Below you can find various media appearances from our faculty over the years. Recent articles can be found here.
2023
The Prophet of Urban Doom Says New York Still Has a Chance
New York Times: February 8, 2023
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh discusses his two recent papers.
Like other banks before it, Wells Fargo pulls back from mortgage biz
Marketplace: January 11, 2023
Professor Tomasz Piskorski quoted.
2022
Homebuyers canceled a record 60,000 purchase contracts last month because they're waiting for mortgage rates and home prices to fall
Insider: November 22, 2022
Professor Tomasz Piskorski quoted.
JPMorgan is about to spend $1 billion on hundreds of rental homes across the US on the way to becoming a mega landlord
Insider: November 17, 2022
Professor Tomasz Piskorski quoted.
Opendoor's iBuyer Model Is a Canary in the Economic Coal Mine
WIRED: October 4, 2022
Professor Tomasz Piskorski quoted.
A Multibillion Dollar Problem Faces New York City Landlords
Bloomberg: October 4, 2022
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh discusses the dilemma on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."
Christopher Mayer on the State of the U.S. Housing Industry
C-SPAN, Washington Journal: September 2, 2022
Professor Christopher Mayer talked about the state of the U.S. housing industry and indications of whether the nation is in a "housing recession."
Some employees are coming back, but there's still a lot of empty office space out there
Marketplace: August 31, 2022
Professor Brian Lancaster quoted.
Housing: ‘This might be almost the worst time you could buy,' real estate expert says
Yahoo! Finance: August 22, 2022
Christopher Mayer, Columbia Business Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss home prices and the outlook for the housing market
2021
Why Zillow Couldn't Make Algorithmic House Pricing Work
WIRED - 11/11/21
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
‘It's really a toy': How reliable is Zestimate, Zillow's extremely popular home-valuation tool?
MSN - 11/9/21
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Opinion: Zillow sent its algorithm to take on the housing market. The housing market won.
Washington Post - 11/9/21
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
What does Zillow's abrupt exit from iBuying portend for the direct-homebuying business model?
The Business Journals - 11/9/21
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Zillow just gave up on ibuying. What's the deal with the algorithmic home sales?
Yahoo Finance - 11/3/21
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
How Zillow, other companies buy houses around Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Times - 10/24/21
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Is that viral TikTok about housing market manipulation true?
Input Magazine - 10/1/21
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Frustrated buyers wonder when housing market will get easier
Marketplace - 7/23/2021
Professor Christpher Mayer
2020
7 things the U.S. needs to do to recover from the coronavirus recession, according to economists
CNBC - 7/28/2020
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Trump administration open to a second round of stimulus payments. Here's what that could look like
CNN Politics - 6/25/2020
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Some big companies seek breaks on rent
Marketplace - 5/19/2020
Professo Christopher Mayer
Housing advocates sound alarm as May rents collide with coronavirus
The Hill - 4/29/2020
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Record Government and Corporate Debt Risks 'Tipping Point' After Pandemic Passes
The Washington Post - 4/18/2020
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Mortgage Debt Relief is Crucial to Economic Recovery
Columbia Business School Ideas at Work - 4/16/2020
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
If You Want a Quick Recovery, Forgive Debts
Barron's - 4/15/2020
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Missed Rent Payments Cascade Across the Real Estate Industry
Bloomberg - 4/9/2020
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
U.S. Orders Up to a Yearlong Break on Mortgage Payments
NPR - 3/19/2020
Professor Christopher Mayer
2019
Evaluating housing affordability policies: What works?
The Unassuming Economist - 9/17/2019
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
American Dream Mall Developers Put Up Other Mega Malls as Collateral
The Wall Street Journal - 8/20/2019
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Climate change is a remorseless threat to the world's coasts
The Economist - 8/17/2019
Professor Christopher Mayer
These States Are Turning To Rent Control: How It Affects Affordable Housing
WBUR - 6/20/2019
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Risky Borrowing Is Making a Comeback, but Banks Are on the Sideline
New York Times - 6/11/2019
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
How a Real Estate Concept From the Middle Ages Can Still Backfire
New York Times - 6/7/2019
Professor Christopher Mayer
Real Estate's Latest Bid: Zillow Wants to Buy Your House
New York Times - 5/7/2019
Professor Christopher Mayer
Seeking an Edge, Developers and Investors Turn to ‘Proptech'
New York Times - 5/7/2019
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Study Says Rent Control Is Good for Cities, Debunking Conventional Economists' Wisdom
Gothamist - 4/17/2019
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Still Too Damn High: How Can We Address Rising Rents?
MarketWatch - 4/11/2019
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Return of Rent Control: New Research Shows Benefit of Decades-Old Affordable Housing Approach
PR Newswire - 4/8/2019
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
America's Most Hated Home Loan Is Staging a Comeback
Bloomberg - 3/13/2019
Professor Christopher Mayer
2018
In an Uncertain Real Estate Market, Try Before You Buy
The New York Times - 11/15/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer
The $91 Million Fight to Reconsider Rent Control in California
Bloomberg - 10/24/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer
To Prevent Another Housing Crash, Spread the Risk
Columbia Business School Ideas at Work - 9/24/2018
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Homeowners Resist Borrowing Against Equity Despite Push by Banks
The Seattle Times - 8/11/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer
Why You Should Buy a House in 2018
WGRZ - 7/5/2018
Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Homeowners Have More Equity Than Ever But Don't Want to Tap It
The Spokesman-Review - 7/15/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer
Researchers Say Reverse Mortgages Deserve a Second Look
Forbes - 3/30/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer
US Homeownership Rate Slips Versus That of Other Nations
Reverse Mortgage Daily - 3/18/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer
Could the 2008 Financial Crisis Happen Again?
WUWM 89.7 - 3/14/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer
The US Homeownership Rate Has Lost Ground Compared with Other Developed Countries
Urban Institute: Urban Wire Housing and Finance Blog - 3/12/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer
The Mortgage Market Risk No One's Talking About, Plus a Proposal to Redesign the System
Brookings - 3/8/2018
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
To Explain Changes in the Homeownership Rate, Look Beyond Demographic Trends
Urban Institute: Urban Wire Housing and Finance Blog - 3/6/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer
Equifax Unveils New Analytic Dataset for Identifying Detailed Credit Market Signals
Business Insider: Markets Insider - 2/26/2018
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
FinTech: Who Does It Serve? Who Can It Serve?
