The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate and the Real Estate Circle of Columbia Business School hosted the second annual Real Estate Symposium and annual Real Estate Alumni Reception for Columbia Business School Alumni on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the Asia Society in New York.ReportsSymposium Newsletter, with details of panel discussions and the keynote address by Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO, Starwood Capital GroupHoward Milstein Honored as 2009 Distinguished Real Estate PartnerOpening RemarksChris Mayer, Senior Vice Dean and Paul Milstein Professor of Real EstateKeynote SpeakerBarry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO, Starwood Capital GroupBreakout Panels “Capital Markets”Moderator: Chris Mayer, Senior Vice Dean and Paul Milstein Professor of Real EstatePanelists: John Bonfiglio ’88, Principal and Founder, Block Island Investors, LLC, Jeffrey Citrin, Co-Managing Principal, Square Mile Capital Management LLC, and Geoffrey Jervis ’99, CFO, Capital Trust, Inc.“Real Estate Private Equity”Moderator: Dennis Yeskey ’77, Senior Advisor, AlixPartnersPanelists: Nicholas Bienstock ’96, Managing Partner, Savanna, Cia Buckley ’93, Principal, Dune Capital Management, and Jay Nydick ’90, Co-Head, Real Estate, AllianceBernstein“NYC Real Estate”Moderator: Howard Fiddle ’87, Vice Chairman, CB Richard EllisPanelists: Charles Bendit, Co-founder, Co-CEO, Taconic Investment Partners, LLC, Robert Deckey, CIO, George Comfort & Sons, Inc., and Anthony Malkin, President, Malkin HoldingsMain Panel“Banks, Distressed Debt, and Commercial Real Estate: What’s Going to Drive New Lending?”Introduction by Robert Stern ’88, President, Castle Hill Investors, LLCModerator: Lynne B. Sagalyn, Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate & Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real EstatePanelists: Patricia Goldstein, Head of Commercial Real Estate and Chief Credit Officer, Emigrant Bank, Daniel Neidich, CEO, Dune Real Estate Partners, and Stephen Ross, Chairman, CEO and Founder, Related Companies Annual Real Estate Alumni ReceptionThe School and the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate recognized Distinguished Real Estate Partner, Howard Milstein, Chairman, Milstein Properties