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2020 U.S. and Canada Waterpark and Resort Trends

The hospitality industry has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. David Sangree, '84 B.S. Hotel Administration, and President of Hotel & Leisure Advisors, offers some key and timely insights on the world of waterparks as restrictions…

Baker Program in Real Estate, CREC Career Advisory Program, General, Membership, News

Seeking Alumni Support for Cornell Real Estate Students

Dear CREC members, and friends of Cornell Real Estate: We hope this outreach finds you and your families both safe and sane in these challenging times. In light of the Coronavirus-related disruptions to full time and summer employment…

Contributors, General, News, Research

Best Practices in Resilience

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend life as we knew it around the world, disrupting economies and straining our social fabric, how do businesses respond? Check out these research pieces published by professional advisory firm KPMG for…

Contributors, General, News, Research

Impact of the Coronavirus

In these unprecedented times, the COVID-19 pandemic has not only adversely impacted the health of the global population but, in order to curb the spread of the deadly virus, various policy tactics and social practices have undoubtedly paralyzed…

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KPMG’s SIX KEY STEPS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN REAL ESTATE

Yesenia Scheker, Global Tax leader for KPMG's Building, Construction & Real Estate Tax practice, explains that if real estate owners and asset managers take steps to advance women, they'll see their returns on investments soar. In…

CREC Career Advisory Program, CREC Women, General, Member Spotlight, Membership, News

Alumni Spotlight: Kamilla Rodrigues of Herrick, Feinstein LLP

Recently featured by the New York Real Estate Journal in their spotlight series, "2020 Ones to Watch," Kamilla Rodrigues (School of Hotel Administration '08) is not only a powerhouse Associate at Herrick, Feinstein LLP, but also an inaugural…

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2020 U.S. and Canada Waterpark and Resort TrendsMay 20, 2020 - 4:55 pm
The hospitality industry has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. David Sangree, ’84 B.S. Hotel Administration, and President of Hotel & Leisure Advisors, offers some key and timely insights on the world of waterparks as restrictions around the world begin to lift and warmer weather is upon us! 2020 U.S. and Canada Waterpark and […]
Seeking Alumni Support for Cornell Real Estate StudentsMay 7, 2020 - 12:57 pm
Dear CREC members, and friends of Cornell Real Estate: We hope this outreach finds you and your families both safe and sane in these challenging times. In light of the Coronavirus-related disruptions to full time and summer employment opportunities, current graduate and undergraduate Cornell students have reached out to the Cornell Real Estate Council (“CREC”) […]
Best Practices in ResilienceApril 11, 2020 - 12:20 pm
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend life as we knew it around the world, disrupting economies and straining our social fabric, how do businesses respond? Check out these research pieces published by professional advisory firm KPMG for more insight: Embedding Resilience: A guide to the business implications of COVID-19 Best Practices for Real Estate […]

Cornell Real Estate Review

Solar Development: Projections and Trends for the 2020’s May 26, 2020
The past decade proved to be an extremely volatile one for the solar industry in the United States. The outlook on the industry in 2010 anticipated high growth as it looked towards 2020, as advances in solar module efficiencies resulted in continuously declining costs. MIT research found that solar module costs fell by 97% from… […]
Sam Berry
Identifying Reuse Opportunities Among Cape Cod’s Vacant Motels May 12, 2020
This article is a follow-up to an article posted last October that speculated about the viability of reusing distressed motel properties for various types of high-demand housing. In that article, various qualitative factors were laid out which could make certain properties easier to redevelop than others. It concluded that there would also be a mix… […]
John R. Thompson
Baker Program Miami Trek Visit: Rialto Capital May 11, 2020
As the final stop on their trek, first-year Baker Program in Real Estate students visited Rialto Capital’s new office on Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami. This visit was coordinated through the Baker Program’s fortunate connection with Director Michael Mashioff (ILR ‘04). Rialto was founded in 2007 as a subsidiary of Lennar Corporation, the largest home-builder… […]
Madhura Kharche
Baker Program Miami Trek Visit: Ocean Terrace, and Magic City May 8, 2020
On the morning of the fourth day of their domestic trek to Miami, Florida, first year Baker students visited two developers with ambitions to transform the different Miami-area neighborhoods through large, pioneering projects that are each currently in the pre-development planning stage. The first visit was to a site owned by Ocean Terrace Holdings, LLC… […]
Parth Patel
Baker Program Miami Trek Visit: Turnberry Associates May 7, 2020
Turnberry Associates The Baker Program in Real Estate had the privilege of visiting Turnberry Associates during its Miami trek. Turnberry is one of Florida’s largest and most influential real estate developers operating in the commercial, residential, and hospitality space. Turnberry has developed $10 billion in commercial and residential property including approximately 20 million square feet… […]
Ryan Meiser

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