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2021

Frustrated buyers wonder when housing market will get easier
Marketplace - 7/23/2021
Professor Christpher Mayer

2020

7 things the U.S. needs to do to recover from the coronavirus recession, according to economists
CNBC - 7/28/2020
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh

Trump administration open to a second round of stimulus payments. Here's what that could look like
CNN Politics - 6/25/2020
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh

Some big companies seek breaks on rent
Marketplace - 5/19/2020
Professo Christopher Mayer

Housing advocates sound alarm as May rents collide with coronavirus
The Hill - 4/29/2020
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Record Government and Corporate Debt Risks 'Tipping Point' After Pandemic Passes
The Washington Post - 4/18/2020
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Mortgage Debt Relief is Crucial to Economic Recovery
Columbia Business School Ideas at Work - 4/16/2020
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

If You Want a Quick Recovery, Forgive Debts
Barron's - 4/15/2020
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Missed Rent Payments Cascade Across the Real Estate Industry
Bloomberg - 4/9/2020
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

U.S. Orders Up to a Yearlong Break on Mortgage Payments
NPR - 3/19/2020
Professor Christopher Mayer

2019

Evaluating housing affordability policies: What works?
The Unassuming Economist - 9/17/2019
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh

American Dream Mall Developers Put Up Other Mega Malls as Collateral
The Wall Street Journal - 8/20/2019
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Climate change is a remorseless threat to the world’s coasts
The Economist - 8/17/2019
Professor Christopher Mayer

These States Are Turning To Rent Control: How It Affects Affordable Housing
WBUR - 6/20/2019
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh

Risky Borrowing Is Making a Comeback, but Banks Are on the Sideline
New York Times - 6/11/2019
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

How a Real Estate Concept From the Middle Ages Can Still Backfire
New York Times - 6/7/2019
Professor Christopher Mayer

Real Estate’s Latest Bid: Zillow Wants to Buy Your House
New York Times - 5/7/2019
Professor Christopher Mayer

Seeking an Edge, Developers and Investors Turn to ‘Proptech’
New York Times - 5/7/2019 
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Study Says Rent Control Is Good for Cities, Debunking Conventional Economists' Wisdom 
Gothamist - 4/17/2019
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh 

Still Too Damn High: How Can We Address Rising Rents?
MarketWatch - 4/11/2019
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh 

Return of Rent Control: New Research Shows Benefit of Decades-Old Affordable Housing Approach
PR Newswire - 4/8/2019
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh 

America’s Most Hated Home Loan Is Staging a Comeback
Bloomberg - 3/13/2019
Professor Christopher Mayer

2018

In an Uncertain Real Estate Market, Try Before You Buy
The New York Times - 11/15/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer 

The $91 Million Fight to Reconsider Rent Control in California
Bloomberg - 10/24/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer 

To Prevent Another Housing Crash, Spread the Risk
Columbia Business School Ideas at Work - 9/24/2018
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh 

Homeowners Resist Borrowing Against Equity Despite Push by Banks
The Seattle Times - 8/11/2018 
Professor Christopher Mayer 

Why You Should Buy a House in 2018
WGRZ - 7/5/2018
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh 

Homeowners Have More Equity Than Ever But Don't Want to Tap It
The Spokesman-Review - 7/15/2018 
Professor Christopher Mayer 

Researchers Say Reverse Mortgages Deserve a Second Look
Forbes - 3/30/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer 

US Homeownership Rate Slips Versus That of Other Nations
Reverse Mortgage Daily - 3/18/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer 

Could the 2008 Financial Crisis Happen Again? 
WUWM 89.7 - 3/14/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer

The US Homeownership Rate Has Lost Ground Compared with Other Developed Countries
Urban Institute: Urban Wire Housing and Finance Blog - 3/12/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer 

The Mortgage Market Risk No One's Talking About, Plus a Proposal to Redesign the System
Brookings - 3/8/2018
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

To Explain Changes in the Homeownership Rate, Look Beyond Demographic Trends
Urban Institute: Urban Wire Housing and Finance Blog - 3/6/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer

Equifax Unveils New Analytic Dataset for Identifying Detailed Credit Market Signals
Business Insider: Markets Insider - 2/26/2018
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

FinTech: Who Does It Serve? Who Can It Serve?
Urban Institute - 2/8/2018
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

How a Red-Hot Housing Market Became a Crisis
Marketplace - 1/25/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer

2017

From Bombs to Ball drops, the History of New Year’s Eve in Times Square
New York Post - 12/28/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

GOP Achieves Tax-Cut Dream: What Happens to the Dream of Home Ownership Now?
WBUR - 12/20/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer

Tax Changes Could Have Big Effect On Housing
Marketplace - 12/19/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer

How The House Tax Overhaul Bill Could Hurt Affordable Housing
WNPR - 12/15/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer

Forget 'Location, Location, Location' When Making Retirement Housing Decisions
Forbes – 12/5/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer

The GOP Tax Plan and the Housing Market
NPR - 11/3/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer

A Crowded Market and Development Glut are Making Lenders Think Twice
The Real Deal - 11/1/2017
Professor Brian Lancaster

Between Tragedy and Opportunity: Lynne B. Sagalyn’s Power at Ground Zero
Los Angeles Review of Books - 10/10/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

Rebuilding New York City
Oxford University Press Blog - 9/11/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

Book Review: Power at Ground Zero
Architectural Record - 9/1/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

Banks That Don't Invest in Technology Risk Falling Behind Permanently
Forbes - 7/20/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Banks' Struggles in Mortgage Business Linked to Outdated Technology
Information Management (originally appeared in American Banker) - 7/16/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

What's driving the growth in 'shadow banking'
Chicago Booth Review - 6/26/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Interview: Professor Lynne Sagalyn, Columbia Business School
Casium.net - 6/20/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

The SBC Discusses Barriers to Refinancing and Menendez ‘s Discussion Draft
SIFMAN.org Hearing Summary - 5/11/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer

Fintech and Shadow Banks
Seeking Alpha - 5/10/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Power at Ground Zero (Alumni Books Podcast)
Slice of MIT Podcast - 4/25/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

Why America’s Richest Cities Keep Getting Richer
The Atlantic - 4/12/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer 

Shadow Banking is Getting Bigger Without Getting Better
Bloomberg View - 3/28/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

The Rise of Shadow Banks in Mortgage Lending
The Wall Street Journal - 3/27/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

How Larry Silverstein hustled to rebuild the World Trade Center
The Real Deal - 3/14/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

When It Comes to Wall Street, Preet Bharara Is No Hero
ProPublica - 3/12/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Banking the unbanked: Is the NDA govt’s flagship initiative Jan Dhan Yojana bearing fruit on the ground? 
The Times of India - 3/9/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: How It Can Be Done Effectively
[email protected] - 1/9/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer

The Most Critical Reverse Mortgage Research: 2017 Edition
Reverse Mortgage Daily - 1/3/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer 

2016

How Donald Trump's Win Could Affect Your Wallet
MarketWatch - 11/11/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer

Who Lost Ground Zero? 
City Journal - 10/14/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

A Major New Book Takes on the Power Struggle at Ground Zero
The New York Times - 9/27/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

Life Goes On, Even At Ground Zero 
The Washington Free Beacon - 9/25/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

Wrestling Over Hallowed Ground in Downtown Manhattan
The Wall Street Journal - 9/23/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

Rebirth and Renewal at Ground Zero
Newsday - 9/10/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

Work to Rebuild Lower Manhattan After September 11 Continues
CCTV America - 9/9/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

5 Questions: Real Estate Professor Lynne Sagalyn Probes the Redevelopment of Ground Zero
Columbia News - 9/9/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

We’ll Never Forget 9/11. How Should We Remember Ground Zero?
The Washington Post - 9/9/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

Where Lower Manhattan Stands, 15 Years Later
WNYC - Money Talking - 9/9/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

How New York City Rebuilt Anew After Its Darkest Day
NPR - 9/8/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

A Shopping Mall at Ground Zero, Uninformed by Its Sacred Land
The New York Times - 9/5/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

Airbnb Income: How It Can Mess With Your Mortgage ‘Refi’
Wall Street Journal - 8/29/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer

Rebuilding Ground Zero: How Twin Mandates of Revival and Remembrance Reshaped Lower Manhattan
The Conversation - 8/25/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn

Jumbo Mortgages Bigger Piece of the Housing Pie
Mid-Missouri Public Radio - 8/10/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer

Professor Christopher J. Mayer Appointed Faculty Director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate

Avoid These Emotional Missteps When Buying or Selling a House
Market Watch - 7/7/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer 

The Psychology of Buying and Selling a House
The Wall Street Journal - 6/12/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer

Why the 24-Hour City Matters
Commercial Property Executive - 6/9/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer 

Where Should Millennials Live?
BBC World Service - 6/7/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer

American Housing Prices Going Big, Again
NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrooke - 6/2/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer

Help arrives for (some) underwater homeowners
Marketplace - 4/15/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer

HANSEN: World Trade Center Hub is wasteful, ugly
The Daily Targum - 3/21/2016
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

The Big Data Craze Is Building In Real Estate —
And MBA Programs Are Driving The Trend
BusinessBecause - 3/21/2016
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

Housing helps keep recovery going
Marketplace - 2/17/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer

Can the private sector help rebuild America? 
Columbia Ideas at Work - The Centennial Issue
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

US millennials caught in the parent trap 
Financial Times – 2/1/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer [video]

2015

Did the nation's largest housing recovery initiative work?
PBS NewsHour – 11/19/2015
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

The vast inequality of rental inflation
Marketplace - 11/6/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer

HARP helped more than 3 million borrowers save $3,500 annually
HousingWire – 9/23/2015
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Housing Market is One Upbeat Note Right Now
Marketplace - 8/25/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer

Are Rent Laws Worth It?
NPR – 6/17/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer

Retiring baby boomers struggling with mortgage payments
Mortgage Professional America – 6/16/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer

Paying Off the Mortgage Is Becoming Harder for Older Workers
New York Times – 6/12/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer

U.S. Home Prices Rising Faster Than Expected
NPR's Here & Now – 5/26/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer

The housing market is still struggling
Marketplace – 2/24/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer

UNSW Business School Holds Energetic Real Estate Forum
UNSW Business School - 2/16/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer 

The Logic of an Empty $100 Million Pad
New York Times – 2/9/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer

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2014

Older Americans a Pillar of Housing Market With High Ownership Rate
Bloomberg News – 12/8/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

How Cost of Train Station at World Trade Center Swelled to $4 Billion
New York Times – 12/2/2014
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

Heading in the Right Direction
NAREIT - 10/31/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn Presents at the Skyscraper Museum
The Skyscraper Museum – 10/27/2014
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

Floating-rate debt is great when interest rates go down
FT Alphaville – 10/20/2014
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

How mortgage rates affect car purchases, credit card debt and jobs
Washington Post – 10/9/2014
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Easy credit flows to US landlords as lenders bet on rental market
Reuters – 10/2/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

Parents, the Children Will Be Fine. Spend Their Inheritance Now
New York Times - 9/19/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

Will Portland Always Be a Retirement Community for the Young?
New York Times – 9/16/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

Back to School
PERE Magazine – 9/1/2014
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

Many Homeowners Still Qualify for Mortgage Relief
NPR - 8/26/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

Hong Kong Popping Housing Bubbles London Can’t Handle
Bloomberg - 7/30/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

How High Debt From The Housing Collapse Still Stifles Our Economy
NPR - 7/24/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

JPMorgan Pulls Back from Mortgage Lending on Foreclosure Worries
Reuters – 7/15/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

Homeownership Equals Stability
New York Times – 7/15/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

Cash Home Sales Soar Across US
Bloomberg – 5/28/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

With Clock Ticking on Mortgage Relief, Homeowners Wonder What’s Ahead
Washington Post – 3/10/2014
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Severe Weather Socks The Economy, But Full Impact Is Unclear
NPR - 3/4/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

Legislative Insider-March/April 2014
Realtor Reflections - 3/1/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

Home Ownership
Columbia Business School No Free Lunch Seminar – 2/25/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

Not All Housing Bubbles Crash Equally
Fortune – 2/3/2014
Professor Shang-Jin Wei

Where Will Young People Live When They’re Old and Gray?
Marketplace – 1/31/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer

The Tale of a House, and an Entire Market
New York Times – 1/25/14
Professor Christopher Mayer

Reverse-Mortgage Rule Changes Draw Professor to the Business
Bloomberg Businessweek – 1/23/14
Professor Christopher Mayer

State Lenders Escape Rules to Put Americans in Homes: Mortgages
Bloomberg News – 1/22/14
Professor Christopher Mayer

Professor Puts Ideas in Practice as Reverse-Mortgage CEO
Bloomberg – 1/18/14
Professor Christopher Mayer

REBIC Hosts National Housing Economist Christopher Mayer at Jan. 23 Forum
Charlotte Business Journal – 1/15/14
Professor Christopher Mayer

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2013

Mortgage Program Pans Out
Wall Street Journal – 12/31/13
Professor Christopher Mayer

Mortgage Rates to Rise, but Not Because of Tapering
MSN – 12/19/13
Professor Christopher Mayer