Urban Institute - 2/8/2018
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
How a Red-Hot Housing Market Became a Crisis
Marketplace - 1/25/2018
Professor Christopher Mayer
2017
From Bombs to Ball drops, the History of New Year's Eve in Times Square
New York Post - 12/28/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
GOP Achieves Tax-Cut Dream: What Happens to the Dream of Home Ownership Now?
WBUR - 12/20/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer
Tax Changes Could Have Big Effect On Housing
Marketplace - 12/19/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer
How The House Tax Overhaul Bill Could Hurt Affordable Housing
WNPR - 12/15/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer
Forget 'Location, Location, Location' When Making Retirement Housing Decisions
Forbes – 12/5/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer
The GOP Tax Plan and the Housing Market
NPR - 11/3/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer
A Crowded Market and Development Glut are Making Lenders Think Twice
The Real Deal - 11/1/2017
Professor Brian Lancaster
Between Tragedy and Opportunity: Lynne B. Sagalyn's Power at Ground Zero
Los Angeles Review of Books - 10/10/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
Rebuilding New York City
Oxford University Press Blog - 9/11/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
Book Review: Power at Ground Zero
Architectural Record - 9/1/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
Banks That Don't Invest in Technology Risk Falling Behind Permanently
Forbes - 7/20/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Banks' Struggles in Mortgage Business Linked to Outdated Technology
Information Management (originally appeared in American Banker) - 7/16/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
What's driving the growth in 'shadow banking'
Chicago Booth Review - 6/26/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Interview: Professor Lynne Sagalyn, Columbia Business School
Casium.net - 6/20/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
The SBC Discusses Barriers to Refinancing and Menendez‘s Discussion Draft
SIFMAN.org Hearing Summary - 5/11/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer
Fintech and Shadow Banks
Seeking Alpha - 5/10/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Power at Ground Zero (Alumni Books Podcast)
Slice of MIT Podcast - 4/25/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
Why America's Richest Cities Keep Getting Richer
The Atlantic - 4/12/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer
Shadow Banking is Getting Bigger Without Getting Better
Bloomberg View - 3/28/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
The Rise of Shadow Banks in Mortgage Lending
The Wall Street Journal - 3/27/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
How Larry Silverstein hustled to rebuild the World Trade Center
The Real Deal - 3/14/2017
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
When It Comes to Wall Street, Preet Bharara Is No Hero
ProPublica - 3/12/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Banking the unbanked: Is the NDA govt's flagship initiative Jan Dhan Yojana bearing fruit on the ground?
The Times of India - 3/9/2017
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: How It Can Be Done Effectively
Knowledge@Wharton - 1/9/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer
The Most Critical Reverse Mortgage Research: 2017 Edition
Reverse Mortgage Daily - 1/3/2017
Professor Christopher Mayer
2016
How Donald Trump's Win Could Affect Your Wallet
MarketWatch - 11/11/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer
Who Lost Ground Zero?
City Journal - 10/14/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
A Major New Book Takes on the Power Struggle at Ground Zero
The New York Times - 9/27/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
Life Goes On, Even At Ground Zero
The Washington Free Beacon - 9/25/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
Wrestling Over Hallowed Ground in Downtown Manhattan
The Wall Street Journal - 9/23/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
Rebirth and Renewal at Ground Zero
Newsday - 9/10/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
Work to Rebuild Lower Manhattan After September 11 Continues
CCTV America - 9/9/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
5 Questions: Real Estate Professor Lynne Sagalyn Probes the Redevelopment of Ground Zero
Columbia News - 9/9/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
We'll Never Forget 9/11. How Should We Remember Ground Zero?
The Washington Post - 9/9/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
Where Lower Manhattan Stands, 15 Years Later
WNYC - Money Talking - 9/9/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
How New York City Rebuilt Anew After Its Darkest Day
NPR - 9/8/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
A Shopping Mall at Ground Zero, Uninformed by Its Sacred Land
The New York Times - 9/5/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
Airbnb Income: How It Can Mess With Your Mortgage ‘Refi'
Wall Street Journal - 8/29/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer
Rebuilding Ground Zero: How Twin Mandates of Revival and Remembrance Reshaped Lower Manhattan
The Conversation - 8/25/2016
Professor Emerita Lynne B. Sagalyn
Jumbo Mortgages Bigger Piece of the Housing Pie
Mid-Missouri Public Radio - 8/10/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer
Professor Christopher J. Mayer Appointed Faculty Director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate
Avoid These Emotional Missteps When Buying or Selling a House
Market Watch - 7/7/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer
The Psychology of Buying and Selling a House
The Wall Street Journal - 6/12/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer
Why the 24-Hour City Matters
Commercial Property Executive - 6/9/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer
Where Should Millennials Live?
BBC World Service - 6/7/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer
American Housing Prices Going Big, Again
NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrooke - 6/2/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer
Help arrives for (some) underwater homeowners
Marketplace - 4/15/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer
HANSEN: World Trade Center Hub is wasteful, ugly
The Daily Targum - 3/21/2016
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
The Big Data Craze Is Building In Real Estate — And MBA Programs Are Driving The Trend
BusinessBecause - 3/21/2016
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
Housing helps keep recovery going
Marketplace - 2/17/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer
Can the private sector help rebuild America?
Columbia Ideas at Work - The Centennial Issue
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
US millennials caught in the parent trap
Financial Times – 2/1/2016
Professor Christopher Mayer [video]
2015
Did the nation's largest housing recovery initiative work?
PBS NewsHour – 11/19/2015
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
The vast inequality of rental inflation
Marketplace - 11/6/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer
HARP helped more than 3 million borrowers save $3,500 annually
HousingWire – 9/23/2015
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Housing Market is One Upbeat Note Right Now
Marketplace - 8/25/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer
Are Rent Laws Worth It?
