Conference Recap: Yale Alumni Real Estate Association Conference 2022
The Yale Alumni Real Estate Association Conference 2022 attracted around 150 executives, investors, students and academics to the Yale School of Management on Friday, September 23, 2022. The conference was organized by the Yale Alumni Real Estate Association group and chaired by Yale School of Management alum Francis Lively ‘15. The conference was hosted by the Yale School of Management International Center for Finance.
The purpose of the conference is broader than simply “an industry gathering.” Instead, it is a venue to focus on new ideas and trends shaping a field that has a potential impact on the fabric of our communities.
The conference began the previous night on Thursday, September 22 with a welcome cocktail reception at the newly renovated Hotel Marcel. Attendees had the opportunity to connect and take tours of the hotel that features sustainable engineering using solar electricity to power the entire building.
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They discussed a case study on the development of 101 College Street, a new life sciences building in New Haven, developed by Winstanley Enterprises with their equity partner Harrison Street, and anchored by Yale University. 101 College is part of the city’s efforts to continue to grow as a life sciences hub, and reflective of increased life sciences real estate development nationally.
A discussion with the leader of one of the U.S.’s pre-eminent RE investment platforms about issues PGIM is experiencing in their global operations, post-COVID and post-George Floyd. What are the newest subsectors that their institutional clients are investing in? What opportunities and challenges does PGIM face along with their peers given the current uncertain interest rate and growth environment? And how has technology sculpted this environment?
Nobu Iguchi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Agya Ventures, Andrea Pizziconi, Founder of The Christie Company and Ira Shaw, Co-Head, Partner Solutions, Crow Holdings Capital.
Innovation and new business formation is not common or easy in our tradition-bound industry. Our five panelists - all Yale graduates - have created new companies from very diverse, creative ideas. They share with us their start-up experiences, from initial concept to realization, their motivations and mission, and the continuing challenges and rewards of a start-up.
The discussion provides a context and framework to understand place-based incentive programs for the real estate industry, like OZs, from their earliest days to now. Then they dive into the good, the bad, and the ugly with OZs. In conversation with experts on the ground, we learn about happened when OZ funding was actually deployed, discuss what the future looks like for this incentive and get a peek at a new generation of public incentives that could be inspired by OZs that are being created to meet the growing demands for affordable housing, job creation, and downtown revitalization across the United States.
