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Members in the News
- Hotel Investment Today (July 2, 2024): Why bankers will force more acquisitions this year; Featuring Mark Owens
- CoStar (June 26, 2024): Evolution of Hotel Brands in Connecting Guests to Experiences Drives Their Value; Featuring Shai Zelering
- MSN (June 14, 2024): Truist thinks it’s time to get back on board Norwegian cruise lines; Featuring C. Patrick Scholes
- Hotel Management (June 12, 2024): SH Hotels to convert Pan Pacific Hotel into 1 Hotel Seattle; Featuring Ben Rowe
- CoStar (May 31, 2024): How Branded Residences Help Fuel Marriott’s Growth; Featuring Dana Jacobsohn
- Lodging (May 22, 2024): Stonebridge Companies Acquires Real Hospitality Group; Featuring Navin Dimond
- Commercial Observer (May 14, 2024): Real Estate’s Got Talent; Featuring Marty Burger
- CoStar (May 7, 2024): Braemar to Sell Hilton Torrey Pines for $165 Million; Featuring Richard Stockton
- CoStar (May 3, 2024): Branded Residence Buyers Have Similar Motivations to Traditional Travelers; Featuring Dana Jacobsohn
- Business Traveller (April 8, 2024): WaterWalk extended stray brand joins Wyndham; Featuring Chip Ohlsson
- The Real Deal (April 5, 2024): Turnberry scores &172M construction loan for SoLé Mia condo tower in North Miami; Featuring Jackie Soffer
- CoStar (March 27, 2024): South Florida’s Hollywood sees Third-Largest Hotel Deal in the Country; Featuring Greg Dickhens and Kevin Davis
- The Real Deal (March 15, 2024): Maguire, Madison buy distressed loan on Fifth Avenue Hotel; Featuring Neal Luthra
- Lodging (March 13, 2024): Going for it; Featuring Dana Jacobsohn
- CoStar (February 29, 2024): 5 Things To Know for Feb. 29; Featuring Steve Carvell
- The Real Deal (February 28, 2024): Marty Burger launches firm targeting office-to-resi, debt; Featuring Marty Burger
- CoStar (February 20, 2024): Hotel Investors Expect More Deal Opportunities This Year; Featuring Richard Stockton and Ben Rowe
- CoStar (February 5, 2024): Evolving Demand and Development Conditions Push Hoteliers To Adapt; Featuring Dana Jacobsohn
- Senior Housing News (January 26, 2024): Belmont Village, Turnberry Break Ground on Project Promising ‘New Era’ for Luxury Senior Living; Featuring Jackie Soffer
- Businesswire (January 24, 2024): HIG Realty Partners Recognized for Top Mid-Sized Real Estate Performance; Featuring David Hirschberg
- Irving Weekly (January 24, 2024): Texas’ Iconic Luxury Resort Transforms Into The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas After Yearlong Renovation; Featuring Greg Dickhens
- The Real Deal (January 11, 2024): Crescent Heights hopes to convert LA medical offices into commercial condos; Featuring Russel Galbut
- PR Newswire (January 17, 2024): Pivot Selected to Manage Key West Historic Inns Collection; Featuring Ben Rowe
- JDSUPRA (January 10, 2024): CTA-Accessing Beneficial Ownership Information; Featuring Jeff Horwitz
- BusinessWire (June 14, 2023): RLJ Lodging Trust Announces the Appointment of Chad Perry as Executive Vice President and General Counsel; Featuring Kate Henriksen
- Commercial Observer (February 8, 2023): CBRE Hospitality Co-Head Mark Owens Joins Colliers; Featuring Mark Owens
- Hotel Business (February 1, 2023): Roseville Junction hotels revealed; Featuring Nirav Shah
- BusinessWire (February 1, 2023): Clearview Promotes David Jubitz to President; Featuring David Jubitz
- Travel Market Report (January 27, 2023): Report: New W Hotel Is Coming to Universal Orlando; Featuring Buccini Pollin