NPR – 6/17/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer
Retiring baby boomers struggling with mortgage payments
Mortgage Professional America – 6/16/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer
Paying Off the Mortgage Is Becoming Harder for Older Workers
New York Times – 6/12/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer
U.S. Home Prices Rising Faster Than Expected
NPR's Here & Now – 5/26/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer
The housing market is still struggling
Marketplace – 2/24/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer
UNSW Business School Holds Energetic Real Estate Forum
UNSW Business School - 2/16/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer
The Logic of an Empty $100 Million Pad
New York Times – 2/9/2015
Professor Christopher Mayer
2014
Older Americans a Pillar of Housing Market With High Ownership Rate
Bloomberg News – 12/8/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
How Cost of Train Station at World Trade Center Swelled to $4 Billion
New York Times – 12/2/2014
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
Heading in the Right Direction
NAREIT - 10/31/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn Presents at the Skyscraper Museum
The Skyscraper Museum – 10/27/2014
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
Floating-rate debt is great when interest rates go down
FT Alphaville – 10/20/2014
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
How mortgage rates affect car purchases, credit card debt and jobs
Washington Post – 10/9/2014
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Easy credit flows to US landlords as lenders bet on rental market
Reuters – 10/2/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
Parents, the Children Will Be Fine. Spend Their Inheritance Now
New York Times - 9/19/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
Will Portland Always Be a Retirement Community for the Young?
New York Times – 9/16/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
Back to School
PERE Magazine – 9/1/2014
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
Many Homeowners Still Qualify for Mortgage Relief
NPR - 8/26/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
Hong Kong Popping Housing Bubbles London Can't Handle
Bloomberg - 7/30/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
How High Debt From The Housing Collapse Still Stifles Our Economy
NPR - 7/24/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
JPMorgan Pulls Back from Mortgage Lending on Foreclosure Worries
Reuters – 7/15/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
Homeownership Equals Stability
New York Times – 7/15/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
Cash Home Sales Soar Across US
Bloomberg – 5/28/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
With Clock Ticking on Mortgage Relief, Homeowners Wonder What's Ahead
Washington Post – 3/10/2014
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Severe Weather Socks The Economy, But Full Impact Is Unclear
NPR - 3/4/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
Legislative Insider-March/April 2014
Realtor Reflections - 3/1/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
Home Ownership
Columbia Business School No Free Lunch Seminar – 2/25/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
Not All Housing Bubbles Crash Equally
Fortune – 2/3/2014
Professor Shang-Jin Wei
Where Will Young People Live When They're Old and Gray?
Marketplace – 1/31/2014
Professor Christopher Mayer
The Tale of a House, and an Entire Market
New York Times – 1/25/14
Professor Christopher Mayer
Reverse-Mortgage Rule Changes Draw Professor to the Business
Bloomberg Businessweek – 1/23/14
Professor Christopher Mayer
State Lenders Escape Rules to Put Americans in Homes: Mortgages
Bloomberg News – 1/22/14
Professor Christopher Mayer
Professor Puts Ideas in Practice as Reverse-Mortgage CEO
Bloomberg – 1/18/14
Professor Christopher Mayer
REBIC Hosts National Housing Economist Christopher Mayer at Jan. 23 Forum
Charlotte Business Journal – 1/15/14
Professor Christopher Mayer
2013
Mortgage Program Pans Out
Wall Street Journal – 12/31/13
Professor Christopher Mayer
Mortgage Rates to Rise, but Not Because of Tapering
MSN – 12/19/13
Professor Christopher Mayer
Decent Year for Housing Ahead?
CNBC – 12/18/13
Professor Christopher Mayer
Nightly Business Report
CNBC – 12/18/13
Professor Christopher Mayer
What to Expect from REITs in 2014
Investopedia – 12/16/13
Professor Christopher Mayer
Beijing to Make It Easier to Bet the Farm
Wall Street Journal – 11/22/2013
Professor Shang-Jin Wei
Private Equity Funds Barely Worth It: Study
CNBC – 11/12/2013
Professors Morten Sorensen and Neng Wang
Average Private-Equity Investor Merely Breaks Even, Study Claims
Barron's – 11/11/2013
Professors Morten Sorensen and Neng Wang
Wall Street Figured out How to Securitize Your Rent. Should You Worry?
Wall Street Journal – 11/8/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Capitalizing on the Public-Private Partnership
PrivcapRE – 10/24/2013
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
Another Housing Bubble? Real Estate Expert Says "No"
The Motley Fool – 10/12/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Carrying Debt After Retirement
New York Times – 9/26/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Valuing Private Equity
Columbia Business School No Free Lunch Seminar – 9/17/2013
Professor Neng Wang
Mortgage Refinance Slowdown Leads to Bank Layoffs
Marketplace – 9/10/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Tighter Rules Will Make It Harder to Get a Reverse Mortgage
New York Times – 9/6/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Will The New Fed Chief Revive Housing?
Fox Business – 8/21/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Report: Half of All Home Purchases Paid for with Cash
Marketplace – 8/15/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Foreclosures Are Down, but the Housing Market Isn't Quite Moving Yet
Marketplace Morning Report – 8/15/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Obama Introduces a New Game: Fake Bipartisanship
CNN Money – 8/14/2013
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
More Fraud Evidence Tilts the Crisis Narrative
Columbia Journalism Review – 8/12/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
American Dream Slipping as Homeownership at 18-Year Low
Bloomberg – 7/30/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
The Perverse Effects of Rent Regulation
New York Times – 7/23/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Married to the Mortgage
The Economist – 7/13/2013
Professor Shang-Jin Wei
Rules for Reverse Mortgages May Become More Restrictive
New York Times – 7/12/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
People with Bad Math Skills Are More Likely to Wind Up in Foreclosure
Business Insider – 6/27/2013
Professor Stephan Meier
Math-Challenged Americans More Likely to End Up in Foreclosure
NBC News – 6/24/2013
Professor Stephan Meier
Home Buyers with Good Credit Have Many Options
CNBC Closing Bell – 6/14/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Many Would-Be First-Time Homebuyers Fear Taking the Plunge
Marketplace Radio – 6/4/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
New York's New Billionaire Street
Marketplace Morning Report – 6/4/2013
Professor Lynne Sagalyn
Sustainable Recovery in Housing?
CNBC – 5/28/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Market-Return Research Wins 2013 AQR Insight Award
Wall Street Journal – 5/20/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Piskorski Receives 2013 AQR Insight Distinguished Paper Award
Business School News – 5/20/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Home Prices Rebound
NPR – 5/1/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Real Estate Déjà Vu
New York Magazine – 4/12/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Private-Label RMBS Fraud Ran Rampant Before Market Crash, but Who Is Guilty?
