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The 11th annual Real Estate Symposium, an exclusive Columbia Business School alumni-only educational forum took place on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at the Princeton Club of New York.
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11:45 a.m. | Check-in / Registration Opens Second floor foyer |
12:00–1:00 p.m. | Buffet Lunch Alexander Hamilton Room, second floor |
1:00–2:00 p.m. |
Opening Keynote Conversation
BiographyKathleen McCarthy is a Senior Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Blackstone Real Estate. Blackstone has the largest real estate platform in the world with $120 billion in investor capital under management. Blackstone Real Estate is the industry leader in opportunistic, core plus and debt investing across the US, Europe and Asia.
Ms. McCarthy most recently served as Global Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Real Estate where she was responsible for its day-to-day operations with a particular focus on its investors, capital raising and business development efforts across new investment products. Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Ms. McCarthy worked at Goldman Sachs, where she was a Vice President focused on investments for the Real Estate Principal Investment Area. Ms. McCarthy began her career at Goldman Sachs in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Ms. McCarthy received a BA with Distinction from Yale University. Ms. McCarthy serves on the Board of City Harvest, which exists to end hunger in New York City through food rescue and distribution, education and other practical, innovative solutions. In 2017, Ms. McCarthy was honored for her work to support Reading Partners New York, a not-for-profit that provides one-on-one volunteer tutoring to help students master foundational reading skills by grade four. Sonny Kalsi BiographySonny Kalsi is a Founder and Partner of GreenOak Real Estate, an independent, partner-owned real estate principal investing firm that seeks to create long-term value for its investors and clients. Formed in 2010, GreenOak Real Estate is a highly focused global platform with an experienced and cohesive senior team that possesses a long and successful track record investing in and managing real estate. The firm has nine offices globally including New York, Los Angeles, London, Madrid, Tokyo and Seoul with dedicated teams that possess local knowledge, experience and extensive networks in each market. Since inception, GreenOak has raised approximately $8 billion of equity to invest in targeted strategies and assets and acquired approximately $11bn of real estate assets globally. Sonny was previously the Global Co-Head of Morgan Stanley’s Real Estate Investing business and President of the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds until early 2009. At its peak, the MSREI platform had approximately $100 billion of AUM in 33 countries. From 1997 through 2006, Sonny and his team led the formation of Morgan Stanley’s property business in Asia and built the leading real estate platform in the region. Sonny was recently named by PERE as one of the 100 most influential people in private real estate from the past decade. Sonny is a graduate of Georgetown University with a degree in Business Administration and is a former member of the Georgetown’s Board of Regents. He also serves on the board of several organizations including: The Spence School, Teaching Matters, PowHERful Foundation, Room to Read, AHRC New York City Foundation, and the Asia Society. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University in the Real Estate Master’s Program.
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2:00–2:20 p.m. |
Short Presentation: Tim Grant BiographyTim Grant is the Founder and CEO of DrumG Financial Technologies, a product company and operator of distributed ledger/blockchain technology applications for the global financial services industry. DrumG is
blockchain platform agnostic and focuses on delivering demonstrable business value. Prior to this Tim was CEO of the R3 Lab and Research Center which is focused on bringing global financial institutions, established and startup technology companies, regulators and central banks together in a unique virtual and physical environment where new distributed ledger technologies and methodologies could be researched, evaluated and accelerated towards production. As part of this mandate Tim was also responsible for sales, sales engineering/pre-sales, investor relations and client relationship management for all R3 products and services. Prior to joining R3 Tim was a Managing Director at UBS O'Connor, a $6bn multi-strategy hedge fund, where he was Head of Quantitative Research, Head of Technology and was involved in investing in financial technology. Before this Tim was a Managing Director at Benchmark Solutions, a Warburg Pincus backed fintech startup. Prior to that Tim was a Managing Director at UBS AG in various positions including reporting directly to the Group Executive Board during the global financial crisis as well as running the UBS Delta Americas portfolio solutions business within UBS Investment Bank. Tim has a MA in Materials Science and Metallurgy (First Class) from the Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge and a MSc in Financial Engineering (Distinction) from the Birkbeck College at the University of London. |
2:20–2:45 p.m. | Coffee Break Fourth floor foyer |
2:45–3:45 p.m. |
Breakout Panel: Moderator: Ryan Harvey ’16, The Ashforth CompanyMr. Harvey is Senior Vice President – Investments and is focused on the Company’s investments and its overall investment strategy.