- Skift (January 25, 2023): Blackstone, Starwood, Other Big Hotel Investors Prep for Dealmaking Rush Later This Year; Featuring Blackstone, JLL, and Starwood
- JD Supra (January 18, 2023): Shining a Light on the Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN’s Rules for Beneficial Ownership Reporting; Featuring Jeff Horwitz
- Seeking Alpha (January 13, 2023): Crusie Demand off to Strong Start in 2023 – Truist; Featuring C. Patrick Scholes
- Mansion Global (January 9, 2023): Americans Are Buying International Property ‘All Over,’ Says Marriott Exec; Featuring Dana Jacobsohn
- JD Supra (December 9, 2022): Question of the Week: As the impact of return-to-office policies take shape and climbing interest rates increase capitalization rates, how are real estate deals being affected?; Featuring Blackstone and Starwood
- CoStar News (December 8, 2022): Blackstone, Starwood CEOs Defend Investment Strategy Amid Surging Cash-Out Requests; Featuring Jeff Horwitz
- Hotel News Now (December 5, 2022): Rebound of Business Travel Demand Faces New Hurdles; Featuring Chip Ohlsson
- Bisnow (December 5, 2022): Silverstein Raising $1.5B Office-To-Residential Conversion Fund; Featuring Marty Burger
- Floor Daily (November 29, 2022): Some Hotels Struggle to Upgrade Finishes Amid Market Challenges; Featuring C. Patrick Scholes
- Commercial Observer (November 28, 2022): Married to the Job: Craig Robins and Jackie Soffer On Love, Art and Miami; Featuring Jackie Soffer
- Hotel Management (November 1, 2022): Braemar to buy Four Seasons Scottsdale for $267.8M; Featuring Richard Stockton
- Hotel News Now (October 21, 2022): Changing Behaviors Give US Hoteliers Optimism About Group Demand Recovery; Featuring Chip Ohlsson
- The Real Deal (October 20, 2022): Russell Galbut scores approval for Art Deco hotel renovation; Featuring Russell Galbut
- HospitalityNet (October 18, 2022): Aimbridge Hospitality Grows Select Service Division, Bringing Five Extended Stay Hotels Owned By Three Wall Capital Under Management; Alan Kanders
- CoStar News (September 21, 2022): Hines Jumps Into Hot Market for Tax-Deferred Property Sales; Featuring Alfonso Munk
- Floor Daily (September 20, 2022): Resurgence in Group Travel Boosts Hotel Bookings; Featuring C. Patrick Scholes
- What’s Up New P (September 15, 2022): RI Hospitality Association’s 19th annual Economic Outlook Breakfast predicts continued recovery in 2023; Featuring Rachel Roginsky
- Inventum (September 9, 2022): UHealth at SoLe Mia to open in early 2025; Featuring Jackie Soffer
- Hotel Business (September 8, 2022): Wyndham breaks ground on first hotel for new extended-stay brand; Chip Ohlsson
- Realty News Report (September 3, 2022): $430 Million Apartment Purchase by Hines; Featuring Alfonso Munk
- The Real Deal (September 1, 2022): Silverstein CEO: RIP Five days a week in the office; Featuring Marty Burger
- Market Screener (August 22, 2022): Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated : Electra America Hospitality Group acquires historic boutique hotel in Boston’s Back Bay; Featuring Kevin Davis
- CSR Wire (August 17, 2022): CBRE Named “Best Place To Work for Disability Inclusion” for Second Consecutive Year; Featuring CBRE
- Real Estate Weekly (August 8, 2022): Aimbridge Hospitality Adds Trio of Extended Stay Hotels to Growing Three Wall Capital Portfolio; Featuring Alan Kanders
- BISNOW (August 4, 2022): As Travel Returns, The Search For Labor Bedevils D.C.’s Hotel Industry; Featuring Dave Pollin, Kevin Davis, Rob Kline
