Mastering the metropolis through research and thought leadership.

Resources

The mission of the Center is to master the metropolis through research and thought leadership. The Center promotes excellence in education through its programs and its many offerings provide students and alumni with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the real estate industry and networks. Below are lists of related resources and jobs the Center has shared with Clubs. Center Senior Fellows have deep expertise in the real estate industry.

Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center Member Companies

(Those with hiring opportunities are highlighted below.)

Jobs Recently Advertised to Clubs

  • Waterfall Asset Management: Summer Analyst MBA
  • Crow Holdings: Analyst, Corporate Strategy and Investments
  • CenterSquare Investment Management: Senior Analyst, Real Estate Research
  • Safehold Inc.: Investment Analyst New York
  • Pivitol Manufacturing Partners: MBA intern
  • TriCelta Development-Project Director, Senior Living Development
  • Emax Financial & Real Estate Advisory Services: Manager
  • Apex Healthcare Properties, Asset Manager
  • Easton Street Capital, Vice President of Development
  • Hines: Analyst
  • Hines: Associate
  • Hines: Director

Employment/Recruitment

Senior Fellows

Alan F. Feldman

alanfeld@wharton.upenn.edu
Alan Feldman recently served as Chairman and CEO Resource REIT prior to the sale to Blackstone in May 2022. He has over 25 years of real estate investment experience, including leadership roles at Lazard, Freres & Co. and Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust. For the past ten years, he has taught real estate development at Wharton in the Real Estate Department.

Thomas Ritson Ferguson

ritsonf@wharton.upenn.edu
Ritson Ferguson served in global roles for CBRE Global Investors from 2011 to 2022. He was Global CEO of CBRE’s Investment Management division from 2016-2019 after becoming Global CIO in 2015. He also served as CEO and CIO of the listed real assets business he founded in 1992 until 2021 and remains on their investment committees.

Asuka Nakahara

asukan@wharton.upenn.edu
Asuka Nakahara was a Trammell Crow Company partner and Chief Financial Officer over a 20-year career. He co-founded Triton Atlantic Partners, a real estate advisory and investment firm, and in 2022, with two professors, he co-founded Incompass Labs, an algorithmic performance measurement software company. He has taught real estate courses as Practice Professor of Real Estate at Wharton for over 20 years.

Professional Associations

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