Decent Year for Housing Ahead?
CNBC – 12/18/13
Professor Christopher Mayer

Nightly Business Report
CNBC – 12/18/13
Professor Christopher Mayer

What to Expect from REITs in 2014
Investopedia – 12/16/13
Professor Christopher Mayer

Beijing to Make It Easier to Bet the Farm
Wall Street Journal – 11/22/2013
Professor Shang-Jin Wei

Private Equity Funds Barely Worth It: Study
CNBC – 11/12/2013
Professors Morten Sorensen and Neng Wang

Average Private-Equity Investor Merely Breaks Even, Study Claims
Barron’s – 11/11/2013
Professors Morten Sorensen and Neng Wang

Wall Street Figured out How to Securitize Your Rent. Should You Worry?
Wall Street Journal – 11/8/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Capitalizing on the Public-Private Partnership
PrivcapRE – 10/24/2013
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

Another Housing Bubble? Real Estate Expert Says “No”
The Motley Fool – 10/12/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Carrying Debt After Retirement
New York Times – 9/26/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Valuing Private Equity: Video and Presentation
Columbia Business School No Free Lunch Seminar – 9/17/2013
Professor Neng Wang

Mortgage Refinance Slowdown Leads to Bank Layoffs
Marketplace – 9/10/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Tighter Rules Will Make It Harder to Get a Reverse Mortgage
New York Times – 9/6/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Will The New Fed Chief Revive Housing?
Fox Business – 8/21/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Report: Half of All Home Purchases Paid for with Cash
Marketplace – 8/15/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Foreclosures Are Down, but the Housing Market Isn't Quite Moving Yet
Marketplace Morning Report – 8/15/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Obama Introduces a New Game: Fake Bipartisanship
CNN Money – 8/14/2013
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

More Fraud Evidence Tilts the Crisis Narrative
Columbia Journalism Review – 8/12/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

American Dream Slipping as Homeownership at 18-Year Low
Bloomberg – 7/30/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

The Perverse Effects of Rent Regulation
New York Times – 7/23/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Married to the Mortgage
The Economist – 7/13/2013
Professor Shang-Jin Wei

Rules for Reverse Mortgages May Become More Restrictive
New York Times – 7/12/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

People with Bad Math Skills Are More Likely to Wind Up in Foreclosure
Business Insider – 6/27/2013
Professor Stephan Meier

Math-Challenged Americans More Likely to End Up in Foreclosure
NBC News – 6/24/2013
Professor Stephan Meier

Home Buyers with Good Credit Have Many Options
CNBC Closing Bell – 6/14/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Many Would-Be First-Time Homebuyers Fear Taking the Plunge
Marketplace Radio – 6/4/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

New York’s New Billionaire Street
Marketplace Morning Report – 6/4/2013
Professor Lynne Sagalyn

Sustainable Recovery in Housing?
CNBC – 5/28/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Market-Return Research Wins 2013 AQR Insight Award
Wall Street Journal – 5/20/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Piskorski Receives 2013 AQR Insight Distinguished Paper Award
Business School News – 5/20/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Home Prices Rebound
NPR – 5/1/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Real Estate Déjà Vu
New York Magazine – 4/12/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Private-Label RMBS Fraud Ran Rampant Before Market Crash, but Who Is Guilty?
Housingwire – 4/10/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Rental Investment May Seem Safer Than It Really Is
New York Times – 03/29/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Cash Course in Housing Economics
Wall Street Journal – 3/2/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Study Confirms Widespread Mortgage Fraud
CBS Money Watch – 2/22/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

New Paper Sheds Light on Extent of Housing Bubble Fraud
Wall Street Journal – 2/20/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Bubbles and Fraud: A Smoking Gun?
Economist – 2/19/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Housing Taking a Turn to the Upside?
Fox Business – 1/25/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Sagalyn Presents Research on Cities as Entertainment Centers Business School News – 1/25/2013
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

In Deal, Bank of America Extends Retreat From Mortgages
New York Times – 1/7/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Big Banks Settle Mortgage Hangover
Wall Street Journal – 1/7/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Bank of America Puts to Bed Claims from Housing Crisis, While Retreating from Market
Washington Post – 1/7/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer

Lessons Learned from HAMP
Housing Wire Magazine – 1/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

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2012

Groundbreaking on $15 Billion Hudson Yards Project in Manhattan Begins
Daily Mail – 12/4/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

Business Schools See the Value of Lessons in Real Estate
Financial Times – 11/26/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

American Daydream
HERMES – 11/26/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn and Professor Christopher Mayer

Why Freddie Mac Resisted Refis
ProPublica – 10/25/12
Professor Christopher Mayer

New Film Captures WTC Redevelopment Battle
New York Post – 10/17/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

US Housing Policy Experts Say GSE Reform Will Have To Wait
MNI – 10/2/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Mortgage Finance System Overhaul Way Down the Road
The Hill – 10/2/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

On the House: U.S. Approach to Easing Foreclosures a Disappointment
Philadelphia Inquirer – September 23, 2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Mortgage Servicers Dropped the Ball, Study Says
Chicago Tribune – 9/20/2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Special Servicers: Answer to Mortgage Industry Woes?
CBS News – 9/20/2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Did Bank Delays Cause 800,000 Foreclosures?
MSN Money – 9/17/2012

Study: Home Modification Program Falls Short
CBS News – 9/13/2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Foreclosure Fail: Study Pins Blame on Big Banks
ProPublica – 9/12/2012
See also related coverage from Huffington Post, the Atlantic (also featured on Yahoo), and the Consumerist.

Can the Middle Class Thrive Without Home Ownership?
Fortune – 9/11/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Help for New Jersey's Mortgage Crisis?
NJ Spotlight – 9/11/2012

Paper: Why Obama’s Loan Modification Program Fell Short
Wall Street Journal – 9/5/2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Putting Numbers to HAMP's Limited Impact
Bloomberg Businessweek – 8/31/2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski

The Perils and Promise of Public-Private Partnerships
National Development Council – 08/6/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

The Raft for an Underwater Housing Market
MN2020 Hindsight – 7/31/2012

Hasty Loan Denials of HARP Refinance Applications Mislead Thousands of Discouraged Underwater Homeowners
PR Web – 7/24/2012

A Neighborhood’s Comeback
Wall Street Journal – 07/18/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn

Expanding Refinances Could Save Billions for Homeowners
Center for Responsible Lending – 6/27/2012

Housing Market Crawls Back
Wall Street Journal – 5/29/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Principal Reductions Won’t Solve the Mortgage Mess
Bloomberg – 5/17/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Potential Broad-Based Refi Plan Aims To Level Playing Field; Increase Home Prices
Mortgage News Daily – 5/9/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

HUD: 750,000 Borrowers Helped with Obama Refi Plan
MarketWatch – 5/8/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

More Refinance Help on Horizon for Fannie, Freddie Homeowners?
US News and World Report – 4/25/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Two Democratic Senators Push to Streamline, Speed Refinancing Process
The Hill – 4/25/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Continued Job Growth Will Help Housing Industry
NPR – 4/23/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Did the White House Use ‘Fuzzy Math’ on the Bailout? Not Really.
Washington Post – 4/20/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

When Homeowners Refinance, It’s Good for Business
Boston Globe – 4/20/2012 (registration required)
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

Experts Discuss Housing Crisis, Solutions
Columbia Business School – 4/10/2012
Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Professor Christopher Mayer

Is Mortgage-Debt Forgiveness Worth the ‘Moral Hazard’?
Wall Street Journal – 4/2/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Rents Keep Rising, Even as Housing Prices Fall
New York Times – 2/24/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement for Homeowners
New York Times – 2/8/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Freddie Mac Betting Against Struggling Homeowners
National Public Radio – 1/30/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Treasury Investigates Freddie Mac Investment
The New York Times – 1/30/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Obama Answers Bernanke Plea With Refinancing Plan: Mortgages
Bloomberg Business Week – 1/25/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

A New Stimulus: Have Wall Street bail out Main Street
CNN Money – 1/18/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Time to Consider Mass Mortgage Refinancings
The Washington Post – 1/17/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

Remodeling Homeowner Incentives: A Plan to Revive the Housing Market by Replacing Mortgage Interest Deductions with Tax Credits
The Huffington Post – 1/17/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer

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2011

Obama Administration Expands Mortgage Assistance Program
The Takeaway – 10/25/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer

Refinancing Revamp Planned
SmartMoney – 10/24/2011

How Much Would Mass Refinancing Do for the Economy?
The Washington Post – 10/19/2011
Dean Glenn Hubbard

Steven Pearlstein: How about Refi.gov?
The Washington Post – 9/17/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer

How Mortgage Refinancing Could Help Spur Economy
National Public Radio – 9/7/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer

How To Save The Housing Market: Destroy Houses
Time Magazine – 9/7/2011

Mortgage Refinancing Could Jumpstart Economy
Wall Street Journal video – 8/28/2011
Dean Glenn Hubbard

Obama Considers New Housing Solutions
National Public Radio – 8/27/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer

One Final Bailout That Still May Happen
U.S. News & World Report – 8/26/2011

U.S. May Back Refinance Plan for Mortgages
New York Times – 8/24/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer

Can housing policy be an effective stimulus?
The Washington Post – 8/23/2011
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

Banks Block Obama's Mortgage Stimulus Plan
Bloomberg – 8/16/2011
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

Low Rates Alone Not Seen Reviving Housing Market
National Public Radio – 8/15/2011
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

Housing Speculation (Video)
Columbia Business School No Free Lunch Seminar – 3/1/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer

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2010

The Economics of Hedge Funds: Video and Presentation
Columbia Business School No Free Lunch Seminar – 11/9/2010
Professor Neng Wang

How Underwater Mortgages Can Float the Economy
New York Times — 9/18/2010
By R. Glenn Hubbard and Christopher Mayer

Debt Forgiveness Key in Plan to Curb Foreclosures
National Public Radio – 3/26/2010
Professor Christopher Mayer

B of A to help underwater homeowners
National Public Radio Marketplace – 3/24/2010
Professor Christopher Mayer

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2009

How to Modify Securitized Mortgages
Seeking Alpha – 3/21/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Obama Housing Fix Too Timid?
Los Angeles Times – 2/27/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer

Proposal Is Heavy on Incentives to Modify Loans
Wall Street Journal – 2/19/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer

Obama's Savior-Based Housing Plan
U.S. News & World Report – 2/18/2009
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

The Good and Bad in Obama's Foreclosure Plan
The Atlantic – 2/18/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Fixing Foreclosures: Lots Of Plans, Murky Strategy
CNBC – 2/12/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer

How to Save the Housing Market
The Atlantic – 2/4/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer

Beyond the Age of Leverage: New Banks Must Arise
Financial Times – 2/2/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer

Are 4% Mortgages the Answer?
Time Magazine Blog – 2/2/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer

Fixing Foreclosures: 'How Far Are We Going to Go?'
CNBC – 1/23/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer

Mortgage Crisis: Will Loan Mods Bring Relief?
BusinessWeek – 1/23/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Obama Has No Quick Fix for Banks
New York Times – 1/20/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer

More Thoughts on How to Fix the Housing Crisis
Time Magazine Blog – 1/15/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Columbia Profs Tackle Loan Mods
HousingWire – 1/12/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Loan Servicers Should Get Incentives to Modify Mortgages, Experts Say
Los Angeles Times – 1/11/2009

Why Servicers Matter (Audio)
WNYC – 1/8/2009

FDIC Loan Plan Called Too Expensive
San Diego Source – 1/7/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Columbia Profs: Incentivize Servicers to Modify Mortgages
Los Angeles Times Blog – 1/7/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski

Pay Lenders to Stem Foreclosures: Report
Reuters – 1/7/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski

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2008

New York, Boston Prices Expected to Fall Further
Wall Street Journal – 12/31/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer

Low-Interest Mortgages Are the Answer
Wall Street Journal – 12/17/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

New $3 Trillion Bailout Is Coming to the Masses
Bloomberg – 12/15/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

Obama Team Boosts Paulson Proposal to Spur U.S. Home Purchases
Bloomberg – 12/12/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

Mortgage Finance Officials Defend Actions on Risky Loans
Voice of America – 12/10/2008
Professor Charles Calomoris

Washington’s New Tack: Helping Homeowners
The New York Times – 12/4/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer

U.S. Eyes Plan to Lift Home Sales
Wall Street Journal – 12/4/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

Treasury’s 4.5 Percent Mortgage Plan Analyzed
NPR’s All Things Considered – 12/4/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer

A New Proposal to Lower Mortgage Rates
American Public Media’s Marketplace Morning Report – 12/4/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer

Treasury Weighs Plan To Cut U.S. Mortgage Rates
NPR’s Morning Edition – 12/4/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer

Home Builders Make Plea for Federal Aid
Wall Street Journal – 11/24/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer

How Obama can energise the economy
Financial Times – 11/19/2008
By Dean Glenn Hubbard

7 Ways for Obama to Save the Housing Market
U.S. News and World Report – 11/14 2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard

A helping hand to homeowners
The Economist – 10/23/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