Prior to joining Ashforth, Mr. Harvey served as Deputy Associate Counsel at The White House in Washington, DC. Mr. Harvey began his legal career at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City and later moved to Nashville, TN, where he served as a clerk to the Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He then joined the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Nashville and was an Adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt Law School. Mr. Harvey received his B.A. with Honors in History at Brown University and his J.D./M.A. in Legal History at the University of Virginia, where he was a member of the Virginia Law Review. He received his M.B.A. from the Columbia Business School Executive Program. Mr. Harvey serves as Treasurer and CFO of the Foundation for Society, Law and Art in South Africa. He is a member of the Connecticut State Bar. Panelists: Tyrone Barnes, Taconic Investment PartnersTyrone joined Taconic in 2017 and is responsible for the acquisition of affordable housing assets. He was previously the acquisitions senior manager at the Related Companies, where he was part of the acquisitions and development teams that purchased more than 2,000 luxury development units in New York and 16,000 units nationally. Prior to that, he held senior Portfolio and Asset Management positions with Winn Residential and MMC, respectively. Tyrone earned a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Colgate University and a Masters in Real Estate Finance and Investment from NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate.
Isaac Henderson, L+M Development PartnersIsaac Henderson is a Development Director at L+M Development Partners. Isaac has over fifteen years of development experience,has been involved in the development of over 2,000 units of mixed-income housing, and has extensive experience working with federal, state and city affordable housing programs including Low-Income and New Market Tax Credits (LIHTC), tax exempt bonds and public subsidies. Currently, Isaac is managing the Essex Crossing Project, a nine-site, 2 million-square-foot development in New York City’s Lower East side that will include over 1,000 units of mixed-income housing, retail, office and community facility space. The project is expected to be built over ten years. Prior to joining L+M in 2012, Isaac spent six years as a project manager at CPC Resources in New York. Before CPC Resources, Isaac worked for six years at BRIDGE Housing Corporation as a project manager developing affordable housing. Isaac holds a BA in economics from Grinnell College and a MA in city planning from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Daniel Parker, Hodges Ward ElliottDaniel Parker is a Managing Director on the Hodges Ward Elliott (“HWE”) New York commercial investment sales team. Mr. Parker has spent over a decade working in both principal and advisory roles in the New York City commercial real estate market. Prior to joining HWE, Mr. Parker was a Vice President at The Related Companies, where he led a management team overseeing a 2,700 unit multifamily portfolio in New York City. Prior to working for Related, Mr. Parker worked in the Savills Studley Capital Transactions Group, working on a team that closed in excess of $2.2 billion in commercial real estate transactions including residential, office, retail and land. Mr. Parker started his real estate career working as a multifamily asset manager, overseeing 45 rent-regulated properties with 1,600 apartments and 78 retail spaces located in New York City for Prana Investments.
In addition to New York City office, retail and land transactions, Mr. Parker brokers multifamily properties in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx. Mr. Parker has represented institutional clients that include Related, Rockpoint, Carlyle, KBS, Westbrook and Normandy, as well as a number of private families and investors. Mr. Parker recently brokered the sale of a $71 million workforce housing portfolio on behalf of Related to a partnership between Taconic Investment Partners and Clarion Partners. Other notable multifamily sales include the record-breaking $140 million sale of a 38 walk-up properties with nearly 1,000 units in the Bronx, 316 Bergen in Brooklyn, the Madison Belvedere at 10 East 29th Street in Manhattan, 442 Lorimer, 184 Havemeyer, 164 Havemeyer, the leasehold at 300 East 46th Street, and 111 Kent Avenue. In 2005, the New York City Teaching Fellows program selected Mr. Parker for a one year public school assignment as a full-time English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher in Washington Heights at PS 5. From 2001-2003, Mr. Parker lived in Mexico City, where he offered service through his church and became fluent in Spanish. Mr. Parker is an Eagle Scout and remains an avid photographer, camper and hiker. He regularly spends time with his family at Candlewood Lake in New Milford, CT to enjoy the outdoors and water sports. Mr. Parker received his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Utah and an MBA in Finance and Economics from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. |
2:45–3:45 p.m. |
Breakout Panel: Moderator: Simon Ziff, Ackman Ziff Real EstateSimon Ziff serves as president of Ackman-Ziff, a position he assumed in 1995. Since joining the firm as an analyst in 1989, Simon has overseen the arrangement of $50+ billion of debt, mezzanine, and equity financings for some of the nation’s foremost real estate developers and owners while simultaneously solidifying the firm’s relationships with key capital sources. He engineered the firm’s collaborative culture – a magnet for financial talent – and directed Ackman-Ziff’s evolution as an industry thought-leader with over 60 professionals on the team.
