Real Estate News

The Columbia Business School Real Estate Association (REA) is pleased to announce the assistant vice presidents elected for the 2016–17 academic year. The officers, all in the class of 2018, were elected by the REA membership. 

Real Conversations features current MBA students, discussing their experiences in the Real Estate Program at Columbia Business School and beyond…in their own words.   

David M. Sherman ’82, has been appointed co-director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, effective October 2016.

The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is pleased to welcome three new alumni to the Real Estate Circle: Austin Khan ’04 and Richard D. Pretsfelder ’94 as Circle Leaders, and Anand Bhatia ’16 as a Circle Associate. 

On Monday, July 11th, 21 members from the Real Estate Association (REA) and the Family Business Club visited Silverstein Properties at the World Trade Center.

In a recent interview with Brian Hwang '17, Brian Lancaster discusses the current real estate debt market, his own professional experience, and his recommendations for aspiring real estate professionals. 

Christopher J. Mayer, Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate, has been appointed co-director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate as of July 1. He assumes the role most recently held by Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn. Professor Mayer was previously director of the Milstein Center from 2003–08.

Daniel Liu ’17, Co-Vice President of Education, and Alec Maghami ’17, Co-Vice President of Alumni & Mentorship with the Real Estate Association (REA), have been awarded Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) scholarships for the 2016-17 academic year.

Fourteen members of the Real Estate Association (REA) toured the Empire State Building with Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), the brokers responsible for the building’s continued leasing.

Escaping the cold weather of New York City, the Real Estate Association (REA) of Columbia Business School traveled down to Miami on April 8th of 2016. Accompanied by Professor Lynne Sagalyn and Kristin Svenningsen, Administrative Director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, we embarked on a full day trek around the best real estate sunny Miami has to offer.