First, Let's Stabilize Home Prices
Wall Street Journal – 10/2/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer

2005

Bubble Trouble? Not Likely
HERMES – Fall 2005
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Todd Sinai

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Adjunct Faculty

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Alumni​

  • 6/25/18: Inside the mind of a NYC VC: Zak Scwhwarzman ’13 of MetaProp (AlleyWatch).
  • 6/21/18: Craig Leupold ’92, CEO of Green Street Advisors, expects increased M&A, privatization activity [Video] (Green Street Advisors).
  • 6/20/18: Constantine Valhouli ’03, Director of Research for NeighborhoodX contemplates appraising a superhero’s abode (Wall Street Journal).
  • 6/19/18: MetaProp co-founders Clelia Peters ’09 and Zach Aarons ’13 raise $40M for a second proptech VC fund (Commercial Observer).
  • 6/18/18: Constantine Valhouli ’03, Director of Research for NeighborhoodX, says the average asking price in Boston’s Seaport neighborhood is now more than $2,000 PSF, per a new report by the firm (Boston Magazine).
  • 6/18/18: Robert Reffkin ’04, Founder and CEO of Compass goes on camera to discuss disrupting homebuying (CNBC).
  • 6/15/18: Andrea Olshan ’04, CEO of Olshan Properties, is named New York Power Woman 2018 by Bisnow.
  • 6/11/18: Robert Reffkin ’03, Founder and CEO of Comapss continues to reinvent real estate across Northern Virginia (Arlington Now).
  • 6/7/18: Yulia Yanni ’08, Co-Founder and CEO of RealAtom is working to create the top destination to connect borrowers and lenders (Washington Business Journal).
  • 6/6/18: Howard Fiddle ’87, Vice Chairman of CBRE represents the Rockefeller Group for law firm Blank Rome’s 183K SF lease at 1271 Sixth Avenue (The Real Deal).
  • 6/4/18: Max Newland ’05, Director of Acquisitions at Kayne Anderson, discusses the firm’s billion-dollar senior housing portfolio (Senior Housing News).
  • 6/3/18: Tom DeRosa ’88, CEO of Welltower discusses the REIT’s novel approach to stay relevant in skilled nursing (Skilled Nursing News).
  • 5/21/18: Edward Gormbley ’09, Managing Partner for Workforce Partners, breathes new life into Fairfield, CT’s iconic Hotel Hi Ho (Fox 61).
  • 5/29/18: Robert Reffkin ’03, Founder and CEO of Compass, shares the eight keys to the company’s success (Inaman).
  • 5/25/18: Matthew Baron ’07, President of Simon Baron discusses how prewar buildings’ history becomes an amenity (New York Times).
  • 5/21/18: Andrea Olshan ’04 CEO of Olshan Properties announces the firm’s retail highlights (PR Newswire).
  • 5/18/18: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group, plans to spend $4B on experiential upgrades to their commercial properties (Commercial Property Executive).
  • 5/10/18: Howard Fiddle ’87, Vice Chairman at CBRE represented the Midtown West building for law firm Latham & Watkin’s lease of 407K SF of office space (The Real Deal).
  • 5/10/18: Howard Fiddle ’87, Vice Chairman at CBRE discusses law firm Covington & Burling’s expansion into 193K SF at the New York Times Building (Commercial Observer).
  • 5/8/18: Andrea Olshan ’04, CEO of Olshan Properties discusses adding hotels to her company’s projects (New York Times).
  • 5/8/18: Remy Raisner ’03, Founder & CEO of Proteus Management pens a column on the future of urbanism (Medium).
  • 5/7/18: Gideon Gil ’00, Executive Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield arranges the sale of Boricua College’s vacant three building-asset in Williamsburg (Commercial Property Executive).
  • 5/7/18: Peggy DaSilva ’83 named Head of Loan and Asset Management at Allianz Real Estate (BusinessWire).
  • 5/2/18: Brett Rosenberg ’06, Senior Vice President at JLL arranges $120M to refinance at Bryant Park office tower (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 5/2/18: Cia Buckley Marakovits ’93, Chief Investment Officer at Dune Real Estate Partners, shares predictions in a live-voting session on capital markets at the ULI Spring Meeting (Urban Land Magazine).
  • 5/2/18: Howard Fiddle ’87, Vice Chairman at CBRE represents Rockefeller Center for leading global law firm Latham & Watkins lease of 407K SF (Commercial Property Executive).
  • 5/1/18: Tom DeRosa ’88, CEO of Welltower, discusses partnering with ProMedica to acquire HCR ManorCare and create a $7 billion network (Healthcare Finance).
  • 4/26/18: Matthew Finkle ’99, President of Related Affordable, comments on Aimco’s sale of its asset management portfolio to Related Companies (The Wall Street Journal).
  • 4/25/18: The following alumni made the 2018 Commercial Observer “Power 100” list: David Neithercut ’82 (#28), David Simon ’85 (#37), Nicholas Bienstock ’96 (#38), Tommy Craig ’82 (#40), Paul Pariser ’78 (#54), Meredith Marshall ’92 (#73), Henry Elghanayan ’67 (#79), and Peter Braus ’94 (#99).
  • 4/23/18: Robert Reffkin ’03, Founder and CEO of Compass, discusses the company’s role in the tech revolution in real estate (Chicago Magazine).
  • 4/23/18: Jonathan Wasserstrum ’12 explains how the company's digital platform streamlines the process of finding office space (Fox Business).
  • 4/19/18: Philippe Visser ’04 is named President of Related Office Development and will responsible for the development and construction of the firm’s commercial office pipeline nationally, including the current and future Hudson Yards office offerings, One Columbus Circle, 517 West 35th Street and Farley-Moynihan Station (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 4/19/18: Meredith Marshall ’92, Managing Partner at BRP Development sat down with Columbia Business magazine to discuss how, with the demand for living space souring, he hopes to make housing more affordable.
  • 4/18/18: David Slaven ’05, President of Red Brick Properties asks $23M for Leslie J. Garfield’s old townhouse after gut renovation (The Real Deal).
  • 4/18/18: Paul Pariser ’78, Co-CEO of Taconic Investment Partners invests SquareFoot, the firm led by Jonathan Wasserstrum ’12 that recently raised $7M (PR Newswire, TechCrunch & Cheddar).
  • 4/18/18: Jonathan Wasserstrum ’12, CEO and Co-Founder of TheSquareFoot announces the company just closed their Series A of $7 million led by Rosecliff Ventures (The Real Deal and TheSquareFoot press release). 
  • 4/17/18: Geoff Goldstein ’07, Senior Director at HFF, arranges &$86 million financing for The Lewis, a newly-completed, 186-unit apartment building in the Hudson Yards neighborhood (New York Real Estate Journal). 
  • 4/13/18: Ross Smotrich ’83, Managing Director at Barclays weighs in on where to invest in the Age of Amazon (Bloomberg).
  • 4/12/18: Jonathan Flaherty ’07, Senior Director of Sustainability and Utilities at Tishman Speyer, explains why developers aren’t keen on New York State’s “green” bank (The Real Deal).
  • 4/12/18: Philippe Visser '04 is named president of Related Office Development, a group designed to tackle upcoming projects including a conversaion of the western section of the Farley Post Office building into office space (Crains New York Business). 
  • 4/10/18: Nicholas Bienstock ’96, Managing Partner at Savanna, sells ground under Bushwick office building for $81m (The Real Deal).
  • 4/9/18 & 4/13/18: Andrea Olshan ’04, CEO of Olshan Properties, completes a $40-million makeover on the Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort and Spa and appoints Steven Falciani as General Manager (Hotel Management and Marco Eagle).
  • 4/9/18: Robert Reffkin ’03, Founder and CEO of Compass, expands in Midtown at SL Green property (The Real Deal).
  • 4/4/18: Kara McShane ’00, Managing Director at Wells Fargo scores the top spot on Commercial Observer’s Power 50 list for 2018.
  • 4/3/18: Andrea Olshan ’04, CEO of Olshan Properties, unveils plans for the transformation of 99 Hudson Street, one of TriBeCa’s most celebrated commercial buildings (New York Real Estate Journal).
  • 4/2/18: Alex Holiday '13, Partner at the Glasshouses, announces the company's plans for a new events venue in Hell's Kitchen (The Real Deal). 
  • 3/28/18: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group, plans to invest millions in upgrades to King of Prussia Mall (Philly.com).
  • 3/28/18: Jonathan Flaherty ’07, Senior Director of Sustainability and Utilities at Tishman Speyer, weighs in on how developers can help fix NYC’s biggest infrastructure problems (BIsnow).
  • 3/23/18: Anna Coatsworth ’01 of Corcoran discuss the challenges of being a woman in a senior role in a male-dominated field (Columbia Business: Ideas and Insights).
  • 3/14/18: Jonathan More ’09, Managing Director at Mission Capital Advisors, is part of a team who arranged a $42M loan for a Torchlight Investors hotel venture (Real Estate Weekly). 
  • 3/9/18: Henry Gorn ’05, Senior Vice President of Torchlight investors, comments on the company’s purchase of an Alabama multifamily property (PE Hub Network). 
  • 3/9/18: Jed Reagan ’10 weighs in on why LA sees more profits than Manhattan in office real estate (Crain’s New York Business). 
  • 3/6/18: Tom DeRosa ’88, Chief Executive Officer of Welltower, and Tommy Craig ’82, Senior Managing Director at Hines, break ground on Manhattan assisted living high-rise (McKnight’s Senior Living). 
  • 3/5/18: Robert Reffkin ’03, Founder and CEO of Compass, weighs in on the “robot revolution” coming to real estate (Realty Biz News). 
  • 3/1/18: Gideon Gil ’00, Executive Managing Director at Cushman and Wakefield brokered the financing of JMC’s purchase of New York REIT’s office property in Lenox Hill, known as the Interior Design Building (The Real Deal). 
  • 2/26/18: Fast Company compares Black History’s “hidden figures” who paved the way for today’s innovators, including Robert Reffkin ’03, Founder and CEO of Compass. 
  • 2/25/18: Tom DeRosa ’88, Chief Executive Officer of Welltower, is optimistic about the company’s financial outlook for the year (McKnight Senior Living). 
  • 2/14/18: Bruce Berg ’83, CEO of Fuller Development Company, discusses how the opening of Atlantic Station highlights downtown Stamford Growth (Stamford Advocate). 
  • 2/14/18: Alex Bernstein ’00, Executive Vice President of Bernstein Real Estate on the transformation of East Chelsea from industrial to residential (New York Times). 
  • 2/14/18: Jed Reagan ’10, of Green Street Advisors comments on Vornado’s plan to focus on New York real estate (Wall Street Journal). 
  • 2/13/18: The Real Deal takes a look at how Compass CEO and Co-Founder Robert Reffkin ’03 plays a part in recruiting agents. 
  • 1/31/18: David Simon ’85, CEO of Simon Property Group, discusses how the company’s earnings show that shopping centers still make money (USA Today). 
  • 1/31/18: Richard Pretsfelder ’94, Partner at Leslie J. Garfield, explains on why people don’t want to (or can’t) buy Manhattan’s spectacular mansions (Bloomberg). 
  • 1/31/18: Robert Reffkin ’03, CEO and co-founder of Compass, comments on the company’s merger with The Collective Residential in Dallas, Texas (Park Cities People). 
  • 1/26/18: David Simon ’85, CEO and Chairman of Simon Property Group, sees significant opportunity in the densification of its shopping centers with the addition of mixed-use elements (Building Design & Construction). 
  • 1/25/18: James Avery ’08, Co-CIO of Anvil, announces the launch of its initial credit lending strategy, Anvil Energy (Markets Insider). 
  • 1/18/18: Amit Govin ’11, Principal of Everwood Hospitality Partners, announced the purchase of the Sheraton Suites in Plantation, Florida, for $25M (The Real Deal: Miami).  
  • 1/18/18: Jed Reagan ’10, lead analyst for Green Street Advisors' office sector coverage, discusses the impact of co-working spaces on office demand (Green Street Advisors blog).  
  • 1/17/18: Paul Pariser ’78, Co-CEO of Taconic Investment Partners, announced the purchase of 12 rental buildings in the Bronx from the Related Companies and the New York City pension funds (The Real Deal).  
  • 1/17/18: Geoffrey Pope ’17, Vice President at AON, discussed his journey from Super Bowl champ to rising business star with Columbia Business magazine.  
  • 1/16/18: Robert Reffkin ’03, CEO of Compass, skyrockets to number 27 on the Swanepoel Power 200 ranking of leaders and executives in the residential real estate brokerage industry (Housingwire). 
  • 1/15/18: Lou D'Avanzo ’91 of Cushman & Wakefield, participates in a Q&A forecasting New York's commercial real estate (Crain's New York Business).   
  • 1/12/18: Jim Sullivan ’89, President of Green Street Advisors, explains how under the rader store closures are leaving big gaps and putting more malls at risk (CNBC).  
  • 1/12/18: Craig Leupold ’92, CEO at Green Street Advisors, comments on real estate stocks being hit by a bond market sell-off (Financial Times). 
  • 1/11/18: Lou D’Avanzo '91, managing principal for Cushman & Wakefield discusses what a strong 2017 economy and CRE mean for New York's future (Globe Street). 
  • 1/10/18: David Giancola ’11 and Geoff Goldstein ’07 of HFF, are part of a team securing financing for a Westchester, New York development (Real Estate Weekly). 
  • 1/10/18: Lou D'Avanzo ’91, managing principal for Cushman & Wakefield's Midtown office, comments on whether the office densification trend is over (The Real Deal). 
  • 1/8/18: Jim Sullivan ’89, President of Green Street Advisors, explains why some shopping malls may be in deeper trouble than you think (Bloomberg).  
  • 1/8/18: Robert Reffkin ’03, co-founder and CEO of Compass, comments on the company's merger with a Dallas firm to make a big splash in DFW's luxury residential market (Dallas Business Journal).  
  • 1/4/18: Paul Pariser ’78, Co-CEO of Taconic Partners, is planning a major development in Coney Island that is slated to feature at least 1,000 unites across three blocks (Bisnow).  