Simon received a B.S. in Finance from The Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. in Real Estate Finance from New York University. He has been recognized on multiple occasions by Penn State, NYU, and the Real Estate Board of New York, including being awarded REBNY’s first “Most Promising Commercial Salesperson of the Year” Award”, receiving the “Most Ingenious Deal of the Year” award six times, and winning the prestigious Louis Smadbeck award. Simon has also been active in leadership roles of many not-for-profit organizations. Panelists: Brad Greiwe, Fifth WallBrad Greiwe is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Wall, a venture fund focused on technology for the Built World backed by the largest owners & operators of real estate, hospitality, and retail environments in the world.
Prior to Fifth Wall, Brad was the Co-Founder and CTO of Invitation Homes (NYSE: INVH), the largest owner & operator of single family rental properties in the US backed by The Blackstone Group. Brad started his career at UBS Investment Bank in the real estate, lodging & leisure group. He then worked in real estate private equity at Tishman Speyer and Starwood Capital. Brad is from Cincinnati, OH, lives in San Francisco, CA and graduated from Harvard University where he received his BA in economics. Tyler Henritze, BlackstoneTyler Henritze is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate group and the Head of US Acquisitions. Since joining Blackstone in 2004, Mr. Henritze has been involved in approximately $100 billion of real estate investments across all property types. Notable transactions include the acquisition of Gramercy Capital, International Market Center, GE Capital’s real estate business, Strategic Hotels, Motel 6, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Extended Stay America, Equity Office Properties and CarrAmerica. Mr. Henritze currently serves as a board member of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and is a former board member of Hilton Worldwide, Park Hotels and La Quinta.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Henritze worked at Merrill Lynch, where he was an Analyst in the Real Estate Investment Banking group. Mr. Henritze received a BS in Commerce from The McIntire School at the University of Virginia where he graduated with distinction. He also helped found and serves on the investment community board of CityYear New York. Ayesha Menon, Sidewalk LabsAyesha is a Director of Real Estate Investments at Sidewalk Labs. Sidewalk Labs is an Alphabet company that imagines, designs, tests, and builds urban innovations to help cities meet their biggest challenges. In this role, Ayesha focuses on the firm's real estate investment strategy including land acquisition, capital formation and development partnerships. Additionally, Ayesha focuses on technology transactions and partnerships that have the potentially to dramatically improve the way we design, develop, manufacture and operate buildings and the broader districts they sit within.
From 2008 - 2018, Ayesha was a real estate investor with Wheelock Street Capital. Wheelock is an investment firm that manages a series of closed end funds that seek to generate opportunistic and value added returns through making control investments in real estate assets and related businesses. In her capacity as a Principal at the firm, Ayesha was responsible for all aspects of the investment cycle, on both direct investments and those with joint venture partners, including sourcing, structuring, negotiating, acquiring, asset managing and divesting investments. Her areas of specific focus included large, multi-cyclical land transactions, home building, condo development, retail investments, and affordable housing. Prior to working at Wheelock, Ayesha was an investor at New Mountain Capital, a private equity firm that focused at the time on investments in services-based businesses in growing sectors of the economy. Ayesha began her career as an analyst in the Real Estate Investment Banking division of Goldman Sachs, where she completed over $8bn worth of real estate buy side and sell side advisory work, including equity capital raises, leveraged buyout advisory, mortgage financing, CMBS securitization work, and large asset sale services. Ayesha received her MBA from Stanford University, her BSE in Civil Engineering from Princeton University, and grew up in London, England. |
2:45–3:45 p.m. |
Breakout Panel: Moderator: David Hodes, Hodes Weill & AssociatesDavid Hodes is a Founder and Co‐Managing Partner of Hodes Weill & Associates, a global real estate advisory boutique with offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. He is member of the firm’s
