The 7th annual Real Estate Symposium, an exclusive alumni-only event, took place on Monday, December 15, 2014, at the Columbia University Club of New York. Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Executive Chairman, Boston Properties, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of U.S. News & World Report, Chairman and Publisher of the New York Daily News, delivered the keynote address. Hosted by the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate and the Real Estate Circle of Columbia Business School, the Real Estate Symposium is an annual educational forum that brings together accomplished Columbia Business School alumni and top industry leaders for a broad-based discussion of topical issues, high-profile transactions, trends, and challenges facing the real estate industry. 2014 Reports Opening Remarks and Keynote Address Main Panel: The Development Boom Where are we in the Real Estate Cycle? Real Estate Capital Markets New York: At the Very Center of Business View the Photo Slideshow (For a full-screen view, click on the icon at lower right of the slideshow. For captions, click on "Show Info" at upper right of the full-screen view.) 2014 Steering Committee Tommy Craig ’82, Hines (chair); Jeffrey A. Barclay ’83, Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Michael Berman ’86, GGP; Kate Kerrigan, Columbia Business School; Nancy Lashine ’81, Park Madison Partners; Raphael Sidelsky ’99, C-III Capital Partners; Gordon Whiting ’94, Angelo, Gordon & Co.; John F. O ’Connor ’09, O’Connor Capital Partners; Tom Ortinau ’09, Prudential Real Estate Investors. 2014 Schedule of Events Noon-1:00 Check-in Buffet lunch 1:00-1:45 Keynote speaker: Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Executive Chairman, Boston Properties Opening Remarks: Lynne B. Sagalyn, Columbia Business School, and Tommy Craig ’82, Hines and chair, 2014 Real Estate Symposium Steering Committee 1:45-2:00 Break 2:00-3:15 Breakout Panels Where are we in the Real Estate Cycle? With A.J. Agarwal, Michael Giliberto (moderator), Adam Schwartz, and Joshua Scoville Real Estate Capital Markets With Michael V. Pappagallo, Ralph Rosenberg, Alexander Rubin (moderator), and Hilary Spann New York: At the Very Center of Business With Marty Burger, Patrick Foye, Steven Spinola (moderator), and Adam Weinstein 3:15-3:30 Break 3:30-5:00 Main Panel: The Development Boom With Erik Horvat ’04, Daniel Neidich, Glenn Rufrano, Lynne B. Sagalyn (moderator), and Philippe Visser ’04 5:00-7:30 REA Alumni Happy Hour Cellar Bar at Bryant Park Hotel 40 West 40th Street Open to all, no registration required. Panelists and Moderators A.J. Agarwal, Blackstone Marty Burger, Silverstein Properties Patrick Foye, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Michael Giliberto, Columbia Business School Erik Horvat ’04, Fosun Property Holdings Daniel Neidich, Dune Real Estate Partners Michael V. Pappagallo, Brixmor Property Group Ralph Rosenberg, KKR Alexander Rubin, Moelis Glenn Rufrano, O’Connor Capital Partners Lynne B. Sagalyn, Columbia Business School Adam Schwartz, Angelo, Gordon & Co. Joshua Scoville, Hines Hilary Spann, J.P.Morgan Asset Management Steven Spinola, Real Estate Board of New York Philippe Visser ’04, Related Companies Adam Weinstein, Phipps Houses