  • 1/4/18: David Giancoloa ’11 on the investment sales team at HFF, secured capitalization of a multifamily property in Fleetwood, New York (RE Business Online).  
  • 1/3/18: Tommy Craig ’82, Senior Managing Director at Hines, announced a joint venture with Welltower for Sunrise, an assisted living and memory care community in midtown Manhattan (Real Estate Weekly). 
  • 12/27/17: Remy Raisner ’10, Founder & CEO of Proteus Management, gives an overview of PropTech in 2017 and what 2018 holds (Huffington Post). 
  • 12/20/17: Sridhar Vankayala ’08, Director at Cushman & Wakefield, was part of a team arranging $58.8 in purchase financing for P3 Properties' purchase of Morris Corporate Center III in Parsippanny, NJ (Real Estate New Jersey). 
  • 12/19/17: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group, is investing heavily in upgrading and transforming mall properties (Indianapolis Business Journal). 
  • 12/19/17: David Giancola ’11 was on the broker team at HFF who handled the sale of a Bronx office property to Jamestown for $115 million (Crain’s New York Business). 
  • 12/18/17: Elliott Aronson ’98, Principal of Iliad Realty Group, buys 67 Vestry Street from RFR Realty (The Real Deal). 
  • 12/15/17: Sridhar Vankayala ’08, Director at Cushman & Wakefield, was part of a team arranging the loan for Hudson Equities Management's recent acquisition of an office building in Woodcliff Lake, NJ (Commercial Property Executive).  
  • 12/12/17: Andrea Olshan ’04, CEO of Olshan Properties, discusses the expansive, dual-phase mission to completely refresh the Easton Hilton in Columbus, Ohio (Columbus Monthly).  
  • 12/9/17: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group, now is broadening the company’s development focus in a quest to continue increasing the value of its real estate holdings with the addition of mixed-use components (Indiana Business Journal). 
  • 12/8/17: Brian Lindenberg ’15, Vice President at The Praedium Group comments on a Chinese investment and development firm’s acquisition of one of Newark’s most visible properties (Tap Into Newark). 
  • 12/4/17: Rohit Aggarwala ’00, head of Urban Systems at Sidewalk Labs, Google, sat down with Smithsonian.com to answer five questions about Google’s plan to reinvent cities.
  • 11/30/17: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group, plans to bridge online and brick-and-mortar retail with “The Edit.” 
  • 11/30/17: Anand Bhatia ’16, Vice President of Bhatia Development Organization, discussed carrying his family’s legacy to new heights with Real Estate Weekly.
  • 11/28/17: Louis D'Avanzo ’91, Vice Chairman at Cushman and Wakefield, sat down with Commercial Property Executive to discuss the surprisingly strong 2017 for Manhattan’s office market, and his expectations for the upcoming year.
  • 11/28/17: Craig Livingston ’98 Managing Partner of Exact Capital Corporation signed a contract with Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim to begin the project to renovate the long-shuttered Majestic and Poli theaters and bring more than 800 housing units to downtown Bridgeport. Groundbreaking is expected in late 2018 (Bridgeport Daily Voice & CT Post).
  • 11/20/17: Howard Fiddle ’87, Vice Chairman at CBRE, is part of the team handling leasing for open-source database startup MongoDB, who is planning on relocating its Midtown offices to Paramount Group’s 1633 Broadway (The Real Deal). 
  • 11/17/17: Erik Rose ’03, Managing Director of Residential Development at Tishman Speyer, comments on the ongoing amenities race in residential housing (NY Post). 
  • 11/16/17: David Von Spreckelsen ’89, President of Toll Brothers City Living, secured $144 million in construction financing for the condominium project at 91 Leonard Street (The Real Deal). 
  • 11/15/17: Geoff Goldstein ’07, Senior Director at HFF, announced $61.5 million in construction financing for the development of Roosevelt Parc, a 15-story, transit-oriented, mixed-use development in Jackson Heights, Queens (Real Estate Weekly). 
  • 11/14/17: Scott Estill ’09, Partner at Lancor, will manage the company's New York office and lead its global advisory practice. He will play a key role in the firm’s well-established private equity-focused recruiting practice while building Lancor’s new advisory business (Hunt Scanlon Media). 
  • 11/13/17: Brian Steinwurtzel ’04, Co-CEO of GFP Real Estate, announced the renovation of N6 Lofts, a historic factory building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn reimagined as a state-of-the-art workplace (Markets Insider).
  • 11/9/17: Nicholas Bienstock ’96 of Savanna and Tommy Craig ’82 of Hines are among NYC's top landlords in 2017 (Commercial Observer Owners Magazine). 
  • 11/4/17: Aaron Graf ’08, CEO of LG Fairmont comments on the skyrocketing prices of Premier Agent (The Real Deal). 
  • 10/26/17: Roland Dib ’98, Managing Principal of Dib Management, talks about converting Bob Dylan's former recording studio into a luxury rental building (New York Post and Curbed).  
  • 10/23/17: Jonathan Flaherty ’07, Senior Director of Sustainability and Utilities at Tishman Speyer, comments on the company's launch of a global tenant health and wellness initiative with Fitwel certification of its portfolio (PR Newswire). 
  • 10/18/17: Nicholas Bienstock ’96, Managing Partner of Savanna, discusses deploying Cortex Intel at 118 William Street to operate icreasingly sophisticated HVAC systems more easily and efficiently (PR Newswire). 
  • 10/12/17: Edward Gormbley ’09, Managing Partner at Workforce Partners, gives a pair of Fairfield, CT hotels a modern makeover (Westfair Online). 
  • 10/11/17: Benjamin Hatz ’05 joins MAXX Properties as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions (BusinessWire). 
  • 10/9/17: Paul Pariser ’78, Co-CEO of Taconic Investment Partners comments on the Inernational Center of Photography's plans to move its museum and school to Essex Crossing (The Lo-Down, news from the Lower East Side). 
  • 10/4/17: Anand Bhatia, ’16, Vice President at Bhatia Development Organization, is named one of Commercial Observer's "30 Under 30" for 2017. 
  • 10/5/17: Eric Liang ’17 joins Normandy Real Estate as an Associate to work on investments and asset management (Real Estate Alert). 
  • 10/2/17: Brian Steinwurtzel ’04 is Co-CEO of GFP Real Estate (Bisnow). 
  • 9/27/17: Alin Sigheartau ’17 joins GLL Real Estate as an Aquisitions Officer (Real Estate Alert). 
  • 9/18/17: Uche Alozie  ‘02 Principal and Co-founder of Almat Group, is making great changes to the Bronx borough with the inception of the Sydney House affordable housing project (Bronx Times). 
  • 9/15/17: Geoff Goldstein ’07, Director at HFF, secured an acquisition loan for a boutique Brooklyn apartment building (Real Estate Weekly).  
  • 9/12/17 & 9/21/17: Tripty Arya ’12, CEO and Founder of TRAVTUS discusses bringing artificial intelligence to building maintenance (Crain's New York and Habitat Mag). 
  • 9/12/17: Robert Ciemniak ’07, CEO and Chief Analyst at Real Estate Foresight says China's property market risks are rising (South China Morning Post). 
  • 9/1/17: Andrea Olshan ’04, CEO of Olshan Properties, and Anand Bhatia ’16, Vice President of Bhatia Development Organization, are among NYC's next wave of real estate dynasties (The Real Deal). 
  • 9/1/17: At the desk of: Clelia Peters ’09 (The Real Deal).  
  • 8/30/17: New Columbia University program, co-taught by Zach Aarons ’13, Co-Founder of MetaProp, challenges students to develop real estate technology (CRE.Tech).
  • 8/28/17: Jonathan Wasserstrum ’12, Co-Founder and CEO of SquareFoot, discusses how the Ten-X deal might be the beginning of CRE tech M&As (National Real Estate Investor). 
  • 8/25/17: Brian Steinwurtzel ’04, Co-CEO of Newmark Holdings, announced that Times Square Alliance and law firm Jun Wang & Associates renewed and expanded their leases at 1560 Broadway (Real Estate Weekly). 
  • 7/27/17: Jim Sullivan ’89, President of Green Street Advisors commented on the proposed $5 billion American Dream mall complex in in North Jersey (Philly.com).
  • 7/27/17: Paul Pariser ’78 and Charles Bendit, co-founders of Taconic Investment Partners sat down to talk about their massive Meatpacking bet, developing the Essex Crossing megaproject, and more (The Real Deal). 
  • 7/26/17: Zach Aarons ’13 Co-Founder of MetaProp, uses Susannah Vila ’15 and her startup, Flip, to illustrate what it takes to turn an idea into a company (MetaProp Blog).  
  • 7/25/17: David Neithercut ’82, CEO of Equity Residential sat down with REIT.com for a one-on-one interview. 
  • 7/19/17:  Meredith Marshall ’92, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of BRP Development is making New York a more equitable place (Commercial Observer). 
  • 7/12/17: Jeffrey Fastov ’92, Senior Managing Director at Square Mile Capital Management on being an alternative lender who thinks outside the box (Commercial Observer). 
  • 7/6/17: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group commented on how his company is changing its retail landscape to help change with the tide of ecommerce (PYMTS.com)
  • 6/28/17: John O'Connor ’09, Senior Vice President at O'Connor Capital Partners, weighs in on the secret of a successful mall (Commercial Observer). 
  • 6/22/17: Amber Ju ’15 and her startup, FollowUp Health are part of the fourth cohort of the Columbia Startup Lab. 
  • 6/14/17: Brian Steinwurtzel ’04, Co-CEO of Newmark Holdings, takes Commercial Observer inside the redevelopment of 40 Exchange Place. 
  • 6/7/17: David Von Spreckelsen ’89, president of Toll Brothers City Living sat down with Commercial Observer to discuss Brooklyn hotels and luxe condos. 
  • 5/23/17: Ronald Dickerman ’87, President of Madison International Realty, talks retail and why Brexit wasn't so bad (Commercial Observer). 
  • 5/19/17: Rick Dugoff ’92 joins TH Real Estate as Managing Director in the debt team (Commercial Property Executive).
  • 5/2/17: Robert Shapiro ’76, Founder of City Center Real Estate, celebrates his 55th year in the New York real estate industry (New York Real Estate Journal). 
  • 5/1/17: George Doerre ’10, Vice President at M&T Bank and Peter Braus ’94, Managing Principal at Lee & Associates, discuss navigating Manhattan's cooling market (The Real Deal).
  • 4/27/17: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group says he's confident mall business will prevail in tough retail climate and urges retailers to reinvest in stores (Indianapolis Business Journal and RetailDIVE). 
  • 4/26/17: Commercial Observer ranks the following alumni among its "Power 100" for 2017: David Simon ’85 of Simon Property Group (#20), Nicholas Bienstock ’96 of Savanna (#32), Tommy Craig ’82 of Hines (#37), Matthew Baron ’07 of Simon Baron Development (#50), Mark Portner ’99 of Shorenstein Properties (#57), Paul Pariser ’78 of Taconic Investment Partners (#59), Henry Elghanayan ’67 of Rockrose (#84), David Von Spreckelsen ’89 of Toll Brothers City Living (#87), and Chase Welles ’84 of SCG Retail (#94).
  • 4/21/17: Toll Brothers City Living, led by David Von Spreckelsen ’89 gets creative with incentives to spark sales (The Real Deal). 
  • 4/19/17: Scott Metzner ’84, President of Janus Property Company, sits down to discuss resurrecting forgotten industrial buildings as offices and art galleries (Commercial Observer).  
  • 4/14/17: John O'Connor ’09 and O'Connor Capital buy land near Disney for huge new shopping complex (Orlando Business Journal). 
  • 4/11/17: Jim Sullivan ’89, President of Green Street Advisors questions pricing declines in retail real estate (REIT.com).
  • 4/5/17: Commerical Obsevrer names the following alumni among its "Finance 50" for 2017: Ed Adler ’88 of Deutsche Bank (#3), Kara McShane ’00 of Wells Fargo (#11), David Bouton ’96 of Citigroup (#12), Jeff Fastov ’92 of Square Mile Capital Management (#23), Michael Lehrman ’90 and Anthony Orso ’90 of CCRE (#35), and Gideon Gil ’00 of Cushman & Wakefield (#41). 
  • 3/29/17: Toll Brothers City Living, led by David Von Spreckelsen ’89 plans a two-building, 162-unit condominium complex in Hudson Squre (The Real Deal).
  • 3/22/17: Roland Merchant ’01 joins HFF as a Senior Managing Director in its New York office (BusinessWire).
  • 3/18/17: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group calls the "sky-is-falling" perception of retail "ridiculous" (Indianapolis Business Journal).
  • 3/17/17: David Neithercut ’82, CEO of Equity Residential joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight Video interview (REIT.com).
  • 2/16/17: Sam Stein ’13 is promoted to co-vice president of leasing at The Kauffman Organization (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 2/13/17: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group and a member of the Real Estate Forum, talks the future of malls, life as a scion (The Real Deal South Florida).
  • 1/31/17: Green Street Advisors Chief Executive Officer Craig Leupold ’92 and President and Jim Sullivan ’89 are profiled on REIT.com.
  • 1/14/17: Elliot Vermes ’02, CEO of the multifamily data firm redIQ is hoping to change the way members of the real estate industry operate in the multifamily sector (Real Estate Weekly). 
  • 1/4/17: Ronald Dickerman ’87, founder and president of Madison International Realty, comments on what CRE finance will look like in 2017 (Commercial Observer).
  • 12/24/16: David Simon ’85, CEO of Simon Property Group, defends brick-and-mortar retail (Indianapolis Business Journal). 
  • 12/16/16: Cia Buckley Marakovits ’93 is appointed to the board of directors of Taubman Centers (Crain's Detroit Business). 
