Employment

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Employment Statistics

Graduates and students of the MBA Real Estate Program take on leadership roles in all segments of the industry including investing, asset management, development, and launching entrepreneurial endeavors.

Breakdown by Industry Segment: 2021

Industry Segment	Percentage
Investment Banking	11%
Commercial Banking/Lending	2%
Investment Management/Private Equity	40%
Developers	23%
REIT	12%
Other Related Services	12%

Breakdown by Geographical Location: 2021

Location	Percentage
NY Metro	51%
Other US	39%
International	11%

Select Employers—2021*

Investment Banking

Bank of America
JP Morgan
Lazard
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investment Banking*
UBS

Commercial Banking/Lending

Stonehill Strategic Capital

Investment Management/Private Equity

American Continental Properties
Amherst Holdings
Beacon Capital
Black Salmon
Blackstone*
Bridge Investment Group
CBRE
CIM Group
GoldOller
Greystar
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
HP Investors
Invesco*
Jonathan Rose
Sail Harbor
Savanna
Spear Street Capital
Starwood Capital
Stonehill Strategic Capital
The Davis Companies
Waypoint Residential

Developers

Anchor Health Properties
Aria Development
Charney Companies
Extell Development
Greystar*
Hines*
Lovett Industrial*
Pennrose
Related Companies
Tishman Speyer
White Star Real Estate

REIT

AvalonBay*
Welltower*

Other Related Services

Home Life Landmark Realty
Kasa Living
Letty*
Schulte Hospitality Group
Walmart
Windsor Management Corporation

*Denotes more than one intern and/or full-time hire

Hiring

Recruiting for full-time positions and summer internships occurs both on- and off- campus. Firms come to campus to lead information sessions, participate in career fairs, and interview candidates for open full-time or summer internship positions. Off-campus, firms host events in their offices or utilize online resources to recruit students or alumni.

To share a job posting with current Real Estate students, please send a job description and application instructions to Angela E. Lee.

If you would like to broaden your search, the Columbia Business School Career Management Center's comprehensive recruiting program can help you attract candidates for your anticipated openings and as-needed hiring requirements. You can post open positions within your organization on the CMC website to recruit Columbia Business School’s current students and alumni. Please contact Nicholas Kalogeropoulos for further details or if you have additional questions about real estate recruiting at Columbia Business School.

Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Senior Associate Director, Employer Relations
Columbia Business School Career Management Center
(212) 854-1926
[email protected]

Real Estate Career Forum

2017 Career Forum

The Columbia Business School Real Estate Association, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, and the Career Management Center co-host an Annual Real Estate Career Forum during the spring semester.

The forum is an opportunity for real estate companies to introduce themselves, share ideas, and network with current Columbia Business School students. This event offers real estate organizations a unique opportunity to forge deeper ties with the Columbia Business School community and potentially recruit future business leaders.

The eleventh annual Real Estate Career Forum was held on February 21, 2020 at the Princeton Club of New York.

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The 2021 Real Estate Career Forum will take place virtually on Friday, February 5, 2021.