Commercial Real Estate - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Dec 2015
News

Easing the Costs of Adoption

Houston real estate investment firm Rowland Taylor. Pathway’s perpetual trust, set up by Taylor, has already funded more than 250 family loans. With the support of fellow OPM alumni and a few key HBS staff... View Details

Clarence H. Shaver

Shaver led United States Gypsum through periods of prosperity and downturns in the construction business. Despite the downturns in the economy, USG consistently paid handsome dividends, and under Shaver’s leadership, USG’s revenues and earnings were increased by 50%. View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

William Blackie

Blackie took Caterpillar Tractor from a small U.S. based factory in Peoria, Illinois to a multinational corporation. Blackie was instrumental in creating new markets for Caterpillar products. He invested heavily in international expansion – setting up manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

William Levitt

Levitt was a pioneer of fast, affordable housing construction. In many ways, he created the modern suburban landscape. Among other projects, his company built two Levittowns (Long Island and Bucks County) – mass-produced building projects with family houses, community... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

Arthur J. Decio

Decio transformed his family’s company from a small coach firm in a garage in Indiana into one of the three largest builders of manufactured homes in the United States. Under his leadership, Skyline grew to 25 companies with 3,500 employees in 12 states. In the... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

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Search Fund Fellowship | MBA

which was established by Mrs. Catherine James Paglia (MBA 1976) in honor of her 45th Reunion. Ms. Paglia currently serves as a director of Enterprise Asset Management Inc.—a New York-based, privately held real View Details

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Onay Payne

As I look around a conference room filled with the partners of a highly regarded real estate private equity firm, I’m excited. Only four of the 35 people in the room are women. Similarly, only four of the 35... View Details

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Robert G. James Lounge | About

the Central Intelligence Agency, an oil company executive, and a real estate investor. He was married to his wife, Ardis James, for over 60 years until her passing in 2011. They made their home together in... View Details

11 Jul 2017
News

The Right Thing to Do

and health standards. He served a one-year term, from which he was just released. Ackman, a leading real estate investor and chairman emeritus of the Ackman Ziff Real View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining

Mar 2012
Article

How to Make Finance Work

crisis. Second, trillions of dollars have been steered into residential real estate and away from more productive investments. Third, the cost of professional investment management is too high, which drains... View Details

20 Mar 2023
News

Taking His Shot

Before Matija Pecotić (MBA 2019) beat Jack Sock—a tennis star once ranked 8th in the world—at a Florida tournament in February, he had to ask his boss for time off to compete. "I had to send an email to the whole team. [My boss] let me off," Pecotić, the director of... View Details

02 Nov 2021
News

The Road to Racial Equity

that want to address persistent inequities. The goal is to achieve for DEI efforts what the LEED standards have done for sustainability in the construction world: to provide measurable and attainable guidelines. Walker & Dunlop, a real... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

16 Mar 2018
News

Enabling The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Dreams

she worked in real estate investment banking at Goldman Sachs and then pivoted to the Walt Disney Company and AwesomenessTV, a digital studio that produces original programming for the emerging Generation Z.... View Details

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

LaSalle (JLL) faced at the turn of the millennium. Until then, JLL sold piecemeal commercial real estate services to its corporate clients, who maintained relationships with a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Malory Mclemore

public schools in the Birmingham area. Later, he started a small real estate business “flipping” houses, and recently became a top real estate... View Details

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Site Credits - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction 1837: The Hard Times 1873: Off the Rails 1907: The Banker's Panic 1929: The Great Crash Crisis Leadership The... View Details

26 Feb 2008
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The Right Stuff

us who work at HBS, such gestures make us feel good about the place. Photos by Neal Hamberg The Brighton Bengals are an inner-city team. Its players take public transportation to practice on a distant piece of city real View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

December 2006 (Revised November 2008)
Case

The New York Jets--A West Side Story

In 2005, Jay Cross, New York Jets president, must decide how to proceed with finding a new home for the football team he heads after New York's Public Authorities Control Board rejects a $1.4 billion plan to build the New York Sports and Convention Center (NYSCC) on... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Investment; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Process; Partners and Partnerships; Urban Development; Sports; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry

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December 2006 (Revised November 2008)
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West Wacker Drive: To Build or Not to Build?

In 1980, Thomas J. Klutznick, president of a Chicago-based development company, was considering whether he should build a Class A building on a second-rate site outside the Central Loop or not. He had a promising design, but the economic conditions, concurrent... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Interest Rates; Geographic Location; Risk Management; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Chicago

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March 2006 (Revised September 2006)
Case

Irizar in 2005

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell

In June 2005, Koldo Saratxaga, the leader of Basque-based luxury coach manufacturer Irizar, decided to leave after 14 years at the helm of the worker-owned cooperative. Under Saratxaga's stewardship, Irizar was saved from near bankruptcy in 1991 and has become a highly... View Details