  • 12/13/16: Gordon Whiting ’97 comments on AG Net Lease's acquisition of a Memphis office tower for $58.25 million (PE Hub Network).
  • 12/1/16: Kaufman Organization hires Lorenzo Bakewell-Stone ’16 to join its division that acquires, renovates, repositions, and operates commercial buildings (The Real Deal).
  • 11/9/16: Andy Stone ’13 joins investmant manager Innovatus Capital as a managing director to spearhead commercial real estate investments (Real Estate Alert). 
  • 10/26/16: Executive promotions at Green Street Advisors: Craig Leupold ’92 appointed Chief Executive Officer and Jim Sullivan ’89 appointed President (Press release).
  • 10/24/16: Charles Griffith ’16 is appointed Vice President at Aetos Capital Real Estate in New York (Mingtiandi China Real Estate Intelligence). 
  • 10/19/16: Michael O'Hanlon ’79 named Chief Operating Officer of OliverMcMillan (Press Release Rocket and Commercial Property Executive). 
  • 10/17/16: Nicholas Bienstock ’96, Managing Partner of Savanna and Tommy Craig ’82, Senior Managing Director of Hines were featured in Commercial Observer's Owners Magazine 2016.  
  • 10/12/16: George Doerre ’10, Vice President and Team Leader in Commercial Real Estate at M&T Bank is named one of the 25 Lenders and Debt Brokers Under 35 (Commercial Observer).
  • 10/11/16: Tom DeRosa ’88, CEO of Welltower, comments on the company's purchase of a portfolio of elderly facilities on the West Coast (The Real Deal). 
  • 10/11/16: Howard Hughes Corporation named David R. O'Reilly ’01 Chief Financial Officer, effective October 17, 2016 (Chain Store Age).
  • 9/30/16: George Kruse ’03 is named Senior Managing Director and Head of Debt Investments at Osprey Capital in Tampa (Commercial Mortgage Alert).
  • 9/27/16: Gordon Whiting ’97, Managing Director of Angelo, Gordon & Co., and a member of Columbia Business School's Real Estate Circle comments the aquisition of a 370,585 square foot office campus in Denver (Commercial Property Executive).
  • 9/26/16: John Wieker ’04 is appointed Managing Director in Macquarie Capital's Real Estate Group (BusinessWire).
  • 9/16/16: Zach Aarons ’13, Co-Founder of MetaProp, comments on the possibility of a big real estate tech merger wave (The Real Deal).
  • 9/15/16 & 11/8/16: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group and a member of the  Real Estate Forum, comments on the innovative partnership between Simon Property Group, Authentic Brands Group, and General Growth Properties to acquire apparel and accesories brand Aéropostale and position the brand for long term growth (BusinessWire and The Wall Street Journal).
  • 9/14/16: Joshua Schwalbe ’05 joined Atlantic Creek Real Estate Partners as Senior Vice President in New York (Real Estate Alert). 
  • 9/9/16: David Kwitman ’10 joined Ready Capital Structured Finance as Director of Originations (Commercial Mortgage Alert). 
  • 8/22/16: John O'Connor ’09, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions at O'Connor Capital Partners and a member of Columbia Business School's Real Estate Circle talked about the company's new Orlando shopping center that is slated to break ground by the end of the year (Orlando Business Journal).
  • 8/17/16: Henry Elghanayan ’67, of Rockrose Development Corporation; Harrison LeFrak ’98, of the LeFrak Organization and a member of the Real Estate Forum; Andrea Olshan ’04, of Olshan Properties and a member of the Real Estate Circle; and Brian Steinwurtzel ’04 of Newmark Holdings, and a member of the Real Estate Program's Advisory Board are featured in an article on real estate family empires (Commercial Observer). 
  • 8/10/16: Brian Steinwurtzel ’04, co-CEO of Newmark Holdings and a member of Columbia Business School's Real Estate Circle, comments on Newmark's recent acquisition of 43-01 22nd Street, a 225,000 s/f six-story office building in Long Island City.
  • 8/3/16: Kevin Waters ’01 joined Hirschfeld Properties as a Vice President focusing on value-added opportunistic multi-family investments (Real Estate Alert). 
  • 8/1/16: At the desk of: Andrea Olshan ’04 (The Real Deal). 
  • 8/1/16: Christopher Capece ’04 chimes in on the (guided) flight to surburbia (The Real Deal). 
  • 7/27/16: Investment banking advisory firm Hentschel & Company hired Sheheryar Hafeez ’11 as a Vice President for mergers and acquisitions (Real Estate Alert). 
  • 7/25/16: Jonathan Falik ’99 of JF Capital Advisors discusses the 2016 hotel finance and investment environment in a video interview (HotelLawBlog.com). 
  • 7/1/16: Adam Roman ’06 of Stellar Management, and Jeremy Shell ’04 of TF Cornerstone comment on New York's biggest residential landlords (The Real Deal). 
  • 6/22/16: New York investment shop Monday Properties hires Robert Klein ’04 as an executive vice president and head of capital markets (Real Estate Alert).
  • 6/10/16: Fannie Mae adds Hugh R. Frater ’85, a member of the Real Estate Program's Advisory Board and the Real Estate Forum, to its Board of Directors (HousingWire).
  • 6/1/16: Robert Reffkin ’03, Founder and CEO of Compass, talks about the role of millenials in New York real estate (The Real Deal). 
  • 5/26/16: Commercial Observer holds a Q&A with Adam Roman ’06, COO of Stellar Management. 
  • 5/26/16: Ted Fentin ’03 has joined AECOM Capital as Managing Director, where he will be responsible for the origination and execution of real estate projects for AECOM Capital’s West Coast platform (Real Estate Weekly). 
  • 5/24/16: iStar Inc. has announced that Geoffrey G. Jervis ’99, a member of the Real Estate Program's Advisory Board, will be joining the company as its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer (StreetInsider).
  • 5/18/16: Ronald Dickerman ’87, President and Founder of Madison International Realty, sits down for a Q&A with Commercial Observer.
  • 5/16/16: Louis D'Avanzo ’91, Vice Chairman at Cushman & Wakefield, signs 15-year lease with the Nielson Company at 675 Avenue of the Americas (Costar.com).
  • 5/6/16: Rohit Aggarwala ’00, a member of Columbia Business School's Advisory Board, comments on the New York metro region's ailing transport system (Streetsblog).
  • 5/4/16: Brian Steinwurtzel ’04, managing director at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and a member of Columbia Business School's Real Estate Circle, comments on the move from film vaults to office space in the Film Center Building at 630 Ninth Ave (Wall Street Journal).
  • 5/4/16: The Real Deal gives an inside look at how Clelia Peters ’09, new President of Warburg Realty, has reinvigorated the firm. 
  • 5/1/16: Simon Property Group is profiled in The Real Deal, highlighting Chairman and CEO David Simon's ’85 reinvigoration of the American mall since the "death" of the anchor tenant (The Real Deal). 
  • 5/1/16: Roger Fortune ’01, Vice President of the Stahl Organization, comments on Downtown Brooklyn's second act: becoming a tech hub. (The Real Deal). 
  • 5/1/16: Compass, founded by Robert Reffkin ’03, shakes up The Real Deal's list of biggest brokerage firms, graduating from their mid-sized ranking list by expanding to a headcount of 300 agents. (The Real Deal).
  • 4/29/16: Robert Hughes III ’12, COO of Hughes Development Corp., has been profiled by Upstate Business Journal.
  • 4/20/16: Commercial Observer ranks the following alumni among its “Power 100” for 2016: Jerry Speyer ’64 of Tishman Speyer (#8), Nicholas Bienstock ’96 of Savanna (#33), Tommy Craig ’82 of Hines (#40), Mark Portner ’99 of Shorenstein Properties (#41), Paul Pariser ’78 of Taconic Investment Partners (#42), David Von Spreckelsen ’89 of Toll Brothers City Living (#88), Henry Elghanayan ’67 of Rockrose Development (#92), and Chase Welles ’84 of SCG Retail (#98) (Commercial Observer).
  • 4/13/16: Matthew Baron ’07 of Simon Baron Development, is profiled in Commercial Observer, discussing his projects in Long Island City and beyond (Commerical Observer). 
  • 4/12/16: The Rockefeller Group announces that Mikki Columbus ’11 has joined the company as senior manager of development and financial analysis (NJBIZ.com).
  • 3/25/16: David Giancola ’11 joins Holliday Fenoglio Fowler's investment sales team, with a focus on commercial investment sales transactions in Manhattan and the Tri-State area (Real Estate Weekly). 
  • 3/18/16: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, reflects on the recent acquisition of The Shops at Crystals in Las Vegas by Simon Property Group and Invesco Real Estate (REBusinessOnline).
  • 3/14/16: Nicholas Bienstock ’96 and Christopher Schlank, Co-Managing Partners at Savanna, will be honored at this year's Realty Foundation of New York's annual cocktail party (Real Estate Weekly).  
  • 3/8/16: Jonathan More ’09 of Mission Capital helped to arrange $45 million in financing for Savanna's acquisition of a commercial property in Harlem (REBusinessOnline).
  • 3/8/16: Jonathan Wasserstrum ’12, Co-Founder and CEO of TheSquareFoot, is profiled in The New York Times commercial real estate section (The New York Times). 
  • 3/8/16: Sean Bannon ’01, head of U.S. Real Estate at Zurich Insurance Group, spoke to Multi-Housing News about investments for the upcoming year (Multi-Housing News). 
  • 3/7/16: Lisa Amzallag ’82 has joined Aetos Capital as a managing director (Digital Journal). 
  • 3/2/16: Michael Lehrman ’90 and Anthony Orso ’90, Co-CEOs and Co-Founders at CCRE named in Commercial Observer’s, “Fab 50” Most Important Figures of Commercial Real Estate Finance (Commercial Observer)
  • 3/2/16: Ed Adler ’88, Managing Director of Deutsche Bank Secturies, named in Commercial Observer’s, “Fab 50” Most Important Figures of Commercial Real Estate Finance. (Commercial Observer)
  • 2/18/16: David Neithercut ’82, President and CEO of Equity Residential, is profiled in an Executive of the Year Closeup (Commercial Property Executive). 
  • 2/17/16: David Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO of Simon Property Group and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, is CPE's Retail Property Executive of the Year (Commercial Property Executive). 
  • 2/17/16: Joseph F. Azrack ’72, chairman of the I-195 District Development Commission, discusses the district's earning potential for the state of Rhode Island (Rhode Island Public Radio).
  • 2/16/16: David Sherman ’82, Co-Founder and Co-CIO of The Carlyle Group’s Metropolitan Real Estate exceeds target and raises $550 million for Secondaries & Co-Investments Program (Carlyle Group press release)
  • 2/3/16: Andrea Olshan ’04, CEO of Olshan Partners, was featured in an article about 10 women developers who are disrupting commerical real estate (Bisnow).
  • 1/30/16: John O'Connor ’08 of O'Connor Capital Partners discusses the family's growing presence in Palm Beach (Palm Beach Daily News).
  • 1/29/16: Annelise Osborne ’03 founds the CREFC Women's Network to advocate for women in the commercial finance industry. (Commercial Mortgage Alert); 
  • 1/27/16: Zach Aarons ’13, cofounder of Metaprop NYC, New York's only tech accelorator focused specficially on real estate, hosted a demo day in January (Bisnow).
  • 1/27/17: Meredith Marshall ’92, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of BRP Development explains why New York need more mixed-income housing. (Crain's New York)
  • 1/25/16: Brian Steinwurtzel ’04 announced that Newmark Holdings signed nearly 1.3 million square feet to its portfolio in 2015, a 3,000 square foot increase over 2014 (PR Newswire).
  • 1/22/16: Jonathan More ’09 commented on the increased interest in the US by foreign investors, as demostrated by Mission Capital's recent $34.3 million deal with a foreign lender to secure bridge financing to stabilize a downtown Baltimore property (Globe St.).
  • 1/20/16: Ari Harkov ’12 made some predictions for the New York market in 2016. 
  • 1/11/16: Julie Brenton ’89 and Eric Calder ’08 have been promoted to Partners at Dune Real Estate Partners (Business Wire). 
  • 1/8/16: Jeffrey Lavine ’88 has been named President of Deerwood Real Estate Capital (Commercial Mortgage Report). 
  • 1/5/16: Jeffrey Fastov ’92 of Square Mile Investment Group talked non-bank lending with Commercial Observer (Commercial Observer). 
  • 12/21/15: Hugh Frater ’85 will complete his term as chairman of Berkadia on December 31st, 2015 (Business Wire). 
  • 12/18/15: Brian Steinwurtzel ’04 comments on the upcoming reconfiguration of 560 Broadway which will allow shoe retailer Converse to expand its city flagship store (Crain's). 
  • 11/18/15 & 11/23/15: The iconic Hi-Ho Hotel is reborn, thanks to Ed Gormbley '09 of Workforce Partners (Fairfield Daily Voice, Minuteman News Center, and News12 Connecticut).
  • 10/27/15 & 10/23/15: Jonathan More ’09 of Mission Capital Advisors commented on the 88 University Place deal which his firm brokered for Richard Mack, Law ’93 of Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum (Commercial Observer and REBusinessOnline).
  • 10/27/15: With John Klopp and Olivier de Poulpiquet ’94 at the helm of Morgan Stanley's real estate unit, the firm makes a comeback (Wall Street Journal).
  • 10/26/15: David Neithercut ’82, CEO of Equity Residential, commented on the sale of a mulifamily portfolio to Starwood Capital Group (REIT.com and The Real Deal).
  • 10/21/15: Jaguar Growth Partners announced the opening of its office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jaguar Growth Investimentos do Brasil Ltda, which will be headed by Christian Klotz ’01 and Ricardo Costa (MarketWatch).
  • 10/7/15: Matthew Baron ’07 of the growing real estate firm, Simon Baron Development, is charging forward with a boutique hotel project (Commercial Observer).
