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The panel "Real Estate Development in New York City in the Digital Age" addressed the current state of the development market and how an infusion of tech firms into the local marketplace has altered the equation for real estate executives.

"Consolidating and Recapitalizing Real Estate Businesses" brought together highly accomplished professionals from across the real estate industry in a good-humored and wide-ranging discussion on the sector at large.

Dean Hubbard opened the fifth annual Columbia Business School Real Estate Symposium by reminding the audience of the important place real estate maintains in the broader economy. Opening the keynote address, David Simon noted his surprise at the rapid recovery from the crisis, particularly for retail real estate assets.

The closing panel for all Symposium attendees centered on how some of the largest and most active institutional real estate investors think about allocating capital. Serving as moderator, Professor Sagalyn continually asked about approaches to real estate investing and what criteria shaped decision-making. Speaking to these issues were three panelists whose companies collectively manage tens of billions of dollars in real estate.

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.

A new study on the connections between race and gender — a phenomenon called gendered race — reveals unexpected ways in which stereotypes affect our personal and professional decisions.

Team “Clairvoyance Capital,” consisting of three first-year and three second-year students, finished first in the prestigious National Real Estate Challenge held on November 28-29.

CITI Director of Policy Research, Robert Atkinson, Appointed by Governor Cuomo to Emergency Preparedness Committee