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April 2, 2015

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Spotlight

$1 Million Gift Endows Academic Directorship of CREF
Arthur Adler '78 and Karen Newman Adler '78 have committed a $1 million gift to endow the academic directorship of the Center for Real Estate and Finance (CREF) at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration (SHA)...read more.
 
Cornell Real Estate Club

Cornell Real Estate Club Treks to Philly
On March 12 and 13, sixteen members of the Real Estate Club traveled to Philadelphia for the annual trek. Upon their arrival on Thursday, the group was hosted by Marty Grims ’83 at his restaurant, The White Dog Café. Grims shared his story with the students and offered a great start to the trip...read more.

Real Estate Panel at HEC
Real Estate Development in Cuba: the Risks, Challenges, Upside. This marks the first of future collaborations between the Real Estate Club and HEC, which will ensure that the conference has a real estate and finance component in what's typically a more operations focused agenda...read more.

Graduate and Undergraduate Clubs Partner in Mentorship Program
The Associate Real Estate Council (AREC), the graduate student real estate club, is partnering with CREC to facilitate a Mentorship Program. This is a new program to both organizations and promises to be a mutually beneficial exchange. Since all AREC members are on campus, this is a great opportunity for undergraduate club members to network with graduate students and gain knowledge from their experiences...read more.

Dave Bennett Explains International Investment Visa Program

Dave Bennett is the Head of US Commercial Real Estate for Salmon Run Capital. Mr. Bennett recently visited campus and provided insight into the EB-5 program and his firm's focus in Asia. This topic was of particular interest to students as it does not typically receive much attention...read more.

Research

Peng (Peter) Liu Awarded Competitive Fellowship and Research Grant
Peng Liu, associate professor of real estate, has been awarded a research fellowship by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). He will visit the Hong Kong Institute of Monetary Research (HKIMR) during his sabbatical leave from Cornell. Established on April 1, 1993, HKMA is the government authority in Hong Kong responsible for maintaining monetary and banking stability, acting as the central bank of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China...read more.

 
Faculty Profile

Linda Canina
Linda Canina is an associate professor in the School of Hotel Administration's finance, accounting, and real estate department. There, she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in corporate finance. Her research interests include asset valuation, corporate finance and strategic management...read more.
 

Upcoming Events

Brown Bag Lunch Series
During the spring semester, CREF is offering a Brown Bag Lunch series to provide an informal setting for students to interact with guest speakers. The first one of the series was hosted on March 12 with Jonathan Korr ’09 of Fulcrum Hospitality...read more.

CREF NYC Networking Reception
On April 23, the Center for Real Estate and Finance Advisory Board, Cornell Real Estate Club, and Real Estate Minor Alumni of Cornell will come together for a networking reception hosted by CREF. The event gives students the opportunity to meet and connect with alumni and real estate and finance professionals.

Real Estate Investments Speaker Series
CREF will welcome Raymond Martz ’93 with Pebblebrook Hotel Trust as the second presenter in the Real Estate Investments Speaker Series. On April 30, Raymond will speak to students in a breakfast session and in the Investment in Real Estate Securities and Funds class. We look forward to Raymond’s return to campus and enlightening our current students.

Past Events

WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate Panel Discussion
Society has come a long way from rigid dichotomies defining men as breadwinners and women as homemakers, but employment gender equality still falls short. Women who have excelled and attained executive-level positions in traditionally male-dominated fields like real estate and finance have learned valuable lessons that can benefit the next generation...read more.

CREF Breakfast at ALIS
Over twenty attendees enjoyed an informal breakfast at the recent Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) to discuss real estate education at Cornell...read more.

CREF Hosts Donor Appreciation Events
On March 20, CREF hosted two events in thanks to Art Adler ‘78 and Karen Newman Adler ‘78 for their generous gift to endow CREF’s academic directorship. In the morning, Art met with real estate and finance faculty over breakfast...read more.

Students

SHA Students Will Present Papers at 2015 HAMA Competition
Two students from the School of Hotel Administration were invited to present their papers at the annual Hospitality Asset Managers Associate (HAMA) convention in Dallas. The students, Yiwei Chen ’15 and Tia Wei ’15, were chosen as part of the HAMA Student Competition, which recognizes the best entries from Cornell University and Michigan State University...read more.

Real Estate Minor Alumni of Cornell

2015 Starts Strong for Real Estate Alumni
REMAC, Cornell’s young alumni real estate organization, has kicked off 2015 with two excellent events. In the first quarter, REMAC organized its second real estate roundtable and hosted a well-received joint networking event with the Young Commercial Real Estate Group (YCREG)...read more.  


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About the Center

Established in 2009, the Center for Real Estate and Finance (CREF) provides a platform for educating students, creating new knowledge through research activities, and exchanging information about real estate with a broad set of audiences. CREF is at the forefront of research in all areas of commercial real estate, from the study of the behavior of real estate assets in investment portfolios to an understanding of real estate capital markets to the science of hedging real estate risk. To learn more about CREF, visit www.cref.cornell.edu.




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