Housingwire – 4/10/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Rental Investment May Seem Safer Than It Really Is
New York Times – 03/29/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Cash Course in Housing Economics
Wall Street Journal – 3/2/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Study Confirms Widespread Mortgage Fraud
CBS Money Watch – 2/22/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
New Paper Sheds Light on Extent of Housing Bubble Fraud
Wall Street Journal – 2/20/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Bubbles and Fraud: A Smoking Gun?
Economist – 2/19/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Housing Taking a Turn to the Upside?
Fox Business – 1/25/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Sagalyn Presents Research on Cities as Entertainment Centers Business School News – 1/25/2013
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
In Deal, Bank of America Extends Retreat From Mortgages
New York Times – 1/7/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Big Banks Settle Mortgage Hangover
Wall Street Journal – 1/7/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Bank of America Puts to Bed Claims from Housing Crisis, While Retreating from Market
Washington Post – 1/7/2013
Professor Christopher Mayer
Lessons Learned from HAMP
Housing Wire Magazine – 1/2013
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
2012
Groundbreaking on $15 Billion Hudson Yards Project in Manhattan Begins
Daily Mail – 12/4/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
Business Schools See the Value of Lessons in Real Estate
Financial Times – 11/26/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
American Daydream
HERMES – 11/26/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn and Professor Christopher Mayer
Why Freddie Mac Resisted Refis
ProPublica – 10/25/12
Professor Christopher Mayer
New Film Captures WTC Redevelopment Battle
New York Post – 10/17/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
US Housing Policy Experts Say GSE Reform Will Have To Wait
MNI – 10/2/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Mortgage Finance System Overhaul Way Down the Road
The Hill – 10/2/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
On the House: U.S. Approach to Easing Foreclosures a Disappointment
Philadelphia Inquirer – September 23, 2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Mortgage Servicers Dropped the Ball, Study Says
Chicago Tribune – 9/20/2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Special Servicers: Answer to Mortgage Industry Woes?
CBS News – 9/20/2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Did Bank Delays Cause 800,000 Foreclosures?
MSN Money – 9/17/2012
Study: Home Modification Program Falls Short
CBS News – 9/13/2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Foreclosure Fail: Study Pins Blame on Big Banks
ProPublica – 9/12/2012
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Can the Middle Class Thrive Without Home Ownership?
Fortune – 9/11/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Help for New Jersey's Mortgage Crisis?
NJ Spotlight – 9/11/2012
Paper: Why Obama's Loan Modification Program Fell Short
Wall Street Journal – 9/5/2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Putting Numbers to HAMP's Limited Impact
Bloomberg Businessweek – 8/31/2012
Professor Tomasz Piskorski
The Perils and Promise of Public-Private Partnerships
National Development Council – 08/6/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
The Raft for an Underwater Housing Market
MN2020 Hindsight – 7/31/2012
Hasty Loan Denials of HARP Refinance Applications Mislead Thousands of Discouraged Underwater Homeowners
PR Web – 7/24/2012
A Neighborhood's Comeback
Wall Street Journal – 07/18/2012
Professor Lynne B. Sagalyn
Expanding Refinances Could Save Billions for Homeowners
Center for Responsible Lending – 6/27/2012
Housing Market Crawls Back
Wall Street Journal – 5/29/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Principal Reductions Won't Solve the Mortgage Mess
Bloomberg – 5/17/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Potential Broad-Based Refi Plan Aims To Level Playing Field; Increase Home Prices
Mortgage News Daily – 5/9/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
HUD: 750,000 Borrowers Helped with Obama Refi Plan
MarketWatch – 5/8/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
More Refinance Help on Horizon for Fannie, Freddie Homeowners?
US News and World Report – 4/25/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Two Democratic Senators Push to Streamline, Speed Refinancing Process
The Hill – 4/25/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Continued Job Growth Will Help Housing Industry
NPR – 4/23/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Did the White House Use ‘Fuzzy Math' on the Bailout? Not Really.
Washington Post – 4/20/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
When Homeowners Refinance, It's Good for Business
Boston Globe – 4/20/2012 (registration required)
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
Experts Discuss Housing Crisis, Solutions
Columbia Business School – 4/10/2012
Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Professor Christopher Mayer
Is Mortgage-Debt Forgiveness Worth the ‘Moral Hazard'?
Wall Street Journal – 4/2/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Rents Keep Rising, Even as Housing Prices Fall
New York Times – 2/24/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement for Homeowners
New York Times – 2/8/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Freddie Mac Betting Against Struggling Homeowners
National Public Radio – 1/30/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Treasury Investigates Freddie Mac Investment
The New York Times – 1/30/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Obama Answers Bernanke Plea With Refinancing Plan: Mortgages
Bloomberg Business Week – 1/25/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
A New Stimulus: Have Wall Street bail out Main Street
CNN Money – 1/18/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Time to Consider Mass Mortgage Refinancings
The Washington Post – 1/17/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
Remodeling Homeowner Incentives: A Plan to Revive the Housing Market by Replacing Mortgage Interest Deductions with Tax Credits
The Huffington Post – 1/17/2012
Professor Christopher Mayer
2011
Obama Administration Expands Mortgage Assistance Program
The Takeaway – 10/25/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer
Refinancing Revamp Planned
SmartMoney – 10/24/2011
How Much Would Mass Refinancing Do for the Economy?
The Washington Post – 10/19/2011
Dean Glenn Hubbard
Steven Pearlstein: How about Refi.gov?
The Washington Post – 9/17/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer
How Mortgage Refinancing Could Help Spur Economy
National Public Radio – 9/7/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer
How To Save The Housing Market: Destroy Houses
Time Magazine – 9/7/2011
Mortgage Refinancing Could Jumpstart Economy
Wall Street Journal video – 8/28/2011
Dean Glenn Hubbard
Obama Considers New Housing Solutions
National Public Radio – 8/27/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer
One Final Bailout That Still May Happen
U.S. News & World Report – 8/26/2011
U.S. May Back Refinance Plan for Mortgages
New York Times – 8/24/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer
Can housing policy be an effective stimulus?