- Nolan School BusinessFeed (July 14, 2022): Rachel Roginsky ’79 – The Climb to the Top; Featuring Rachel Roginsky
- JDSUPRA (June 24, 2022): Proskauer: ‘We’re going to see a big uptick in distressed opportunities’; Featuring Proskauer
- Yahoo (June 23, 2022): Brookfield Properties Accelerates Neurodiversity Hiring with CAI Neurodiverse Solutions; Featuring Brookfield Properties
- BWHotelier (May 26, 2022): The Slate Denver, Tapestry Collection by Hilton opens; Featuring Navin Dimond
- The Real Deal (April 25, 2022): Turnberry, Carlos Rosso to develop condo tower at massive SoLé Mia in North Miami; Featuring Jackie Soffer
- HospitalityNet (May 3, 2022): Access Point Financial Follows Record Year with Record-breaking Q1 2022, Closing Over $1 Billion in Hotel Financing in the last 12 months; Featuring Michael Lipson
- HospitalityNet (April 28, 2021): Stonebridge Companies Acquires Denver Airport Marriott at Gateway Park; Featuring Navin Dimond
- The Real Deal (April 25, 2022): Turnberry, Carlos Rosso to develop condo tower at massive SoLé Mia in North Miami; Featuring Jackie Soffer
- PoliticsNY (April 25, 2022): Marty Burger, CEO of Silverstein Properties: Power Players in Real Estate and Development; Featuring Marty burger
- Yahoo Finance (April 22, 2022): Hudson’s Bay Co. calls donation of Winnipeg building an act of reconciliation; Featuring Richard Baker
- NewsWise (April 13, 2022): Larry Summers to be featured at Kellogg’s annual Real Estate Conference and Venture Competition; Featuring Seth Singerman
- Commercial Observer (April 12, 2022): Madison Newbond Lends $72M on California Wine Country Hotels; Featuring Neil Luthra
- The Real Deal (April 7, 2022): Silverstein refis 7 World Trade with $458M in green bonds; Featuring Silverstein
- The Real Deal (April 1, 2022): Russell Galbut’s Crescent Heights scores $224M loan for Whole Foods- anchored Edgewater project; Featuring Russell Galbut
- MPA (March 31, 2022): CBRE ups sustainability game with Climate Technology Fund; Featuring CBRE
- HospitalityNet (March 29, 2022): Access Point Financial Refinances Portfolio of Four Hotels for Walker Reynolds Lodging Partners; Featuring Access Point Financial
- Commercial Observer (March 25, 2022): The Rise of Ready-to-Rent Condos in Miami; Featuring Russell Galbut
- Women’s Wear Daily (March 23, 2022): Why Hudson’s Bay Co. Wants Kohl’s Corp.; Featuring Richard Baker
- HospitalityNet (March 10, 2022): Robert Springer named President at Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. in Aliso Viejo; Featuring Robert Springer
- Yahoo Finance (March 10, 2022): Cantor Fitzgerald and Silverstein Properties Close Third Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund, Approximately $600 Million of Total Capital Raised; Featuring Marty Burger
- Yahoo Entertainment (March 2, 2022): TowerBrook and Related Fund Management Complete Investment in Stonebridge Companies; Featuring Navin Dimond
- The Real Deal (March 1, 2022): Jackie Soffer’s Turnberry Proposes office/retail project near Aventura Mall; Featuring Jackie Soffer
- Commercial Property Executive (February 28, 2022): Experts Asses Ukraine Conflict Impact on CRE; Featuring Real Capital Analytics
- CoStar (February 25, 2022): Wyndham Program Aims to Grow Female Hotel Ownership; Featuring Wyndham
- Global Newswire (February 17, 2022): FTI Consulting Named #1 Professional Services Firm on Forbes List of America’s Best Employers; Featuring FTI
- Real Estate Weekly (February 8, 2022): Brookfield Properties commences $50M redevelopment of Brooklyn Commons; Featuring Brookfield
