Center for Real Estate and Finance Events

The Center for Real Estate and Finance promotes, sponsors, and supports a variety of events where students, faculty, and practitioners interact and exchange ideas to direct the future of the real estate and finance industry. Some of these events include the Women in Real Estate and Finance Panel Discussion, Real Estate Investment Speaker Series, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association Conference, Western Financial Association Summer Symposium, and Environmental, Real Estate, and Urban Economics workshop series.

Past events that CREF has supported include: Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition, Cornell Regional Real Estate Competitions in the UK/Europe and Asia, Retail Real Estate Case Competition, and Titans of Real Estate.


Thursday, February 5, 2026
David Hirschberg, Co-Head,H.I.G. Reality Partners · Real estate fund management · Private equity · Meet with David
8:00am - 4:00pm EST -05:00
Thursday, March 5, 2026
DavidMei ’94, Vice President, Global Capital Investments & Transactions,IHG Hotels & Resorts · Lending · CMBS · Brand launches ·...
8:00am - 4:00pm EST -05:00
289 Statler Hall
April 9 - April 10, 2026
Scott Singer ’94 (A&S), Principal, Co-Lead of Tri-State (NYC) Debt & Equity Finance,Avison Young · Debt & equity financing for...
289 Statler Hall
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Raphael Fishbach ’99, Co-Chief Executive Officer,Mesa West Capital · Commercial real estate finance · Alternative lender/debt fund · Meet with...
8:00am - 4:00pm EDT -04:00
289 Statler Hall