The Washington Post – 8/23/2011
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
Banks Block Obama's Mortgage Stimulus Plan
Bloomberg – 8/16/2011
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
Low Rates Alone Not Seen Reviving Housing Market
National Public Radio – 8/15/2011
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
Housing Speculation (Video)
Columbia Business School No Free Lunch Seminar – 3/1/2011
Professor Christopher Mayer
2010
The Economics of Hedge Funds
Columbia Business School No Free Lunch Seminar – 11/9/2010
Professor Neng Wang
How Underwater Mortgages Can Float the Economy
New York Times — 9/18/2010
By R. Glenn Hubbard and Christopher Mayer
Debt Forgiveness Key in Plan to Curb Foreclosures
National Public Radio – 3/26/2010
Professor Christopher Mayer
B of A to help underwater homeowners
National Public Radio Marketplace – 3/24/2010
Professor Christopher Mayer
2009
How to Modify Securitized Mortgages
Seeking Alpha – 3/21/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Obama Housing Fix Too Timid?
Los Angeles Times – 2/27/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer
Proposal Is Heavy on Incentives to Modify Loans
Wall Street Journal – 2/19/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer
Obama's Savior-Based Housing Plan
U.S. News & World Report – 2/18/2009
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
The Good and Bad in Obama's Foreclosure Plan
The Atlantic – 2/18/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Fixing Foreclosures: Lots Of Plans, Murky Strategy
CNBC – 2/12/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer
How to Save the Housing Market
The Atlantic – 2/4/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer
Beyond the Age of Leverage: New Banks Must Arise
Financial Times – 2/2/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer
Are 4% Mortgages the Answer?
Time Magazine Blog – 2/2/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer
Fixing Foreclosures: 'How Far Are We Going to Go?'
CNBC – 1/23/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer
Mortgage Crisis: Will Loan Mods Bring Relief?
BusinessWeek – 1/23/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Obama Has No Quick Fix for Banks
New York Times – 1/20/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer
More Thoughts on How to Fix the Housing Crisis
Time Magazine Blog – 1/15/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Columbia Profs Tackle Loan Mods
HousingWire – 1/12/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Loan Servicers Should Get Incentives to Modify Mortgages, Experts Say
Los Angeles Times – 1/11/2009
Why Servicers Matter (Audio)
WNYC – 1/8/2009
FDIC Loan Plan Called Too Expensive
San Diego Source – 1/7/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Columbia Profs: Incentivize Servicers to Modify Mortgages
Los Angeles Times Blog – 1/7/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski
Pay Lenders to Stem Foreclosures: Report
Reuters – 1/7/2009
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Tomasz Piskorski
2008
New York, Boston Prices Expected to Fall Further
Wall Street Journal – 12/31/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer
Low-Interest Mortgages Are the Answer
Wall Street Journal – 12/17/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
New $3 Trillion Bailout Is Coming to the Masses
Bloomberg – 12/15/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
Obama Team Boosts Paulson Proposal to Spur U.S. Home Purchases
Bloomberg – 12/12/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
Mortgage Finance Officials Defend Actions on Risky Loans
Voice of America – 12/10/2008
Professor Charles Calomoris
Washington's New Tack: Helping Homeowners
The New York Times – 12/4/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer
U.S. Eyes Plan to Lift Home Sales
Wall Street Journal – 12/4/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
Treasury's 4.5 Percent Mortgage Plan Analyzed
NPR's All Things Considered – 12/4/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer
A New Proposal to Lower Mortgage Rates
American Public Media's Marketplace Morning Report – 12/4/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer
Treasury Weighs Plan To Cut U.S. Mortgage Rates
NPR's Morning Edition – 12/4/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer
Home Builders Make Plea for Federal Aid
Wall Street Journal – 11/24/2008
Professor Christopher Mayer
How Obama can energise the economy
Financial Times – 11/19/2008
By Dean Glenn Hubbard
7 Ways for Obama to Save the Housing Market
U.S. News and World Report – 11/14 2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard
A helping hand to homeowners
The Economist – 10/23/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
First, Let's Stabilize Home Prices
Wall Street Journal – 10/2/2008
Dean Glenn Hubbard, Professor Christopher Mayer
2005
Bubble Trouble? Not Likely
HERMES – Fall 2005
Professor Christopher Mayer, Professor Todd Sinai
Adjunct Faculty, Students, & Alumni
- 2/4/20: Jennifer Morgan, adjunct professor and partner at King & Spalding in The Wall Street Journal.
- 12/18/19: Jennifer Morgan, adjunct professor and partner at King & Spalding is named to Crain's 2020 Notable Women in Law List.
- 10/15/19: Michael Giliberto, adjunct professor and former Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, explores how technology is transforming real estate investment (Journal of Portfolio Management).
- 12/1/17: Michael Giliberto, adjunct professor and former Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Leanne Lachman, executive-in-residence and president of Lachman Associates, are featured in IREI's 30th Anniversary Edition.
- 11/15/17: Michael Giliberto, adjunct professor and former Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, creates the first mezzanine loan index with John B. Levy & Co, giving investors in high-yield real estate a way to compare their returns and performance against an industry-standard benchmark (Commercial Property Executive).
- 6/26/17: Mihcelle Felman, adjunct professor has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Cumming (Commercial Observer).
- 4/27/16: Michael Giliberto, adjunct professor and former Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, will serve on the Real Estate Advisory Committee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund.
- 4/6/16: Brian Lancaster, president of The Minot Group, comments on the current state of New York's super high-end condo market (Commercial Observer).
- 2/3/16: Abby Hamlin, founder and president of Hamlin Ventures, was featured in an article about 10 women developers who are disrupting commerical real estate (Bisnow).
- 12/9/15: Gilbert Menna, partner and chair of Goodwin Procter's real estate capital markets group and co-chair of its REITs practice, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWorld 2015 (REIT.com).
- 10/15: Tommy Craig '82 of Hines was featured in the 2015 Commerical Observer Owner's Magazine (Commercial Observer).
- 9/30/15: Richard Wolfe, an adjunct professor with the MBA Real Estate Program at Columbia Business School and a partner in the tax department at Fried Frank, comments about real estate capital gains tax rules (The Real Deal).
- 7/20/15: Faculty Interview Series: Camille Douglas.