  • 10/4/15 & 9/28/15: Robert Speyer, CC ’92, will become Tishman Speyer's sole chief executive after sharing the top spot at the firm for the past seven years with his father, Jerry Speyer ’64, who will remain the chairman of the company (Crain's, Commercial Observer, GlobeSt.com, The Real Deal, and The Wall Street Journal).
  • 10/3/15: Last month Equity Residential's CEO, David Neithercut ’82, presented at back-to-back conferences hosted by BofA Merrill Lynch and Barclays (Seeking Alpha).
  • 10/2/15: JLL recently expanded its executive team in New York, including the promotion of Kenneth Siegel ’84 to vice chairman from managing director (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 10/1/15: During a recent interview, Arvind Chary ’11, Managing Principal and Co-Founder of Atlas Real Estate Partners, offered a glimpse into the company’s value-add strategy and Chicago’s student-housing market (Commercial Property Executive).
  • 10/15: Nicholas Bienstock ’96 of Savanna and Tommy Craig ’82 of Hines were featured in the 2015 Commerical Observer Owner's Magazine (Commercial Observer).
  • 9/30/15: Paramount Group announced that Douglas R. Neye ’00 has been appointed Vice President of Leasing (Press Release).
  • 9/23/15: Jonathan Falik ’99 is presenting Hotel Finance 101 at the Boutique Lifestyle Leadership Symposium on October 21 at the Fairmont in Santa Monica (Hospitality Net).
  • 9/23/15: Washington, D.C. based Interactive Shares, co-founded by Yulia Yaani ’08, is the newest equity crowdfunding platform to dive into the real estate market (Crowdfund Insider).
  • 9/15/15: Zachary Aarons ’13, angel investor and co-founder of MetaProp, commented on the soaring valuation of Compass, whose founder and CEO is Columbia Business School alumnus, Robert Reffkin ’03 (The Real Deal).
  • 9/14/15, 9/12/15, & 9/11/15: General Growth Properties recently declared that Sandeep Mathrani, Chief Executive Officer, and Michael Berman ’88, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2015 Global Real Estate Conference in New York on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 (MarketWatch, Stocksnewswire.com,Tech Sonian, and WSNewsPublishers).
  • 8/28/15: Distinguished Alumni Interview Series: Cia Buckley Marakovits ’93.
  • 8/18/15, 8/13/15, & 8/12/15: Tishman Speyer co-CEO's, Jerry Speyer ’64 and Robert Speyer, CC ’92, spoke about their firm's partnership with Macy's on Tishman Speyer's first-ever project in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Commercial Property Executive, CoStar Group, Realty Today, and The Real Deal).
  • 8/17/15, 8/4/15, & 8/3/15: Tishman Speyer co-chief executive officers, Jerry Speyer ’64 and Robert Speyer, CC ’92, commented on how the acquisition of the iconic Quartier 205 (The Q) for its European Core Fund constitutes the firm's re-engagement with the Berlin real estate market (Commercial Property Executive, GlobeSt.com, Multi-Housing News Online, and PR Newswire).
  • 8/6/15: Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) Co-CEO & CIO's John Klopp and Olivier de Poulpiquet ’94 commented on raising over one billion dollars for its G8 global real estate fund (Insurance Asset Risk).
  • 7/29/15: In an interview by the Commercial Observer, Bill O’Connor ’96 of O’Connor Capital Partners discusses his firm's interest in shopping centers and New York City condos (Commercial Observer).
  • 7/29/15: Ed Gormbley ’09 of Workforce Partners is co-owner of Fairfield, Connecticut's newest hotel, the completely refurbished Fairfield Circle Inn which celebrated its grand reopening last week (Minuteman News Center).
  • 7/22/15: Adam Koplewicz ’15 joined Quinlan Development Group of New York as a vice president of development (Real Estate Alert).
  • 7/19/15: Bill O'Connor ’96, President and CEO of O'Connor Capital Partners, speaks to Commerical Observer about his continued belief in malls (Commerical Observer). 
  • 7/15/15: Alex Elawadi ’13 joined The Carlyle Group as a vice president in the acquisitions group (Real Estate Alert).
  • 7/7/15: Jerry Speyer ’64 and Robert Speyer, CC ’92, co-chief executive officers of Tishman Speyer, commented on their firm's recent acquistion of adjoining properties in Washington D.C.'s central business district for redevelopment purposes (PR Newswire).
  • 7/6/15: Geoffrey Goldstein ’07 joins HFF as a director responsible for debt and equity placements in the greater New York City market with a particular focus on construction lending (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 6/29/15: The REIT Industry: Growing Leaps and Bounds by Jim Sullivan ’89 of Green Street Advisors was published in PREA Quarterly, Fall 2014 (Green Street Advisors).
  • 6/19/15: In May, Columbia Business School welcomed Hugh R. Frater ’85 as one of six new members to its esteemed Board of Overseers (Columbia Business News).
  • 6/18/15: Harrison LeFrak ’98 of the LeFrak Organization was present at the groundbreaking of SoLe Mia, a mammoth $4 billion project in North Miami Beach (Haute Living).
  • 6/17/15: Justin Gardinier ’11 of Greystone has been named Managing Director and will lead the EB-5 group from Greystone's New York headquarters (GlobeNewswire).
  • 6/15/15: During the NAREIT REITWeek 2015 general session, David Neithercut ’82 of Equity Residential said the new Global Industry Classification Standard listing will give REITs more visibility among investors (GlobeSt.com).
  • 6/9/15: David Neithercut ’82, president and CEO of Equity Residential & NAREIT’s 2015 chair, moderated a panel at REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum which included executives from a diverse group of REITs who expressed optimism regarding fundamentals in their particular market segments and also pointed to favorable conditions in the capital markets (REIT.com).
  • 6/8/15: Joseph F. Azrack ’72, chairman of the 195 Redevelopment Commission, comments on how the Route 195 land can help stimulate employment growth and economic development in Rhode Island (Providence Journal).
  • 6/3/15: Michael Berman ’86, chief financial officer of GGP, will present at the NAREIT REITWeek 2015 Investor Forum in New York on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 (MarketWatch).
  • 6/2/15 & 6/1/15: Nancy Lashine ’81, managing partner and founder of Park Madison Partners, was interviewed for Bloomberg Brief and discussed millennials and secondary real estate markets (Bloomberg Business and Bloomberg Brief).
  • 5/22/15: David Kwitman ’11 joined FirstKey Lending and will work work on originations and underwriting (Commercial Mortgage Alert).
  • 5/20/15: Andrea Olshan ’04 of Olshan Properties was among five hundred leaders in the real estate community who gathered for the UJA-Federation of New York’s annual Real Estate Luncheon to honor Arnold, Kenneth, Steven, and Winston Fisher of Fisher Brothers (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 5/15/15: Following the sale of 7 Bryant Park, Tommy Craig ’82 of Hines said his firm is pleased to stay involved with the property to provide ongoing asset and property management services (MarketWatch).
  • 4/30/15: Erik Horvat ’04, who heads Fosun Group's New York Office, said the company is considering opportunities to invest in other residential deals in partnership with JD Carlisle in addition to its collaboration with that firm on Fosun's first residential development in the city, an 800-foot condo tower near the Empire State Building (Crain's).
  • 4/16/15: Gordon Whiting ’94 of Angelo, Gordon & Co. founded the company's single-tenant triple-net lease platform which focuses on higher-risk tenants, and during “Town Hall Panel” at the 13th annual RealShare Net Lease conference he advised careful consideration of whether a property can be quickly re-leased should the tenant go out (GlobeSt.com).
  • 4/15/15: Jonathan Wasserstrum ’12, cofounder and CEO of TheSquareFoot, a technology-enabled commercial real estate brokerage, discusses its funding process and how they closed the deal (AlleyWatch).
  • 4/7/15: After decades of real-estate development work in the private sector, Joseph F. Azrack ’72 has stepped into the public realm for the first time in his career to chair the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission, a volunteer position (Providence Journal).
  • 4/6/15: Gordon Whiting ’94, managing director with Angelo, Gordon & Co., comments on the availability of capital in net lease and will present at a “State of the Industry” discussion along with other commercial real estate professionals at Real Share Net Lease on April 16 (GlobeSt.com).
  • 4/2/15 & 4/1/15: American Realty Capital Properties Inc. named Hugh R. Frater ’85 as non-executive chairman of the board of directors following the company's previous announcements that Glenn Rufrano would join ARCP as CEO and as a director (Bloomberg Business, GlobeSt.com, and StreetInsider.com).
  • 3/19/15: Jonathan More ’09 of Mission Capital Advisors discusses the commercial loft property in the Bronx for which his team secured non-recourse acquisition and renovation financing on behalf of a joint venture between Hornig Capital Partners and Savanna, where at the latter firm his fellow alumnus Nicholas Bienstock ’96 is a managing partner (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 3/16/15: Sandell Asset Management, a shareholder of Brookdale Senior Living, announced its intention to nominate a slate of three independent candidates, including Thomas Sandell ’89, for the Brookdale Board of Directors to replace the three incumbent directors who are expected to stand for reelection at the Company’s upcoming Annual Meeting (StreetInsider.com).
  • 3/13/15: Erik Horvat ’04, managing director of Fosun Property Holdings, comments on the redesign of 28 Liberty, the former One Chase Manhattan Plaza that Fosun renamed and acquired for $725 million in 2013 (China Daily USA).
  • 3/12/15: AEW Europe has made an addition to its private equity team in London with the appointment of Nikolas Koulouras ’06 as executive director (Property Magazine International).
  • 3/10/15: A day in the life of, Robert Reffkin ’03, co-founder and CEO of Compass, which until last month was known as Urban Compass (The Real Deal).
  • 3/9/15: Grace Goldstein ’85 has joined Houlihan Lawrence following a distinguished career having served as an executive recruiter at Nancy Zucker Associates, K. Russo Associates and Maximum Management (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 3/9/15: Michael Lehrman ’90 and Anthony Orso ’90 were ranked No. 1 in Mortgage Observer's "The 50 Most Important People in Commercial Real Estate Finance" list in 2014 (MarketWatch).
  • 3/4/15: On March 3, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan presented a Government Relations Forum on the growth of Asian capital investment in New York City, with guests including Erik Horvat ’04 of Fosun Property Holdings (Insurance News Net).
  • 3/4/15: Joseph F. Azrack ’72, Governor Raimondo's nominee to lead the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission, is not at a point where he can have an opinion pro or con about the possibility of the PawSox stadium idea (Providence Journal).
  • 3/3/15: Rachel Diller ’99, managing director of the urban investment group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., comments on her group's first investment in Memphis, while over the last 14 years it has financed everything from the rehabilitation of a historic theater in Brooklyn to a large bike-sharing program in New York City and an affordable residential building in Salt Lake City, Utah (Memphis Daily News).
  • 2/24/15: Michael Berman ’86 of GGP will participate in a company roundtable discussion at the Citi 2015 Global Property CEO Conference on March 3, 2015 (MarketWatch).
  • 2/20/15: Matthew Baron ’07,the president of Simon Baron Development, says in the next few months his firm plans to unveil approximately 400 units of micro-suites that are code compliant (New York Times).
  • 2/4/15: Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo named six nominees for the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission including Joseph F. Azrack ’72 as chairman of the volunteer commission (Rhode Island Public Radio and Providence Journal).
  • 1/22/15: Hugh Frater ’85, CEO of Berkadia, participated on a panel covering workforce housing at the 2015 NMHC Apartment Strategies Outlook Conference (Multi-Housing News Online).
  • 1/22/15: Dune Real Estate Partners announced that Eric Calder ’08 has been promoted to managing director and named to the firm’s investment committee (HeraldOnline and Real Estate Weekly).
  • 1/19/15 & 1/16/15: Tishman Speyer announced plans to break ground later this year on its first development in Boston, a waterfront site at Pier 4 in Boston’s Seaport District, as Jerry Speyer ’64 spoke of his New York-based firm's strategy of developing and owning world class properties in the world's great cities (Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive).
  • 1/15/15: Paul Pariser ’78 of Taconic Investment Partners, along with developer Aby Rosen of RFR Holdings and architect Annabelle Selldor, spoke on a panel about the future of real estate at Lincoln Center’s Samuel B. and David Rose building (The Real Deal).
  • 12/28/14: Since Clelia Warburg Peters ’09, director of strategy and innovation at Warburg Realty, joined the residential brokerage firm it has dramatically reinvented itself to boost its competitive edge by raising its profile, revamping its brand, overhauling its marketing, and rebooting its technology (Wall Street Journal).
