The Milstein Center Research Lab conducts rigorous academic research in a collaborative setting and fosters meaningful dialogue with business innovators and public sector leaders to address the most pressing challenges in real estate markets.
Congratulations to Dilan Badshah ’27, Ben Curry ’27, Dalton Redmon ’27, Dominica Wambold ’26, and Wenjia Zheng ’26 for placing 2nd at the 2026 Kellogg Real Estate Venture Competition on April 15th.
Jane Yang '10 is a real estate investment professional and professor at Columbia Business School, where she teaches the Real Estate Capstone course. She brings over 18 years of experience spanning $4.5 billion in transactions across all asset types. She is the founder of Cooper Square, a vertically integrated real estate owner, operator, and investor focused on the manufactured housing sector. Before founding Cooper Square, Jane had an extensive career holding roles at leading institutions including Prospect Ridge, Meadow Partners, and Lehman Brothers, building expertise across real estate private equity, distressed investing, and restructuring.Jane holds an MBA from Columbia Business School where she was a Bodini Fellow and the recipient of the Alexander Bodini Foundation Prize Competition. She also holds an AB in Government from Harvard University.
Hugh Frater ’85, former Chief Executive Officer of Fannie Mae, and David Benson, former President of Fannie Mae, joined Professor Brian Lancaster at Columbia Business School to discuss one of the unresolved questions in U.S. housing finance: How should Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exit conservatorship, and who should ultimately own them?
New commission rules, platform consolidation, and generative AI are pushing U.S. housing toward a more digital, consumer-centric future. But structural frictions continue to slow the path to fully automated closings.
Introduced through the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate alumni network, Jared Toothman ’12 and Syed Ali ’21 recently teamed up to acquire a premier multifamily property in Williamsburg.
As the Fed considers a September rate cut, new Columbia Business School research shows that lower interest rates may reduce rents, cooling one of the biggest drivers of U.S. inflation.
New research from Columbia Business School reveals low-income rental units generate higher returns for landlords – inviting more competition could help lower rents