- 6/8/15: Joseph F. Azrack '72, chairman of the 195 Redevelopment Commission, comments on how the Route 195 land can help stimulate employment growth and economic development in Rhode Island (Providence Journal).
- 5/28/15: The 42nd Street Development Corporation has appointed Wendy Rowden, adjunct professor with the MBA Real Estate Program at Columbia Business School, as its new President (Real Estate Weekly).
- 5/15/15: Following the sale of 7 Bryant Park, Tommy Craig '82 of Hines said his firm is pleased to stay involved with the property to provide ongoing asset and property management services (MarketWatch).
- 5/13/15: Gen Y and Housing: What They Want and Where They Want It, the new research report written by Leanne Lachman and Deborah L. Brett, was released at ULI's 2015 Spring Meeting in Houston (Military Technologies News).
- 5/4/15: King & Spalding has recruited Jennifer M. Morgan, adjunct professor with the MBA Real Estate Program at Columbia Business School, to its New York office as a partner in its real estate practice (Digital Journal).
- 4/23/15: At the 10th Annual Real Estate Conference presented by Portland State University's Real Estate Center, Leanne Lachman, president of Lachman Associates, an independent real estate consulting firm, and adjunct professor and executive-in-residence at Columbia Business School, presented new research on millennials that she first began in 2010 (Portland Tribune).
- 4/7/15: After decades of real-estate development work in the private sector, Joseph F. Azrack '72 has stepped into the public realm for the first time in his career to chair the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission, a volunteer position (Providence Journal).
- 3/30/15: Leanne Lachman moderated a real estate panel at the 8th annual China Business Conference at Columbia University in New York on March 27 (China Daily USA).
- 3/4/15: Joseph F. Azrack '72, Governor Raimondo's nominee to lead the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission, is not at a point where he can have an opinion pro or con about the possibility of the PawSox stadium idea (Providence Journal).
- 3/3/15: Rachel Diller '99, managing director of the urban investment group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., comments on her group's first investment in Memphis, while over the last 14 years it has financed everything from the rehabilitation of a historic theater in Brooklyn to a large bike-sharing program in New York City and an affordable residential building in Salt Lake City, Utah (Memphis Daily News).
- 2/4/15: Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo named six nominees for the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission including Joseph F. Azrack '72 as chairman of the volunteer commission (Rhode Island Public Radio and Providence Journal).
- 10/29/14: Faculty Interview Series: Tommy Craig '82.
- 10/22/14: Columbia Business School executive in residence and adjunct professor, Leanne Lachman, served as jury chair for the 2014 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Global Awards for Excellence competition. (PR Newswire).
- 10/2/14: Berkshire Group announced the formation of a new board of directors, including Columbia Business School alumnus and adjunct professor, Joseph F. Azrack '72, to oversee the strategic direction of the Company (HeraldOnline).
- 7/11/14: Faculty Interview Series: Joseph F. Azrack '72.
- 5/6/14: Interview of Yoel Kranz of Goodwin Procter from REITWise 2014: NAREIT's Law, Accounting and Finance Conference (REIT.com).
- 1/7/14: Alicia Glen Named to Key Post in de Blasio Administration.
- 12/23/13: New mayor taps Adjunct Professor Alicia Glen to lead housing development (New York Post).
- 12/2/13: Faculty Interview Series: Michael Giliberto.
- 10/8/13: 14 questions for Tommy Craig '82 of Hines in the Owners' Magazine (Commercial Observer).
- 8/6/13: Gil Menna featured in Rainmaker Q&A (Law 360).
- 7/21/13: Alicia Glen discusses Citi Bike investment (Crain's).
- 7/9/13: Faculty Interview Series: Alicia Glen.
- 6/18/13: REIT IPO market still limited, according to Gil Menna at REITWeek 2013.
- 6/12/13: Educational program to be financed by Alicia Glen's Urban Investment Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- 5/20/13: New study by Executive in Residence Leanne Lachman looks at whether Gen Y still shops mostly in stores (Apparel).
- 5/17/13: Gen Y still flocks to malls, finds study by Executive in Residence Leanne Lachman (U-T San Diego).
- 5/8/13: Tommy Craig '82 of Hines leads $1B+ sale of two Midtown properties (Bloomberg Businessweek).
- 5/7/13: The Commercial Observer catches up with Tommy Craig '82 of Hines
- 4/18/13: Rehabilitation and redevelopment of 4 New York Plaza being led by Adjunct Professor Tommy Craig '82 of Hines (Real Estate Weekly).
- 4/15/13: Wang awarded Chazen Grant for work on dynamic entrepreneurial finance.
- 4/9/13: Innovative finance such as Goldman, Sachs program developed by Adjunct Professor Alicia Glen to reduce juvenile offender recidivism lauded for potential to address social problems (PBS).
- 4/8/13: Faculty Interview Series: Andrew Jacobs '96.
- 4/7/13: Adjunct Professor Tommy Craig '82 of Hines locks in one of the biggest office leases of the year while shopping for buyers for 425 Lexington (Wall Street Journal).
- 3/24/13: Goldman, Sachs group led by Adjunct Professor Alicia Glen invests in program to reduce recidivism among juvenile offenders (NPR).
- 3/19/13: Outdoor space expected to drive high rents at 7 Bryant Park project being led by Adjunct Professor Tommy Craig '82 (New York Post).
- 3/14/13: Adjunct Professor Gil Menna discusses the REIT M&A market (The Deal).
- 2/26/13: Adjunct Professor Tommy Craig '82 of Hines breaks ground on 7 Bryant Park project (Observer).
- 1/17/13: Adjunct Professor Robin Panovka on the 2013 REIT outlook (Reit.com).
- 12/6/12: Adjunct Professor Gil Menna discusses REIT IPOs at REITWorld 2012: NAREIT's Annual Convention (Reit.com).
- 10/16/12: Adjunct Professor Michael Giliberto named director at Hunt Companies.
- 10/15/12: Adjunct Associate Professor John Livingston recognized in 25th anniversary of Crain's "40 Under 40."
- 7/23/12: Developer for All Seasons Takes New York (Crain's article featuring Adjunct Professor Tommy Craig '82).
- 6/20/12: 7 Bryant Park Gets All-Equity Financing, Construction Set To Start (Observer article about project by Tommy Craig '82).