  • 12/24/14: Fifteen years ago, Roland Dib ’98, founder and managing principal of DIB Development, established the charity, Giving For Living International, and today over 12,000 children receive books, clothes, and shoes, and women receive micro loans in countries like Guatemala, Dominican Republic, and Haiti (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 12/15/14: Northwood Investors has closed on the purchase of Highcross Strategic Advisers, a UK-based fund manager, which was represented by Accord Capital Partners (Stonington Cox ’07), the San Francisco-based advisory firm (PERE).
  • 11/26/14: Michael Lehrman ’90, Co-CEO of CCRE, in an interview for the Mortgage Observer, open up about his firm, CMBS, and his partnership with fellow alumni and Co-CEO, Anthony Orso ’90 (Commercial Observer).
  • 11/17/14: Pine River Capital Management has hired, Steven Plust ’81, to serve as a managing director (Business Wire).
  • 11/13/14: Gordon Whiting ’94, managing director of Angelo, Gordon & Co., described the state of the net-lease market today at the RealShare Net Lease West conference (GlobeSt.com).
  • 11/12/14: NAREIT Chair David Neithercut ’82, the president and CEO of Equity Residential, is featured in a video interview at REITWorld 2014 (REIT.com).
  • 11/12/14: Brian Steinwurtzel ’04 talks to Real Estate Weekly about Newmark Grubb Knight Frank's current projects and his perspective on today's office building sales and leasing market (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 10/31/14: Shruti Shibulal ’12 is a rising star in the hospitality industry in India (Forbes India).
  • 10/24/14: BNY Mellon hired, Gregory J. Lentini ’00, as a senior wealth director for business development in BNY Mellon Wealth Management's Garden City office (The Garden City News).
  • 10/8/14: A Cushman & Wakefield Equity, Debt and Structured Finance team, including Gideon Gil ’00 and Sridhar Vankayala ’08, represented an affiliate of ML7 in arranging an $18 million loan secured by the 750 College Road East, a class-A office building located in Princeton, New Jersey (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 10/2/14: Berkshire Group announced the formation of a new board of directors, including Columbia Business School alumnus and adjunct professor, Joseph F. Azrack ’72, to oversee the strategic direction of the Company (HeraldOnline).
  • 9/17/14: Tom Ortinau ’09 joined Newmark Holdings as managing director to lead the newly formed acquisitions and development group, and he will report to fellow alumnus Brian Steinwurtzel ’04 (Real Estate Alert).
  • 9/15/14: Tripty Arya ’12 of Travtus, an Indian construction company, speaks about her interest in global real estate and her current position rolling out Travtus Advantage, a software product for property management and facility maintenance (Multi-Housing News Online).
  • 9/1/14: Just two years after taking over Olshan Properties, Andrea Olshan ’04, is making a big mark on her family’s real estate company (Wall Street Journal).
  • 8/20/14: SiteCompli, co-founded by Ross Goldenberg ’07 and Jason Griffith ’06, was named to Inc. Magazine's List of the Top 500 Fastest-Growing Companies in America - the Inc. 500 (PRNewswire).
  • 8/13/14: Jacob Feingold ’14 joined Canyon Capital Realty as a senior associate in New York (Real Estate Alert).
  • 8/4/14: Ross Goldenberg ’07 and Jason Griffith ’06 announced that SiteCompli has received a strategic investment from dmg :: information, the B2B information division of the Daily Mail and General Trust (Press Release).
  • 7/8/14: CommonWealth REIT announced the appointment of Adam Markman ’91 as its executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, effective July 14, 2014, and he will be responsible for finance and accounting, capital markets, investor relations, and treasury (Wall Street Journal).
  • 7/1/14: At the Desk of: David Von Spreckelsen ’89, the president of Toll Brothers City Living (The Real Deal).
  • 6/30/14: Erik Horvat ’04, the director of World Trade Center redevelopment at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has joined China-based Fosun International, where he will help it establish a platform to invest in real estate and manage its operations here (Crain's).
  • 6/18/14: John A. Crotty ’96, the founder of the development company, Workforce Housing Group, has used federal money to rehabilitate buildings into affordable apartments (Wall Street Journal).
  • 6/10/14: David Neithercut ’82, President and CEO of Equity Residential (EQR), was featured in a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2014, NAREIT’s Investor Forum (REIT.com).
  • 5/30/14: Michael Berman ’86, Chief Financial Officer of GGP, will present at the NAREIT REITWeek 2014 Investor Conference in New York (Wall Street Journal).
  • 5/14/14: STAG Industrial, Inc. has appointed Geoffrey Jervis ’99 as its Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2014 (RTT News).
  • 5/8/14: Distinguished Alumni Interview Series: Bob Berne ’62.
  • 5/1/14: Andrew Levin ’96 and Tom Bow ’87 among NYC’s top in-house leasing professionals (The Real Deal).
  • 4/30/14: Services of real estate executive recruiter, Scott Estill ’09 of Heidrick & Struggles, are more in demand with the revival of the industry (Real Estate Alert: Growing Industry Keeping Search Firms Busy).
  • 4/20/14: Suzanne Sunshine ’90 comments on real estate boom’s impact on nonprofits (Crain’s).
  • 3/31/14: Crain’s names Philippe Visser ’04 at Related Cos. to 40 Under 40 class.
  • 3/26/14: Hugh Frater ’85 discusses the commercial property financing market (Multi-Housing News Online).
  • 3/25/14: David Sherman ’82 of Metropolitan Real Estate Equities Management anticipates growth in real estate secondaries and co-investment (Financial News).
  • 2/26/14: Andrew Silberfein ’89 interviewed about his work with Rouse Properties and Forest City Ratner Companies (New York Times).
  • 2/25/14: Mission Capital’s Jonathan More ’09 secures equity financing for shopping center (New York Real Estate Jorunal).
  • 2/18/14: Brian Steinwurtzel ’04 profiled as New Gen Leader (Bisnow).
  • 2/13/14: Wharton Equity Partners founder Peter Lewis ’82 featured as profile of the week (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 2/7/14: Start-up founded by Jonathan Wasserstrum ’12 makes finding office space easy (Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center).
  • 2/3/14: Mortgage Bankers Association conference features Hugh Frater ’85 of Berkadia.
  • 2/14: Anthony Orso ’90 and Michael Lehrman ’90 interviewed about CCRE upon being named to MO’s top 50 (Mortgage Observer).
  • 1/7/14: Andrea Olshan ’04 interviewed about unifying Olshan Properties, its current portfolio, and new projects (New York Times).
  • 10/22/13: David E. Simon ’85 supports Columbia’s new Manhattanville campus and is recognized as Donor of the Day in the Wall Street Journal.
  • 10/15/13: Paul Pariser ’78 of Taconic Partners discussed Sandy’s impact and new projects (Commercial Observer).
  • 9/26/13: Luxury rental 37 Great Jones, developed by Roland Dib ’98, ready for market (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 9/25/13: Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management, cofounded by David Sherman ’82, to be acquired by Carlyle (PERE).
  • 9/24/13: Roland Dib ’98 named executive of the month by New York Real Estate Journal.
  • 9/17/13: Philippe Visser ’04 heads from Port Authority to Hudson Yards (Crain’s).
  • 8/26/13: SiteCompli founders Ross Goldenberg ’07 and Jason Griffith ’06 discuss the complexities of property management and how their company can help (Commercial Observer).
  • 8/7/13: David Neithercut ’82 discusses Equity Residential’s sale plans (Bloomberg).
  • 6/11/13: Christopher Capece ’04 leads AvalonBay project to improve Great Neck waterfront (Commercial Observer)
  • 5/29/13: Jonathan Wasserstrum ’12 discusses how TheSquareFoot is bringing transparency to commercial real estate (Crain’s)
  • 5/20/13: C&W’s Gideon Gil ’00 and Sridhar Vankayala ’08 advise on loan for trophy property in Princeton (National Real Estate Investor).
  • 5/20/13: Neville Rhone ’00 launches firm focused on value-added and opportunistic investments in Sunbelt real estate (PERE).
  • 5/15/13: SiteCompli, founded by Jason Griffith ’06 and Ross Goldenberg ’07, selected as a 2013 Best Place to Work for Recent Grads by ConnectU.
  • 5/6/13: Tishman Speyer head Jerry Speyer ’64 interviewed at DLA Piper’s Global Real Estate Summit.
  • 5/2/13: Hugh Frater ’85 of Berkadia discusses expansion of financing of offices, retail properties, and hotels (Bloomberg).
  • 4/25/13: Berkadia CEO Hugh Frater ’85 interviewed about current business and his market outlook for commercial real estate loans and servicing (New York Times).
  • 4/24/13: Cia Buckley ’93 to be honored at AREW 35th Anniversary Gala.
  • 4/21/13: Ross L. Smotrich ’83 comments on new REIT structures (New York Times).
  • 4/19/13: Tad Philipp ’80 of Moody's comments on new loan-based structured financial products (New York Times).
  • 4/18/13: Tishman Speyer chairman and Co-CEO Jerry Speyer ’64 speaks about U.S. and European investment opportunities at INREV annual conference (Property Investor Europe).
  • 4/10/13: SiteCompli co-founder Jason Griffith ’06 interviewed about his real estate technology start-up’s methodology and fast growth (New York Times).
  • 4/10/13: Strong portfolio of East Coast hotels being marketed by Jonathan Falik ’99 (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 3/17/13: Harrison LeFrak ’98 increasing role in family business (Wall Street Journal).
  • 3/17/13: Tom Bow ’87 speaks to challenges in New York's commercial leasing market (Crain's).
  • 3/5/13: Michael Lehrman ’90, Anthony Orso ’90, and Hugh Frater ’85 named among the most important people in commercial real estate finance (Observer).
  • 2/22/13: Jonathan Wasserstrum ’12, founder of TheSquareFoot, discusses his decision to start a business while in school (astudentoftherealestategame.com).
  • 2/21/13: Matthew Finkle ’99 promoted to president of Related Affordable (GlobeSt.com).
  • 1/24/13: Jonathan Wasserstrum ’12’s company TheSquareFoot selected for new class for the Entrepreneurs’ Roundtable Accelerator startup incubator (TechCrunch).
  • 1/24/13: Rohit Aggarwala ’00 explains how dropping the gas tax could lead to better roads and greener transportation (Bloomberg).
  • 1/17/13: CBS graduates noted for impressive employment record in Bloomberg Businessweek round-up of MBA real estate programs.
  • 1/11/13: Hugh Frater ’85 of Berkadia sees stronger future property growth in right-to-work states (Bloomberg).
  • 1/7/13: David Neithercut ’82 discusses demand for multifamily assets as Equity Residential prepares for its Archstone Communities acquisition.
  • 1/1/13: New York Times quotes Paul Pariser ’78 of Taconic Partners in article about expanding use of online marketing by commercial real estate industry.
  • 12/12/12: Paul Pariser ’78 of Taconic Partners takes calculated bet on retail and office space in the Meatpacking District (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 12/5/12: The fifth annual Real Estate Symposium took place on December 4, 2012, at Columbia University’s Faculty House, with more than 180 alumni representing classes from 1961 to 2012. David E. Simon ’85, Chairman and CEO, Simon Property Group, delivered the keynote address. Read more . . .
  • 12/4/12: David Neithercut ’82, chief executive of Equity Residential, explains benefits from the Archstone acquisition (New York Times).
  • 12/1/12: Nicholas Bienstock ’96’s Savanna scores among NYC’s best returns on equity with sale of 386 Park Avenue South (The Real Deal).
  • 11/25/12: S. Sunshine & Associates, firm led by Suzanne Sunshine ’91, forms alliance with Colliers International (Wall Street Journal).
  • 11/15/12: Nancy Lashine ’81 speaks about the challenges of raising capital for a first fund (Real Estate Finance Intelligence).
  • 10/17/12: Taconic Close to $110 Million Deal for 619 West 54th Street (quotes Paul Pariser ’78 on his firm's Far West Side acquisition; more on this story is in the 10/22 GlobeSt.com).
  • 10/9/12: GSA-Heavy Bethesda Building Receives $47 Million in Financing (Observer article about project worked on by Gideon Gil ’00).
  • 10/2/12: Distinguished Alumni Interview Series: Hugh Frater ’85.
  • 10/2/12: In Q3, Midtown Vacancy High; Leasing and Investment Sales Plummet (The Real Deal article quoting Lou D’Avanzo ’91).
  • 10/1/12: Michael Lehrman ’90 honored as 2012 Urban Hero by the Catalog for Giving.
  • 9/10/12: Park Madison Adds Hoit as Partner (PERE article about Gentry Ashmore Hoit ’90).
  • 9/4/12: Moody’s Veteran Cracks the Whip — Again (Tad Philipp ’80 highlighted in Wall Street Journal).
  • 7/24/12: Rezoning Clears Way for “Small City” in the Bronx (New York Times article about work of firm co-founded by Robert Frost ’97).
  • 7/25/12: Atlas Adds 756 Units to Growing Texas Portfolio (GlobeSt.com article about the firm where Arvind Chary ’11 is managing principal; registration required).
  • 6/10/12: Savanna Sees Gold in Hairiest Real Estate Deals (Crain's article about firm led by co-managing partner Nicholas Bienstock ’96).
  • 6/6/12: Azrack to Change Role at Apollo (PERE article about Joseph Azrack ’72, global head of real estate at Apollo Global Management).
  • 5/24/12: Distinguished Alumni Interview Series: Nancy Lashine ’81.
  • 4/24/12: Ed Harris ’85 self-publishes new book, Put It on the the House: Why Home Prices Will Soar.
  • 2/3/12: Distinguished Alumni Interview Series: Jeffrey Barclay ’83.
  • 12/6/11: A New York Map Service Saves Brokers’ Shoe Leather (New York Times article featuring firm co-founded by Elliot Cohen ’06).
  • 11/3/11: Distinguished Alumni Interview Series: David Sherman ’82.