- Commercial Property Executive (February 8, 2022): Los Angeles Market Update: Office Development Rebounds Amid Shifting Trends; Featuring Northwood
- Tech Times (February 2, 2022): World Trade Center to Begin Using Apple Watches and iPhones as Office Keys; Featuring Silverstein Properties
- Commercial Observer (February 1, 2022): US Multifamily Investment Volume Sets Record in 2021; Featuring CBRE and Real Capital Analytics
- GlobeSt.com (January 31, 2022): CBRE Widens Path for Future Black CRE Professionals; Featuring CBRE
- WITN 22 (January 19, 2022): THE BUCCINI/POLLIN GROUP CELEBRATES TOPPING OUT OF 11-STORY MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT COMMUNITY; Featuring Robert Buccini
- MINGTIANDI (January 18, 2022): AEW PICKS UP SET OF FOUR GREATER TOKYO MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS; Featuring Jason Lee
- The Real Deal (January 14, 2022): Starwood, A-Rod and partner buy South Florida single-family rentals to add to portfolio; Featuring Starwood
- Rebusiness Online (January 12, 2022): Berkadia Brokers Sale of 95-Room Hotel Indigo Sarasota; Featuring Access Point
- Boston Real Estate Times (January 12, 2022): Sale of historic hotel in Portland, Maine closes; Featuring KHP/JLL
- Bloomberg (January 10, 2022): Hines Launches $1 Billion Fund for Undervalued U.S. Properties; Featuring Hines
- Bloomberg (January 10, 2022): Silverstein Partners CEO: NYC Real Estate Coming Back; Featuring Marty Burger
- BusinessWire (January 6, 2022): H.I.G. Realty Partners Aquires Saugus Station Industrial Portfolio; Featuring David Hirschberg
- BusinessWire (January 5, 2022): Acquisition Enhances CBRE’s Capabilities that Help Companies Reimagine Their Occupancy Strategies; Featuring CBRE
- Yield Pro (January 4, 2022): Commercial property prices hit new high; Featuring Real Capital Analytics
- Hotel Michel Angelo (December 21, 2021): Hertz rebirth delivers $ 3 billion windfall to two daring backers; Featuring Certares Management
- Businesswire (December 6, 2021): Newbond Holdings Acquires Waterstone Resort & Marina Boca Raton; Featuring Neil Luthra
- Cision PR Newswire (November 30, 2021): Hodges Ward Elliott Arranges $305 Million Sale of Condor Hospitality Portfolio; Featuring Daniel Peek
- Consulting.us (November 26, 2021): FTI Consulting makes net-zero emissions commitment; Featuring FTI Consulting
- Hotel Management (November9, 2021): NYU Conference: STR upgrades forecast, HVS looks at cap rates; Featuring HVS Clough
- hospitalitynet (November 9, 2021): PM Hotel Group Announces Upcoming Merger with Paramount; Featuring Art Adler
- Delaware Business Times (November 9, 2021): Benefit series brings celebrity chefs to Wilmington restaurants; Featuring Rob Buccini
- Commercial Observer (November 8, 2021): Madison Realty Capital, Newbond Holdings Launch Hospitality Lending Platform; Featuring Neil Luthra
- Commercial Observer (November 2, 2021): Israeli Restaurant Motek Café Expands Across Miami; Featuring Jackie Soffer
- GlobeNewswire (November 2, 2021): Questex’s Hotel Management Announces 2021 Influential Women in Hospitality Honorees; Featuring Chartres Lodging Group, Brookfield, JLL, Marriott International, Aimbridge, Hilton, CHMWarnick, G6
- Technical.ly (November 1, 2021): Le Cav teams up with Home Appétit to benefit The Warehouse’s workforce development program; Featuring Buccini Pollin
- Butlin’s Entertaining Conferences & Events (October 29, 2021): HVS says hotel values won’t return to pre-pandemic Levels until at least 2023; HVS