- 6/20/12: Professor J. Daniel Adkinson Wins 2012 Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence.
- 11/21/11: Model Teachers (Hermes article about alumni executives Tommy Craig '82 and Jeffrey Barclay '83 serving as adjunct professors).
- 11/5/12: Executive in Residence Leanne Lachman discusses why we should focus on emerging markets (U-T San Diego).
A group of 32 Columbia Business School real estate students and faculty members tour China, from luxury retail to street food.
- 2/26/14: Aaron Kazam '15 named ICSC Foundation Grossman Graduate Scholar.
- 2/26/14: School again finishes in the money at UNC Case Competition.
- 2/19/14: Winoker scholarship goes to Columbia student (Real Estate Weekly).
- 2/10/14: REA treks to the very center of Miami Beach.
- 1/14/14: Karl Chan '15 wins YMWREA scholarship.
- 1/14/14: Akash Shivashankara '14 and Martín Kielmanowicz '14 take top honors in academic paper contest.
- 12/11/13: Second City deal takes first prize at 2013 Real Estate Project Class Competition.
- 11/19/13: School hosts real estate negotiating event.
- 11/15/13: REA members trek to Chicago.
- 5/15/13: Real Estate Association elects 2013–14 VPs.
- 5/13/13: Two real estate-focused students awarded real estate scholarships from WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate.
- 3/29/13: Real Estate Association tours Brazil.
- 2/21/13: Columbia Business School takes second at UNC Real Estate Development Challenge.
- 12/17/12: Annie Koo '14 awarded YM/WREA 2012 scholarship.
- 12/13/12: Foreclosure solution awarded top prize at 2012 Real Estate Project Class Final Presentations Competition.
- 11/30/12: Columbia Business School students win 2012 National Real Estate Challenge.
- 4/18/12: TheSquareFoot Launches commercial real estate leasing platform at DEMO Spring 2012 (press release about start-up co-founded by Jonathan Wasserstrum '12).
Supporters
- 8/17/17: Conor C. Flynn, President and CEO of Kimco Realty and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum is named #23 in Fortune's 40 Under 40.
- 6/23/17: Ric Clark, Chairman of Brookfield Property Group, is tapped to be chairman of the Downtown Alliance.
- 4/26/17: Commercial Observer names the following members of the MBA Real Estate Program Advisory Board among its "Power 100" of 2017: Jonathan Grey of Blackstone (#3), David Simon '85 of Simon Property Group (#20), and Nicholas Bienstock '96 of Savanna (#32).
- 4/26/17: Commercial Observer names the following members of the Real Estate Forum among its "Power 100" of 2017: Jonathan Grey of Blackstone (#3), Ric Clark of Brookfield Property Partners (#8), Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Capital Group (#12), David Simon '85 of Simon Property Group (#20), Owen D. Thomas of Boston Properties (#25), and Nicholas Bienstock '96 of Savanna (#32).
- 4/6/17: Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum Members Owen D. Thomas, CEO of Boston Properties and Jonathan Gray, Global Head of Real Estate at Blackstone talk REIT logistics and strategy at NYU's REIT symposium (The REal Deal).
- 4/5/17: 4/5/17: Commerical Obsevrer names the following Real Estate Forum members among its "Finance 50" of 2017: Andrew Farkas of Island Capital Group (#30), and Richard Mack of Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies (#49).
- 3/1/17: Conor C. Flynn, President and CEO of Kimco Realty and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum talks about investors' skepticism as retail REITs experience an occupancy surge (Forbes).
- 12/23/16: Commercial Property Executive names Real Estate Forum Member Stephen Furnary, Chairman and CEO of Clarion Partners, Executive of the Year (Commercial Property Executive).
- 10/31/16: New York Private Bank & Trust and Emigrant Bank chairman Howard P. Milstein, CBS Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member, is granted the Chinese government's annual prestigious Marco Polo Award for his contribution to the exchange of international talents through his foundation (China.org.chn).
- 10/17/16: Ric Clark, Senior Managing Partner and Chairman of Brookfield Property Partners and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum is featured in Commercial Observer's Owners Magazine 2016.
- 10/1/16: Conor C. Flynn, President and CEO of Kimco Realty and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum talks about the new status, new era, and new issues facing REITs (The Real Deal).
- 7/22/16: Conor C. Flynn, President and CEO of Kimco Realty and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum talks about preparing Kimco for the future (REIT.com).
- 7/1/16: Richard Mack, CEO and Founder of Mack Real Estate Group and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, comments on the growing number of real estate developers financing projects (The Real Deal).
- 6/9/16: Conor C. Flynn, President and CEO of Kimco Realty and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview (REIT.com).
- 5/25/16: Owen D. Thomas, CEO of Boston Properties and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, confirms Boston Properties' expansion into the Los Angeles real estate market with the Colorado Center office park in Santa Monica (CoStar).
- 5/10/16: Eric Adler, CEO of Pramerica Real Estate Investors and a member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, has announced that Prudential Real Estate Investors and Pramerica Real Estate Investors will now operate under the same name, PGIM Real Estate, after more than a decade of operating globally under two names (Property Magazine International).
- 5/5/16: Andrew L. Farkas, member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, folds C-III Realty into NAI Global to expand institutional sales and financing capabilites (CoStar).
- 5/4/16: Barry Sternlicht, member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, is profiled in Commercial Oberserver.
- 5/1/16: Richard Mack, member of the Columbia Business School Real Estate Forum, is featured in an article about New York City real estate families moving into the lending business. (The Real Deal).
- 4/20/16: Commercial Observer ranks the following MBA Real Estate Program Advisory Board members among its "Power 100" for 2016: Jonathan Gray of Blackstone (#1), Nicholas Bienstock '96 of Savanna (#33), and Paul Pariser '78 of Taconic Investment Partners (#42)
- 4/20/16: Commercial Observer ranks the following Real Estate Forum members amount its "Power 100" for 2016: Jonathan Gray of Blackstone (#1), Jerry Speyer '64 of Tishman Speyer (#8), Steven Roth of Vornado (#9), Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Property Trust (#17), Andrew Farkas of Island Capital Group (#20), Owen Thomas of Boston Properties (#29), and Paul Pariser '78 of Taconic Investment Partners (#42) (Commercial Observer).
