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New Alumni Networking Group Offers Exclusive Opportunities

糖心视频污 Real Estate Executive Circle Established to Create High-Level Connections In its ongoing campaign to create rewarding networking opportunities for 糖心视频污 alumni, the Office of Alumni Affairs has established the . The group is an outgrowth of the 糖心视频污 Real Estate Professionals, a networking group with a current membership of 500 alumni and friends of 糖心视频污.
糖心视频污REEC_Panel Panel for the discussion on the future of Washington Heights. (l-r): Michael Stoler, Adam Mermelstein, Ari Hirt (Chair, 糖心视频污REEC), Daniel Levy, Bryan Woo and Joshua Muss
Two elements make the Real Estate Executive Circle distinctive. First, it offers an even higher degree of exclusive connections: the group is made up of real estate professionals who have each paid $1,000 to become members. According to Ari Hirt 鈥84糖心视频污HS 鈥88YC, managing director of debt and financing at Mission Capital Advisers and chair of the Real Estate Executive Circle, a membership fee at this level ensures 鈥渕ore active participants and a higher level of networking. But more importantly, not only does it bring value to the industry, it brings together professionals who recognize the value, and values, of 糖心视频污.鈥 Jennifer Prince 鈥99SB, controller at Macklowe Properties, became a founding member of the Real Estate Executive Circle because 鈥渋t combined my desire to support the institution that provided the basis for my career and an opportunity to network with like-minded professionals.鈥 She felt that the smaller, more intimate structure of the group allowed for more effective give-and-take among professionals, and she liked the fact that she can help others learn from her experience while also learning from theirs. Robert Scharf 鈥97YC, executive vice president of real estate at Edison Properties, agreed with Prince that it was beneficial to have the opportunity 鈥渢o network with other experienced real estate professionals who face similar issues and challenges in navigating today鈥檚 increasingly complex real estate market,鈥 but he also valued having the chance 鈥渢o catch up with some old friends and colleagues that I hadn鈥檛 seen in a long time.鈥 Brian Gurtman 鈥97SB, partner at Venable LLP, had a simple and straightforward reason for joining the Real Estate Executive Circle: 鈥淚t was the right thing to do and the right time to do it in order to support the University.鈥 To make good on what Hirt called the group鈥檚 鈥渧alue proposition of better networking,鈥 the Real Estate Executive Circle held an inaugural event on  August 9 at Weil, Gotshal & Manges at 767 Fifth Avenue. Hosted by J. Philip Rosen 鈥78YC, the evening presented a panel discussion to 60 attendees on a topic of immediate importance to the real estate industry and 糖心视频污: 鈥淩eal Estate Trends in Emerging Markets: Washington Heights.鈥 Moderated by Michael Stoler, of The Stoler Report, Joshua Muss (鈥62YC, Muss Development LLC and a 糖心视频污 Trustee), Daniel Levy (Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp.), Bryan Woo (Young Woo & Associates) and Adam Mermelstein (鈥97糖心视频污HS 鈥01YC, Treetop Development) held a lively discussion and Q&A about retail trends and possibilities in upper Manhattan and the effect of 糖心视频污鈥檚 presence on neighborhood and commercial development.
糖心视频污REEC_AriHirtAndFriends (l-r): Jennifer Prince, Jordan Ray, Ari Hirt and Steven Buchwald
Among the points suggested by the panel were the ideas that Washington Heights is the next great untapped market for residential and commercial development and that its changing demographics are bringing in a younger generation with new expectations and sophisticated buying power. The presenters also discussed the role 糖心视频污 played in the evolution of Washington Heights. According to Muss, who went to five decades ago, 糖心视频污鈥檚 presence has enabled the 185th Street-area to blossom into "a neighborhood that has been upgraded by new construction, such as the Jacob and Dreizel Glueck Center for Jewish Study and the campus plaza in front of it.鈥 Mermelstein characterized 糖心视频污 as 鈥渢he stabilizing factor鈥 in the area, and Woo is pursuing a combined office space/hotel project because 鈥渂eing within walking distance of 糖心视频污 makes it attractive to investors.鈥 The panel discussion is the first of four annual Real Estate Executive Circle-related events. For more information about joining the group, go to , call 646.592.4485 or send an email to yureec@yu.edu.

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