- Hotel Business (October 28, 2021): HB Exclusive: Wyndham webinar offers revenue optimization tips; Featuring Eliot Hamlisch
- Cision PR Newswire (October 25, 2021): Starwood Capital Group Hires David Matheson as a Managing Director and Head for Real Estate for Europe; Featuring Starwood Capital
- Cision PR Newswire (October 25, 2021): Certares Acquires The Embassy Suites Atlanta Midtown In Partnership With Highlands Investments And Monomoy Property Ventures; Featuring Certares
- Businesswire (October 25, 2021): RLJ Lodging Trust Acquires AC Hotel by Marriott Boston Downtown; Featuring RLJ Lodging
- ecochunk (October 21, 2021): Global Apartment Hotel Market 2021 Industry Insights and Major Players are Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotel, Marriott International, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
- Prime Resi (October 21, 2021): American developer picks up major prime London site for £1bn+ mixed-use scheme; Featuring Hines
- property funds world (October 20, 2021): HIG Realty Partners acquires Southern California Logistics Center; Featuring David Hirschberg
- businesswire (October 20, 2021): Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Acquires Avalon Bed & Breakfast and Duval Gardens in Key West, FL; Featuring Pebblebrook
- The Wall Street Journal (October 19, 2021): Newest Class of Corporate Directors Is the Most Diverse Yet, but Gains Are Uneven; Featuring Perkins Coie
- hospitalitynet (October 18, 2021): HSMAI Hosts Unique Roundtable for Hospitality Commercial Executives; Featuring Aimbridge, Highgate, Host, HVS, IHG, Pebblebrook, Preferred, Stonebridge, Wyndham
- Web in Travel (October 11, 2021): COVID has Enabled More Interesting Coversations with Hotel Owners, says IHG’s Serena Lim; Featuring IHG
- Travel Pulse (October 8, 2021): Richard Branson’s Virgin Hotels New Orleans Opens in the Big Easy; Featuring David Pollin
- National Mortgage News (October 7, 2021): Realogy sells 70% stake in title underwriting unit to Centerbridge; Featuring Centerbridge Partners
- hospitalitynet (7 October 2021): Highgate Expands United Kingdom Portfolio With Addition of Grosvenor House Suites and Dorsett City London Hotel; Featuring Highgate
- Hotel News Resource (October 4, 2021: HVS Perspectives – The Lodging Conference; Rodney Clough
- Technical.ly (October 4, 2021): Original Coloure Collective’s cofounder spotlights ‘superheroes’ in his latest photo series; Buccini Pollin
- Hospitalitynet (September 29, 2021): Banyan Cay Resort & Golf, A Destination By Hyatt; HotelAVE
- Home Health Care News (September 23, 2021): ‘We Have a Very Bright Future Ahead of Us’: Caregiver Investments Help Fuel Growth for Help at Home; Centerbridge Partners
- Longhorn Sport Properties (September 22, 2021): Truist, UT Athletics and Moody Center announce premier partnership; Truist
- HotelBusiness (September 21, 2021): Access Point Financial forms strategic alliance with Pike Hill Lodging Partners; Michael Lipson
- What’s Up Newp (September 20, 2021): RI Hospitality Association’s 18th Annual Economic Outlook Breakfast predicts continued recovery in 2022; Rachel Roginsky
- Mingtiandi (September 14, 2021): AEW Announces Final Closing of Fourth APAC Value-Add Fund at $1.54B; Featuring Jason Lee
- Hotel Business (September 10, 2021): Three transactions close from coast to coast; Featuring Pebblebrook/Hilton/CBRE
- Hotel Business (September 9, 2021): IHG, Josh.ai create hotel room of the future; Featuring IHG