- 3/23/16: Conor C. Flynn, Kimco Realty's President and CEO and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, is interviewed about the state of the company (Advisor Access).
- 3/2/16: Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group and Starwood Property Trust and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, is featured in Commercial Observer's "Fab 50" Most Important Figures of Commercial Real Estate Finance. (Commerical Observer)
- 2/19/16: Stephen Furnary, Chairman & CEO of Clarion Partners and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Estate Forum, is profiled for CPE's Executive of the Year Closeup (Commercial Property Executive).
- 2/17/16: Daniel Neidich, CEO, Dune Partners, discusses Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the 2016 race for the White House (Bloomberg).
- 1/4/16: Conor C. Flynn of Kimco Realty, a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, was recently appointed to Kimco Realty's Board of Directors and promoted to CEO.
- 10/28/15 & 10/27/15: With John Klopp and Olivier de Poulpiquet '94 at the helm of Morgan Stanley's real estate unit, the firm makes a comeback (The Real Deal and Wall Street Journal).
- 10/28/15 & 10/27/15: Tanger Factory Outlet Centers announced the election of David B. Henry, a Columbia Real Estate Forum Member who will retire on January 1, 2016 from his current role as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Kimco Realty Corporation, to its Board of Directors effective January 1, 2016 (Chain Store Age and PRNewswire).
- 10/24/15: The New York Landmarks Conservancy will honor Dan Neidich of Dune Real Estate Partners and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum at the 22nd Living Landmarks Celebration on November 5 (BroadwayWorld.com).
- 10/23/15: Jonathan More '09 of Mission Capital Advisors commented on the 88 University Place deal which his firm brokered for Richard Mack, Law '93 of Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum (Commercial Observer).
- 10/12/15: Owen D. Thomas of Boston Properties, and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, will serve as a judge on the awards jury for the Urban Land Institute New York Awards for Excellence in Development, a new event recognizing exemplary land use projects that raise the bar for design, planning and sustainability (Real Estate Weekly).
- 10/6/15: Boston Properties, a real estate investment trust, announced that it will participate in the Evercore ISI 2015 Real Estate Conference in New York City on October 8, 2015 with Owen D. Thomas, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, serving as a panelist on a panel discussion titled "Office–Are Real Estate Values Ahead of Fundamentals?" (MarketWatch).
- 9/30/15: Eric Adler, a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum and Chief Executive Officer of Pramerica Real Estate Investors, commented on his firm's partnership with QInvest to launch a Shari'ah compliant real estate fund (CPI Financial).
- 9/17/15: Steven Roth, a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum and chairman of the board and chief executive officer at Vornado Realty Trust, recounted his early career and shared the lessons of his success in the real estate business (Crain's).
- 8/6/15: Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) Co-CEO & CIO's, John Klopp and Olivier de Poulpiquet '94, commented on raising over one billion dollars for its G8 global real estate fund (Insurance Asset Risk).
- 7/14/15: In commemoration of the FDNY's 150th anniversary, Howard P. Milstein, chairman of Milstein Properties and Emigrant Savings Bank, paid tribute to "New York's Bravest" at Emigrant Savings Bank Headquarters (Sys-Con Media).
- 6/4/15: On June 10, 2015, Owen D. Thomas of Boston Properties, and a member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, will participate in a roundtable presentation at the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts' REITWeekTM Investor Forum (Finances International).
- 5/20/15: William and Richard Mack of Mack Real Estate Group, both Columbia Real Estate Forum members, were was among five hundred leaders in the real estate community who gathered for the UJA-Federation of New York's annual Real Estate Luncheon to honor Arnold, Kenneth, Steven, and Winston Fisher of Fisher Brothers (Real Estate Weekly).
- 4/21/15: Columbia Real Estate Forum members, Steven Roth of Vornado Realty Trust and Andrew Farkas of Island Capital Group, participated on a panel as part of a forum hosted by the China General Chamber of Commerce at Bloomberg LP's headquarters in New York, with Farkas serving as moderator (The Real Deal).
- 4/13/15: Daniel Neidich, a member of both the Columbia Real Estate Forum and MBA Real Estate Program Advisory Board and chief executive officer at Dune Real Estate Partners, discusses Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and how she can connect with voters (Bloomberg Business).
- 4/7/15: Steven Roth, Real Estate Forum member and Vornado Realty Trust chief executive, believes a little TLC could substantially increase the rents in Penn Plaza and that area's revitalization will be a principle focus for Vornado for the next couple of years (Wall Street Journal).
- 3/25/15: The Cornell School of Hotel Administration will honor Barry S. Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group and member of the Columbia Real Estate Forum, as the recipient of the Cornell Icon of the Industry Award at the 7th Annual Cornell Hospitality Icon & Innovator Awards on June 2, 2015 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City (Hospitality Net).
- 3/10/15: Real Estate Forum member Steven Roth of Vornado Realty Trust says his company's most undervalued asset is urban retail (Wall Street Journal).
- 2/24/15: Real Estate Forum member Owen D. Thomas of Boston Properties will participate in a roundtable discussion at the Citi 2015 Global Property CEO Conference on March 3, 2015 (HeraldOnline).
- 2/1/14: Real Estate Forum member Richard J. Mack, Law '93 is Closing profile of the month (The Real Deal).
- 6/17/13: Former adjunct faculty Robert Lieber to chair ULI New York.
- 5/6/13: Following Paul Milstein's example, son Howard P. Milstein successfully applies private-sector thinking to the business of government with bid process for Tappan Zee Bridge (Crain's).
- 4/19/13: Regional Plan Association honors Howard P. Milstein, CBS Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member, with Lifetime Leadership Award.
- 2/5/13: Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member J. Allen Smith shares his perspective on real estate investments (ULI).
- 12/19/12: Thruway Board Chairman Howard P. Milstein, CBS Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member, announces contractor approval for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement at a far lower cost than initially estimated.
- 12/3/12: Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member J. Allen Smith discusses the fiscal cliff and other current real estate issues on the Closing Bell.
- 11/27/12: Congratulations to Howard P. Milstein, Real Estate Forum member and MBA Real Estate Advisory Board member, for being recognized as Donor of the Day by the Wall Street Journal for generously aiding more than 2,000 first responders who were impacted by Sandy.