Zell/Lurie Real Estate Club Activities

MBA Real Estate Club Tours Chelsea Market

Left to right: Wesley Hung (WG'18), Jim Woods (WG'17), Jessica Richardson (WG'17), Lindsay Lechner (WG'18), Jessica Himmel (WG'17), Tracey Zhou (WG'17), Christopher Merriewether (WG'18)

Wharton MBA students traveled to New York on November 3, 2016 to tour Chelsea Market with Jamestown.

MBA and Undergraduate Real Estate Clubs Welcome Real Estate Alumni at Holiday Networking Event

Left to right: Vivien Wu (WG'16), Chris Suozzi (First Nationwide Title), Jessica Himmel (WG'17)

Wharton MBA and undergraduate students joined real estate alumni at a holiday networking event on December 1, 2016.

MBA and School of Design Clubs Embark on Private Equity Trek

Left to right: Dan Sirotkin (WG'17), Andrew Felbinger (WG'18), Tracey Zhou (WG'17), Zack Shechtel (WG'17), Jessica Himmel (WG'17), Erica Weingord (WG'18), Wesley Hung (WG'18), Stanley Zheng (WG'18), Chase Davidson (WG'17), James Michalove (WG'17), Layla Sun (Penn Design '17)

Wharton MBA and PennDesign students traveled to New York for a real estate private equity trek on December 2, 2016. Students visited Westbrook Partners, AllianceBernstein, Madison International Realty, and Rialto Capital Management.

Wharton Undergraduate Real Estate Club Competes in Cornell Case Competition

Left to right: Elizabeth Powers (W'18), Paola Gamarra (W'17), Elena Clarfield (W'18), Thomas Wu (W'19), Roberto Vargas (W'17), Bennett Sultan (W'17)

For the first time since 2012, the Wharton Undergraduate Real Estate Club sent a team of students to compete in the Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition in New York. This team consisted of six undergraduates, including sophomore Thomas Wu, juniors Elena Clarfield and Elizabeth Powers and seniors Paola Gamarra, Roberto Vargas and Bennett Sultan. Participants in the competition included teams from Asia, Australia and multiple locations across the United States. The case for the competition centered on a recent transaction in Minneapolis and required detailed financial analysis, as well as a comprehensive presentation to professionals in the real estate industry. The WUREC team was narrowly defeated in the first of two rounds by a team of students from Hong Kong, who eventually went on to win the entire competition. Despite their elimination, the WUREC students expressed pride for what was, for most of them, their first case competition.

The Wharton Undergraduate Real Estate Club Hits New York

Left to right: Ethan Ng Pack, John Remy Young, Katherine Chan, David Shasha, Teddy Tananbaum, Sydney Howard, Adam Freindlich, Sander Depietri, Katherine Salvatori, Brendan Stone, Shawn Kianmahd, Tommy Wu, Carol Chen, Marta Kowalska, Graelin Mandel, Skyler Levine

The Wharton Undergraduate Zell/Lurie Real Estate Club traveled to NYC on Friday, November 18, 2016, for a trek featuring visits to Silverstein Properties, Kushner Companies, and Imperial Companies. The group first met with Research Sponsor Marty Burger, CEO of Silverstein Properties, at the firm's 7 World Trade Center offices. After this, the group took a tour of the developer's recently delivered project at 30 Park Place: a Four Seasons branded hotel and condominium tower designed by Robert A.M. Stern. The students then met with Charlie Kushner of Kushner Companies, at the firm's 666 Fifth Avenue offices. To conclude their day, the undergraduates met with Mike Fascitelli, and Eric Birnbaum of Imperial Companies, a firm that Fascitelli and Birnbaum recently founded.

School of Design Real Estate Club Examines Real Estate Development and Neighborhood Change in East New York

Andy Cohen, Director of Development for BRP gives a tour of the future site of Livonia Commons II during the PennDesign Real Estate Club's Fall Trek. Left to Right: Darcy Anders, Jennifer Yifeng Zhao, Tristina Sinopoli, Eleanor Fischer, Yipeng Peng, Alana Kim, Catherine Droser, Esther Ng, Katie Randall and Chenran Wu

The PennDesign Real Estate Club traveled to New York City on Thursday, November 3, 2016 for a trek exploring how development works in America's largest city. Students learned how real estate development fits in with broader concerns about socioeconomic inequality and neighborhood change. The trek focused on East New York (ENY), a neighborhood in the Eastern part of Brooklyn that is at the center of New York City's gentrification debate. Students attended a public sector meeting, toured Livonia Commons II (an affordable housing development that is a private/non-profit partnership) and Livonia Commons I and attended a meeting on community involvement and the rezoning process.

School of Design Real Estate Club Travels to Future Site

Nancy Goldenberg, Vice President of Planning Development & Research at the Center City District, meets with PennDesign Real Estate Club members

On October 12, 2016, the PennDesign Real Estate Club went on a tour of the Reading Viaduct, future site of a linear park.

Posted February 2017