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The real estate investment firm led by managing partners Nicholas Bienstock '96 and Christopher Schlank has climbed into second place among New York City's acquirers of commercial office buildings.

The US housing market is on life support, said Professor Joseph Stiglitz at a forum sponsored by Columbia Business School, the Progressive Policy Institute, and Zillow April 4 and 5 in New York.

Class of 2016: Check your email for an invitation to participate in the Private Equity Program's Survey on Generational Differences in the Workplace.

Save the Date for CJEB's upcoming Tokyo conference, to be held on Monday, May 21, 2012 at Roppongi Academyhills in Tokyo, Japan.

In early 2012, Lee Neibart, head of global investments for AREA Property Partners, considered the imminent changes to the real estate investment fund business. This case asks students to consider various modifications to the firm's business model, taking into consideration the macroeconomic and microeconomic drivers of the real estate market.

In February 2008, Madison International Realty was presented with the opportunity to buy an additional equity position in the partnership that owns the Mayfair House—a 10-story, trophy-quality office building located in the Mayfair submarket of London’s West End. In the case based on this situation, students are presented with information on the UK real estate market, the terms of the partnership agreement, and an investment spreadsheet in order to determine how much Madison should pay for this interest and what conditions in the partnership agreement might impact the valuation.

In honor of his 50th reunion and Columbia Business School’s upcoming centennial, Lord Irvine Laidlaw ’65 has made a generous donation of $2 million to the School.