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  • 8/17/17:  Conor C. Flynn, President and CEO of Kimco Realty and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum is named #23 in Fortune's 40 Under 40.    
  • 6/23/17: Ric Clark, Chairman of Brookfield Property Group, is tapped to be chairman of the Downtown Alliance. 
  • 4/26/17: Commercial Observer names the following members of the MBA Real Estate Program Advisory Board among its "Power 100" of 2017: Jonathan Grey of Blackstone (#3), David Simon ’85 of Simon Property Group (#20), and Nicholas Bienstock ’96 of Savanna (#32).
  • 4/26/17: Commercial Observer names the following members of the Real Estate Forum among its "Power 100" of 2017: Jonathan Grey of Blackstone (#3), Ric Clark of Brookfield Property Partners (#8), Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Capital Group (#12), David Simon ’85 of Simon Property Group (#20), Owen D. Thomas of Boston Properties (#25), and Nicholas Bienstock ’96 of Savanna (#32).
  • 4/6/17: Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum Members Owen D. Thomas, CEO of Boston Properties and Jonathan Gray, Global Head of Real Estate at Blackstone talk REIT logistics and strategy at NYU's REIT symposium (The REal Deal).  
  • 4/5/17: 4/5/17: Commerical Obsevrer names the following Real Estate Forum members among its "Finance 50" of 2017: Andrew Farkas of Island Capital Group (#30), and Richard Mack of Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies (#49). 
  • 3/1/17: Conor C. Flynn, President and CEO of Kimco Realty and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum talks about investors' skepticism as retail REITs experience an occupancy surge (Forbes). 
  • 12/23/16: Commercial Property Executive names Real Estate Forum Member Stephen Furnary, Chairman and CEO of Clarion Partners, Executive of the Year (Commercial Property Executive). 
  • 10/31/16: New York Private Bank & Trust and Emigrant Bank chairman Howard P. Milstein, CBS Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member, is granted the Chinese government's annual prestigious Marco Polo Award for his contribution to the exchange of international talents through his foundation (China.org.chn).
  • 10/17/16: Ric Clark, Senior Managing Partner and Chairman of Brookfield Property Partners and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum is featured in Commercial Observer's Owners Magazine 2016. 
  • 10/1/16: Conor C. Flynn, President and CEO of Kimco Realty and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum talks about the new status, new era, and new issues facing REITs (The Real Deal). 
  • 7/22/16: Conor C. Flynn, President and CEO of Kimco Realty and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum talks about preparing Kimco for the future (REIT.com).
  • 7/1/16: Richard Mack, CEO and Founder of Mack Real Estate Group and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, comments on the growing number of real estate developers financing projects (The Real Deal). 
  • 6/9/16: Conor C. Flynn, President and CEO of Kimco Realty and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview (REIT.com). 
  • 5/25/16: Owen D. Thomas, CEO of Boston Properties and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, confirms Boston Properties' expansion into the Los Angeles real estate market with the Colorado Center office park in Santa Monica (CoStar). 
  • 5/10/16: Eric Adler, CEO of Pramerica Real Estate Investors and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, has announced that Prudential Real Estate Investors and Pramerica Real Estate Investors will now operate under the same name, PGIM Real Estate, after more than a decade of operating globally under two names (Property Magazine International). 
  • 5/5/16: Andrew L. Farkas, member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, folds C-III Realty into NAI Global to expand institutional sales and financing capabilites (CoStar). 
  • 5/4/16: Barry Sternlicht, member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, is profiled in Commercial Oberserver. 
  • 5/1/16: Richard Mack, member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, is featured in an article about New York City real estate families moving into the lending business. (The Real Deal). 
  • 4/20/16: Commercial Observer ranks the following MBA Real Estate Program Advisory Board members among its “Power 100” for 2016: Jonathan Gray of Blackstone (#1), Nicholas Bienstock ’96 of Savanna (#33), and Paul Pariser ’78 of Taconic Investment Partners (#42)
  • 4/20/16: Commercial Observer ranks the following Real Estate Forum members amount its “Power 100” for 2016: Jonathan Gray of Blackstone (#1), Jerry Speyer ’64 of Tishman Speyer (#8), Steven Roth of Vornado (#9), Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Property Trust (#17), Andrew Farkas of Island Capital Group (#20), Owen Thomas of Boston Properties (#29), and Paul Pariser ’78 of Taconic Investment Partners (#42) (Commercial Observer).
  • 3/23/16: Conor C. Flynn, Kimco Realty's President and CEO and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, is interviewed about the state of the company (Advisor Access).
  • 3/2/16: Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group and Starwood Property Trust and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, is featured in Commercial Observer's "Fab 50" Most Important Figures of Commercial Real Estate Finance. (Commerical Observer)
  • 2/19/16: Stephen Furnary, Chairman & CEO of Clarion Partners and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Estate Forum, is profiled for CPE's Executive of the Year Closeup (Commercial Property Executive). 
  • 2/17/16: Daniel Neidich, CEO, Dune Partners, discusses Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the 2016 race for the White House (Bloomberg).
  • 1/4/16: Conor C. Flynn of Kimco Realty, a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, was recently appointed to Kimco Realty's Board of Directors and promoted to CEO. 
  • 10/28/15 & 10/27/15: With John Klopp and Olivier de Poulpiquet ’94 at the helm of Morgan Stanley's real estate unit, the firm makes a comeback (The Real Deal and Wall Street Journal).
  • 10/28/15 & 10/27/15: Tanger Factory Outlet Centers announced the election of David B. Henry, a Columbia Real Estate Forum Member who will retire on January 1, 2016 from his current role as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Kimco Realty Corporation, to its Board of Directors effective January 1, 2016 (Chain Store Age and PRNewswire).
  • 10/24/15: The New York Landmarks Conservancy will honor Dan Neidich of Dune Real Estate Partners and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum at the 22nd Living Landmarks Celebration on November 5 (BroadwayWorld.com).
  • 10/23/15: Jonathan More ’09 of Mission Capital Advisors commented on the 88 University Place deal which his firm brokered for Richard Mack, Law ’93 of Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum (Commercial Observer).
  • 10/12/15: Owen D. Thomas of Boston Properties, and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, will serve as a judge on the awards jury for the Urban Land Institute New York Awards for Excellence in Development, a new event recognizing exemplary land use projects that raise the bar for design, planning and sustainability (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 10/6/15: Boston Properties, a real estate investment trust, announced that it will participate in the Evercore ISI 2015 Real Estate Conference in New York City on October 8, 2015 with Owen D. Thomas, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, serving as a panelist on a panel discussion titled “Office–Are Real Estate Values Ahead of Fundamentals?” (MarketWatch).
  • 9/30/15: Eric Adler, a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum and Chief Executive Officer of Pramerica Real Estate Investors, commented on his firm's partnership with QInvest to launch a Shari’ah compliant real estate fund (CPI Financial).
  • 9/17/15: Steven Roth, a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum and chairman of the board and chief executive officer at Vornado Realty Trust, recounted his early career and shared the lessons of his success in the real estate business (Crain's).
  • 8/6/15: Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) Co-CEO & CIO's, John Klopp and Olivier de Poulpiquet ’94, commented on raising over one billion dollars for its G8 global real estate fund (Insurance Asset Risk).
  • 7/14/15: In commemoration of the FDNY's 150th anniversary, Howard P. Milstein, chairman of Milstein Properties and Emigrant Savings Bank, paid tribute to "New York's Bravest" at Emigrant Savings Bank Headquarters (Sys-Con Media).
  • 6/4/15: On June 10, 2015, Owen D. Thomas of Boston Properties, and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, will participate in a roundtable presentation at the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts’ REITWeekTM Investor Forum (Finances International).
  • 5/20/15: William and Richard Mack of Mack Real Estate Group, both Columbia Real Estate Forum members, were was among five hundred leaders in the real estate community who gathered for the UJA-Federation of New York’s annual Real Estate Luncheon to honor Arnold, Kenneth, Steven, and Winston Fisher of Fisher Brothers (Real Estate Weekly).
  • 4/21/15: Columbia Real Estate Forum members, Steven Roth of Vornado Realty Trust and Andrew Farkas of Island Capital Group, participated on a panel as part of a forum hosted by the China General Chamber of Commerce at Bloomberg LP’s headquarters in New York, with Farkas serving as moderator (The Real Deal).
  • 4/13/15: Daniel Neidich, a member of both the Columbia Real Estate Forum and MBA Real Estate Program Advisory Board and chief executive officer at Dune Real Estate Partners, discusses Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and how she can connect with voters (Bloomberg Business).
  • 4/7/15: Steven Roth, Real Estate Forum member and Vornado Realty Trust chief executive, believes a little TLC could substantially increase the rents in Penn Plaza and that area’s revitalization will be a principle focus for Vornado for the next couple of years (Wall Street Journal).
  • 3/25/15: The Cornell School of Hotel Administration will honor Barry S. Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group and member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, as the recipient of the Cornell Icon of the Industry Award at the 7th Annual Cornell Hospitality Icon & Innovator Awards on June 2, 2015 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City (Hospitality Net).
  • 3/10/15: Real Estate Forum member Steven Roth of Vornado Realty Trust says his company’s most undervalued asset is urban retail (Wall Street Journal).
  • 2/24/15: Real Estate Forum member Owen D. Thomas of Boston Properties will participate in a roundtable discussion at the Citi 2015 Global Property CEO Conference on March 3, 2015 (HeraldOnline).
  • 2/1/14: Real Estate Forum member Richard J. Mack, Law ’93 is Closing profile of the month (The Real Deal).
  • 6/17/13: Former adjunct faculty Robert Lieber to chair ULI New York.
  • 5/6/13: Following Paul Milstein’s example, son Howard P. Milstein successfully applies private-sector thinking to the business of government with bid process for Tappan Zee Bridge (Crain’s).
  • 4/19/13: Regional Plan Association honors Howard P. Milstein, CBS Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member, with Lifetime Leadership Award.
  • 2/5/13: Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member J. Allen Smith shares his perspective on real estate investments (ULI).
  • 12/19/12: Thruway Board Chairman Howard P. Milstein, CBS Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member, announces contractor approval for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement at a far lower cost than initially estimated.
  • 12/3/12: Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member J. Allen Smith discusses the fiscal cliff and other current real estate issues on the Closing Bell.
  • 11/27/12: Congratulations to Howard P. Milstein, Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member, for being recognized as Donor of the Day by the Wall Street Journal for generously aiding more than 2,000 first responders who were impacted by Sandy.

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