Berkadia
Hugh Frater ’85 discusses business strategy and opportunities, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), and career development.
by Katie Hogan '22
By Michael Beer ’23 and Christine Yang '23
Diane Hoskins, Co-CEO and Chairperson of Gensler joins the 2021 Annual Real Estate Symposium as keynote speaker sharing trends in the design profession. The conversation was moderated by Ross Smotrich ’83 Principal at RE Strategic Advisors.
By Jack Davis ’22 and Gianmarco Rea ’22
The Columbia Business School Real Estate Association (REA) is pleased to announce the AVPs for the 2021-22 academic year. The officers were elected by the REA membership. Meet the Board!
The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is pleased to welcome the following new alumni to the Real Estate Circle: Matthew Neisser ’14 and Arthur Romeo ’12 as Leaders and Maureen Devenny ’21 as an Associate.
The Paul Milstein center for Real Estate sat down with the incoming Real Estate Association (REA) Co-Presidents Katie Hogan ’22 and Dan Vasserman ’22 to learn more about what brought them to the MBA Real Estate Program at Columbia Business School, into leadership positions in the REA, and beyond! Read more to get the inside scoop on the lives of Katie and Dan!