Operating Committee and sits on the Investment Committee for Tunbridge Partners, an affiliate focused on investing in asset and fund management businesses. David has built a 40 year career in institutional real estate, advising many of the largest global real estate investment managers and institutional investors with regard to their businesses, investment programs and portfolios. Previously, David coheaded the Real Estate Investments Group at Credit Suisse, where he and Doug Weill oversaw global real estate investment businesses that comprised over $40 billion of AUM on behalf of institutional and HNW party investors. He has also managed business units at other companies including Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Morgan Stanley and The Yarmouth Group. David has been a prominent writer and speaker at industry forums on institutional real estate throughout his career, including the Urban Land Institute, NCREIF, NAREIT, the NYU and the Columbia Real Estate Centers, INREV, ANREV and the Pension Real Estate Association, where he has also served on the Board. He is a regular guest lecturer at Columbia University as well as at his alma mater, Brandeis University, where he co‐chairs the Board of Overseers for the Brandeis International Business School. Panelists: Steven Hason, APG Asset ManagementSteven Hason is Managing Director and Head of Americas Real Estate & Infrastructure for APG Asset Management US Inc. Based in APG’s New York office, Mr. Hason oversees services relating to real estate and infrastructure investments in North and South America, which includes listed investments, direct investments, fund participations, joint ventures, and other private portfolio equity investments. He serves on the Executive Board of APG Asset Management US. Prior to joining APG in 2005, Mr. Hason held senior investment banking roles at Salomon Brothers Inc and CIBC World Markets where he acquired vast experience managing client relationships and originating, structuring, and executing transactions across a broad range of products. As an active member of the institutional investment community, Mr. Hason currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), member of the Executive Committee of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and on the Board of Directors of both The Real Estate Roundtable and the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE). He is also a past Chairman of AFIRE. Mr. Hason is also an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He received his Bachelor of Science in Management from Tulane University.
Stuart Rothstein, ApolloMr. Rothstein is a partner and the Chief Operating Officer of Apollo’s global real estate business. Mr. Rothstein is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the group as well as strategic planning and new business development. He also is the CEO, President and a member of the Board of Directors of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE:ARI), a publicly traded real estate investment trust managed by an affiliate of Apollo. Prior to joining Apollo in 2009, Mr. Rothstein was a Co-Managing Partner of Four Corners Properties, a privately held real estate investment company. Previously, he was employed by KKR Financial Advisors, RBC Capital Markets and the Related Capital Company. Mr. Rothstein began his career at Spieker Properties, an office REIT subsequently acquired by Equity Office Properties, and held various senior finance positions prior to being named CFO in 1999. Mr. Rothstein graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Accounting and received an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Alan Supple ’99, JP MorganAlan Supple is Managing Director and is Head of Global Real Estate Securities in JP Morgan Asset Management’s International Equity Group, based in New York, responsible for all global real estate securities strategies. Before joining the firm in 2016, he was employed for 8 years at BNY Mellon Asset Management in London where he built and led a team responsible for the European portion of global real estate securities strategies. Prior to this, he held senior positions in corporate finance and acquisitions at Shurgard Self Storage in Belgium and New Plan Excel Realty Trust in New York, and from 1999 to 2003 was a real estate investment banker with Salomon Smith Barney in New York. Prior to his real estate experience, Alan was an environmental consultant, advising a variety of government and private sector clients on environmental liabilities. Alan holds a BA in Geology from Oxford University, an MS in Geophysical Sciences from the University of Chicago and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
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3:45–4:00 p.m. | Coffee Break James Madison Room, second floor |
4:00–5:00 p.m. |
Closing Fireside Chat Chris Hughes BiographyMr. Hughes joined Hines in 1986 and is CEO of the Capital Markets group and CEO of Hines’ East Region.