- The Wall Street Journal (August 10, 2021): Saks Fifth Avenue Owner, WeWork to Run Co-Working Spaces in Former Stores; Featuring Hudson’s Bay Company
- CUNY.edu (August 12, 2021): Founding Partners Commit Catalytic Funding to Develop, Recruit and Prepare CUNY Students for Careers in Finance; Featuring Centerbridge
- HotelBusiness (August 4, 2021): Wyndham launches program to support advancement of women-owned hotels; Featuring Wyndham
- Hotel Management (August 1, 2021): ALIS award winners announced; Featuring Three Walls
- CBS Baltimore (July 20, 2021): Hyatt Regency Partners With Health Department To Host Community Vaccination Block Party; Featuring Hyatt
- Bakersfield.com (July 20, 2021): Latin America Transactions Expert Guillermo Garau Joins FTI Consulting; Featuring FTI Consulting
- Commercial Observer (July 13, 2021): CBRE-Backed SPAC to Merge With Solar Power Company Altus in $1.6B Deal; Featuring CBRE
- Fortune (2021): 100 Best Large Workplaces for Millennials; Featuring Perkins Coie LLP
- Commercial Observer (July 7, 2021): Brookfield Bets on Ghost Kitchens to Help Save Malls; Featuring Brookfield
- USA Today (July 7, 2021): Where are the housekeepers? COVID-19 guidelines, labor shortage affect hotel housekeeping service; Featuring Hilton
- The Weekly Calistogan (July 1, 2021): Calistoga’s iconic Dr. Wilkinson’s Hot Springs Resort reopens; Featuring The Chartres Lodging Group
- Lodging Magazine (April 28, 2021): CHMWarnick and Pinnacle Advisory Group Form Strategic Alliance; Featuring Rachel Roginsky
- SHA Businessfeed (May 7, 2021): 6th Annual Titans of Real Estate – Honoring Brian Kingston, CEO of Brookfield Property Partners
- Business of Fashion (March 5, 2021): Hudson’s Bay Spin Off Saks’ E-Commerce Business; Featuring Richard Baker
- Top Hotel News (March 5, 2021): Curio Collection unveils new boutique hotel in Alabama; Featuring Hilton Worldwide
- Pacific Business News (March 5, 2021): Hawaii tourism attempts to rebound; Featuring Highgate
- The Real Deal (March 3, 2021): Office landlords offer amenities to reel in employees; Featuring Silverstein Properties
- HospitalityNet (March 3, 2021): HVS Internship Study: Effectiveness of Internship in the Indian Hospitality Sector; Featuring HVS
- WickedLocal.com (March 2, 2021): Hampton Inn & Suites open at Arsenal Yards; Featuring Stonebridge Companies
- Houston Business Journal (March 2, 2021): Five Omni Hotels & Resorts locations sold, including one in Houston; Featuring HWE
- Industry Today (March 1, 2021): Extended Stay Hotel Market to Witness Massive Growth by Holiday Inn, Marriot, Hyatt; Featuring Wyndham
- Commercial Observer (February 10, 2021): DC Hotel Development Underway After $6M Crowdsourced Funding; Featuring The Buccini/Pollin Group
- The Real Deal (May 29, 2020): Inside South Florida’s mall, retail and restaurant reopenings; Featuring Jackie Soffer, P ’20, Chairman & CEO, Turnberry
- Commercial Observer (May 13, 2020): Silverstein: NYC Will ‘Get Through This’ on CO Panel With Tighe, Burger, Brancato; Featuring Marty Burger, P ’17 & 20, CEO, Silverstein Properties
- Hotel Business (April 22, 2020): Access Point Financial Launches Online Resource For Owners and Investors; Featuring Dilip Petigara, CEO, Access Point Financial
CREF Events
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Event
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Real Estate Professionals Program: Patrick Scholes ’94
9:00am - 5:00pm EDT -04:00
289 Statler Hall Tower
April 16 - April 17, 2025
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Location
289 Statler Hall Tower