Cornell Real Estate Review

• What Are Opportunity Zones and How Can Investors Utilize Them? May 14, 2018
  In 2017, Congress established a new community development program known as Opportunity Zones in order to encourage long-term investments in low-income urban and rural communities nationwide. The Opportunity Zones program provides a tax incentive for investors to re-invest their unrealized capital gains into Opportunity Funds that are dedicated to investing into Opportunity Zones designated by […]
  Jennifer Spritzer
• Qatar Looks to Take Lead in US Real Estate Investments by Gulf Wealth Funds (6 mins) May 11, 2018
  Inside the Gulf – Part 4 – This series of articles will explore several major projects taking place in the Persian Gulf countries. While much of the news coming out of Qatar over the last few years has been its recent battle with its neighbors in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates who established […]
  Ali Daye
• Redeveloping San Diego’s Stadium May 11, 2018
  When San Diego voters voted to reject the funding of a new stadium for the San Diego Chargers in 2016, the news for the next few days revolved around the inevitable relocation of the city’s 56-year old NFL franchise. As a result, though, a lesser known second issue presented itself to the people of San […]
  Sean Mashian
• DSS Wrap-up: Richard Baker (SHA ’88) Governor and Executive Chairman of the Hudson’s Bay Company May 9, 2018
    Last week the Baker Program was honored to have entrepreneur, philanthropist and the namesake benefactor of the program, Richard Baker, on campus to meet with students in the Distinguished Speaker Series. As the final speaker for the class of 2018, Richard shared his remarkable entrepreneurial story and offered parting wisdom to the to the […]
  Dustin Dunham
• Short-Term Rental Gain vs. Long-Term Affordability Pain (5 mins) May 9, 2018
  Just days after key committees on the Los Angeles City Council backed a new set of short-term home sharing regulations limiting such activity to primary residences and capping short-term rentals to 120 days per year, a report from the Office of the Comptroller of New York quantified the estimated impact of home sharing on New […]
  Paul Heydweiller