EDUCATION and LICENSES Bachelor of Arts, History, Southern Methodist University Registered representative of Hines Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer affiliate of Hines, and holds FINRA Series 22 and Series 63 licenses. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Christopher Hughes is CEO of the Capital Markets group and CEO of Hines’ East Region. He is a member of the firm’s Executive, Steering, Strategy and global Investment Committees. He is responsible for all institutional capital raising activities globally, including structuring of commingled funds and joint ventures. As head of the East Region, Hughes oversees all development, acquisitions and operations activity in the Eastern United States. His past experience includes serving as a development officer in Hines’ Washington, DC office. Laura Hines BiographyMs. Hines joined Hines in 2012 and was responsible for project management of land acquisitions and developments in the Midwest and Southeast Regions, including analyzing acquisition and new business opportunities, developing financial and budget models, assessing market research, evaluating mixed-use development opportunities and assisting with institutional fund raising. Since 2017, she has worked in the Office of the Chief Investment Officer, focused on several firm-wide initiatives that have helped to refine investment strategy and acquisition efforts.
Prior to joining Hines, she worked for Sotheby’s in New York, where she helped develop and implement standardized auction processes and oversaw daily management of departmental auctions and client relationships for high-net-worth clients. She also interned at Eastdil Secured where she was responsible for underwriting, analysis, market research and the development of offering memorandums for a variety of asset types across geographies. Tommy Craig '82 BiographyMr. Craig is a senior managing director and has been the regional officer and partner responsible for Hines' New York Tri-State office since 1996. His responsibilities as senior project officer include managing the development, redevelopment, acquisition, construction, modification and/or interior fit-out on projects. Since joining Hines in 1982, Mr. Craig has been involved in a variety of development projects and transactions aggregating approximately 21 million square feet. He has been directly responsible for project development and transactions valued in excess of $15 billion (value at completion) during this period.
CURRENT ACTIVITY
Tommy received his BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his MBA from Columbia University. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS/AWARDS
PERSONAL My wife Kim and I divide our time between New York City and Connecticut. Kim works for the Center of Arts Education, a nonprofit organization that is an advocate for art in public schools. We have three children, two are grown, out of college and working in New York City. Our youngest will be a sophomore at Kenyon College, in Ohio. |
5:00–6:30 p.m. | Networking Reception Alexander Hamilton Room, second floor |
Kathleen McCarthy
Global Co-Head of Real Estate
Blackstone
Sonny Kalsi
Founder & Partner
GreenOak
Chris Hughes
Senior Managing Director & CEO of Capital Markets Group
Hines
Laura Hines
Managing Director
Hines
Tommy Craig ’82
Senior Managing Director
Hines
Tim Grant
Founder & CEO
DrumG Financial Technologies
Tyrone Barnes
Vice President
Taconic Investment Partners
Brad Greiwe
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
FifthWall
Ryan Harvey ’16
Senior Vice President
The Ashforth Company
Steven Hason
Managing Director, Head Americas Real Estate & Infrastructure
APG
Isaac Henderson
Development Director, Essex Crossing
L+M Development Partners
Tyler Henritze
Senior Managing Director, Head of US Acquisitions
Blackstone
David Hodes
Founder & Co-Managing Partner
Hodes Weill & Associates
Ayesha Menon
Director of Real Estate Investments
Sidewalk Labs
Daniel Parker
Managing Director
Hodges Ward Elliott
Stuart Rothstein
Chief Operating Officer
Apollo
Alan Supple ’99
Managing Director and Head of Global Real Estate Securities
JP Morgan
Simon Ziff
President
Ackman Ziff Real Estate
Anna Coatsworth ’01
Founder & Managing Partner
AJEA Real Estate Advisory
Tommy Craig ’82
Senior Managing Director
Hines
Louis D’Avanzo ’91 (co-chair)
Vice Chairman, Managing Principal, Manhattan
Cushman & Wakefield
Edward Gormbley ’09
Managing Partner
Workforce Partners
Gentry Ashmore Hoit ’90 (co-chair)
Principal
GAH Real Estate
Aaron Kazam ’15
Director, Acquisitions and Pre-Development
Tishman Speyer
Tom Ortinau ’09
Head of Acquisitions
GFP Real Estate
Christopher Mayer
Paul Milstein Professor for Real Estate
Co-Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate
Columbia Business School
David Sherman ’82
Senior Advisor & Chairman of the Investment Committee, Metropolitan Real Estate
Co-Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, Columbia Business School
Ross Smotrich ’83
Managing Director & Senior Research Analyst, Equity Research, Americas
Barclays
Robert Stern ’88
Founder & Managing Partner
Castle Hill Investors
Kristin Svenningsen
Managing Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate
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"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.