NYU Stern Real Estate

The faculty and staff of the Chen Institute wish our students, alumni, and friends across campus, industry, and government the happiest of holidays! Thank you for your support over a truly momentous year. We look forward to seeing you in 2025.

April 3, 2024: The Chen Institute, Deutsche Bank, and hosted the 2024 Real Estate Pride Roundtable and National Leadership Symposium.

The Roundtable is the largest annual meeting of LGBTQ+ and allied commercial real estate professionals. The agenda features industry leaders from across institutional investment, development, finance, and property technology, as well as policymakers and government officials. Proceeds from the Roundtable support student scholarships and research initiatives in areas including LGBTQ-supportive seniors housing.

The annual program is made possible by the Pride Council host committee, our speakers and attendees, and our sponsors, including , , , , , , , and All New York Title Agency.

For more information about the Roundtable, visit pridecouncil.org. Photo galleries and video replays from the April conference, mailing list signup, and announcements of upcoming programs and the 2025 conference dates will be available shortly.

Thursday, March 28: ’s and Fashion & Luxury MBA Program Director hosted Reimagining Retail, a unique day-long forum convening some of the world’s top retail brands alongside major retail real estate investors and lenders. Jeff Sutton served as keynote, discussing his career and recent sales to Prada and Kering, parent of Gucci, Balenciaga, and Yves Saint Laurent, together valued at nearly $1.5 billion.

Alumni Spotlight: Harold Lander (MBA ‘18) is an experienced real estate professional with a background in sustainable, ground up, mixed use, development projects across various asset types.

He recently worked on the development team at The Durst Organization where he oversaw the ex*****on of Durst’s 2.4M sqft, mixed use, master plan development in Halletts Point, Queens.

Harold pivoted into development after receiving his MBA from NYU Stern. He started his real estate career with Sciame Construction in 2013 overseeing the construction of CUNY’s new life science building in downtown Brooklyn. He was also part of The Related Companies’ construction management team where he focused on 30 Hudson Yards.

He graduated from the University of Rochester in 2013 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

“As an engineer by education, I lacked the soft skills and financial background that is typically taught in business school. Engineering school prepared me to work in construction where my time at Stern bridged the gap from construction to development. The part-time MBA allowed me to continue to learn to build a building through my job while gaining these valuable soft skills. Learning to think about business problems helped me to become a developer. When combining education with a world class network, my time at NYU was invaluable.”

Check out the latest Stern Real Estate News, featuring highlights from the Single Family Housing Forum, our Expanded Alumni Programming, our Student and Alumni features, and more. Read the newsletter at https://bit.ly/SternRealEstateNewsDec2023

The Chen Institute, Stern’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and our partners and co-hosts from across Stern hosted our final Pride program of 2023 on Wednesday, December 6. The event, which assembled more than 70 members of the NYU community and industry, featured a fireside discussion with Out Leadership Founder and CEO Todd Sears. One of Corporate America’s most visible LGBTQIA+ executives, Sears’s comments addressed strategies for Empowering Out Leaders at the World’s Most Successful Businesses.

Sam Chandan and Sears discussed the latter’s career trajectory, and the ways in which he had leveraged his experience and network into Out Leadership’s extraordinary global footprint.

Dr. Victor C. Mullins, Stern’s Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion; JC Miller, Student Ambassador and Stern MBA Class of 2024; and, Susanna Stein, Senior Director of Stern Faculty Affairs and Co-Chair of Stern Pride, introduced and concluded the program.

We are grateful to our partners for this event, including Stern’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Pride Affinity Group, and LGBTQ+ Alumni Group; OutClass and Pride Corps; OutLeadership and Real Estate Pride Council; and, the Commercial Observer.

Please subscribe to Stern Real Estate News (link in bio) for information about our Spring 2024 programs and partner events, including the Real Estate Pride Roundtable on April 3, 2024.

Wesley Shapiro is a senior at Stern concentrating in finance on the real estate track and data science. He is the co-president of the Stern Real Estate Group along with Menachem Rabizadeh. This past summer, he interned at Affinius Capital (FKA Square Mile Capital Management), where he gained exposure to the private equity and credit sides of commercial real estate and where he will be returning full time following graduation in the spring. His interest in real estate developed out of his participation in the Stern Real Estate Group, of which he has been a member since his sophomore year. Through his involvement and leadership in the club, he has been able to meet many leading professionals in the industry, visit major development projects around the city, and build lasting relationships with fellow students.

"Stern set me up with all of the tools I've been able to leverage in order to begin building a career in commercial real estate. From the professors and course offerings to the students and alumni network, the school has been instrumental in helping me get to this point."

alumnus hosted Stern Real Estate’s fall alumni celebration in Tribeca last week, welcoming undergraduate and MBA alumni from across the New York region. This final gathering of 2023 follows receptions in Dubai, London, Mexico City, and Monterey and precedes our New Year reception in São Paulo in mid-January. The Chen Institute and the Stern Real Estate Alumni Leadership Council extend our heartfelt thanks to Gabe and his team for a memorable night, and to the Office of Development and Alumni Relations for these collaborations. To learn more about opportunities for alumni to get involved, please contact us. More photos # to come.

Alumni Spotlight: Erika Hinman (MBA ’17) is currently a Vice President within Barclays’ commercial real estate group, focusing on Large Loan, SASB, and Acquisition Facilities. She is responsible for overseeing and managing the due diligence process for commercial real estate debt transactions across all of the major property types located throughout the US. Prior to her role at Barclays, she was at Morgan Stanley underwriting commercial real estate loans for conduit ex*****on. Erika began her career in commercial real estate at Kroll Bond Rating Agency where she led the rating and analysis of new issuance CMBS securitizations across all deal types, including Conduit, CRE CLO, and SASB transactions.

Erika earned her MBA from NYU Stern School of Business with specializations in Finance and Real Estate and holds a BA from Colby College. Additionally, she is a founding member of Breaking Ground’s Junior Board, a non-profit organization providing permanent supportive housing to vulnerable New Yorkers.

“Pursuing the MBA part-time program at Stern enabled me to pivot from my prior career in business development into commercial real estate. The professors and courses further confirmed my interest in pursuing a career in commercial real estate and the classmates I formed relationships with throughout the program set the foundation for a strong network within the commercial real estate industry.”

Our Fall 2023 New York Alumni Celebration is coming up! Please join the Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance, the Stern Real Estate Alumni Leadership Council, and our hosts, Gabriel Leibowitz (MBA '15) and Douglas Elliman on Thursday, November 30th. This event is for NYU Stern Alumni and invited guests of the Institute. Please RSVP by Friday, November 24, 2023 at the link in our bio.