Construction, Real Estate - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Apr 2016
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In the Spotlight: Leslie Wohlman-Himmel

01 Sep 2009
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Students Take Aim at Foreclosures

Last spring four HBS students traveled to Minneapolis to visit the nonprofit Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF), which counsels people who are facing foreclosure on their homes. Meeting with HPF officials, the students discussed the nonprofit’s strategy,... View Details

Keywords: foreclosures; Real Estate

01 Jun 2006
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Profiles from the Class of 2006

Rothschild’s private placement group), took an interest in her and became a mentor. After graduating, Brown worked at CSFB in New York for four years in real estate and private equity before enrolling at... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

prices. At HBS, William J. Poorvu, the MBA Class of 1961 Adjunct Professor in Entrepreneurship, has been teaching courses in real property since the 1970s. The author of many books on the subject, including, most recently, The View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

12 Apr 2015
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Colliers Executive Tries to Quell Relationship Wars

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Sep 2009
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Keys to the Kingdom

RHEA, WITH FRIENDS: Bringing financial skills from the private sector to public housing. Who’s the Big Apple’s biggest landlord? That would be John Rhea (MBA ’92), who oversees 178,000 apartments in 2,600 buildings at 340 complexes, according to the New York Times (May... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

24 Jun 2014
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Latest Climate Change Report Paints Dire Picture For Business

Keywords: Real Estate; Real Estate

23 Dec 2009
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Managing Starwood's Brand & Expansion Strategy

Keywords: Real Estate; Real Estate

30 Aug 2018
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“No Interest in Being the Only”

that real estate was so tangible,” she said. “We all stay in hotels, we shop in malls, we work in offices. It’s an asset that you can touch and feel and understand.” “My grandfather hoboed from Tennessee to... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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The Secret Sauce

Susan and Scott Hawkins Email communication was key to achieving a class best of 53 percent participation. When asked to lead his class's 30th Reunion Gift participation efforts, Atlanta-based real estate... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Sep 2015
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Balancing Progress and Preservation

In his work managing real estate investments at Samson Investment Partners in New York, Lloyd Zuckerberg (MBA 1990) often draws on the same sensibilities that guide his leadership of the nonprofit New York... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Investing in a community's housing and cultural life

Randy Hawthorne (MBA 1973), a retired real estate executive, talks about the community benefits of investing in housing and the arts. (Published April 2014) View Details

27 Mar 2023
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A Sporting Chance

say that in one minute your life changes—it can happen," says Perez de Leza, who is now CEO of Metrovacesa, one of Spain's oldest and largest real estate developers. "There's never a good time, but I think... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

02 Dec 2020
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HBS Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List

of the nonprofit Sports & Entertainment Equity Network, which aims “to close the diversity, equity, and inclusion gap in the business of sports & entertainment”; and Gabrielle Starfield (MBA 2018), Senior Associate at Blackstone Group, who is highlighted for playing "a... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

“Real estate chatter is the most popular sport in Manhattan,” says Kirk Henckels (MBA 1976), who has made a career buying and selling some of New York City’s most luxurious apartments. In his new book with Annie Walker, Life at the Top,... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Aug 2022
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PayPal Names Blake Jorgensen as CFO

Electronic Arts.” As for his new role, PayPal’s CEO Dan Schulman noted during a recent earnings call that the company is “looking for additional ways to improve efficiency and productivity, which could include scaling back on real View Details

01 May 2013
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Warren Luke, MBA 1970

The legacy of the Luke family at HBS begins with K. J. Luke, who earned an MBA in 1938 before returning to Hawaii, where he worked in real estate and founded Hawaii National Bank in 1960. Today, K. J.’s son... View Details

07 Dec 2015
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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

18 May 2023
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Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers, by Sean Covey (MBA 1994), as a curriculum. "The kids saw all these people really caring for them," Wilfong says. That support made a difference. As the 20th anniversary of Can Do approached in 2022, Wilfong—now an executive... View Details