Archive: Steers Center for Global Real Estate
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Steers Center Creates ESG-Inspired Internship Program for Students Impacted by COVID-19
The economic fallout associated with COVID-19 made it especially important for the Steers Center for Global Real Estate at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business to ensure students had
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The Best Business Schools for a Real Estate MBA
Georgetown McDonough’s MBA program features a specialization in real estate and the opportunity to work with the Steers Center for Global Estate, which offers “unparalleled access to the real estate industry at a global level” and a “multi-faceted approach that harnesses the best of Georgetown University and the Washington, D.C. real estate market.” The McDonough real estate MBA “boutique program” boasts “relationships in the private sector from around the world” that “engage students in practical, real-world experience. The curriculum includes courses in four different quadrants coupled with up to four modules — a total of eight courses in the subject — with coursework that includes Real Estate Public Equity, Real Estate Private Equity, Real Estate Public Debt, and Real Estate Private Debt, as well as a Real Estate Clinic.
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What the New Virtual MBA Classroom is Like
Matthew Cypher, who is the Atara Kaufman Professor of Real Estate and director of the Steers Center for Global Real Estate at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business welcomes full-time MBAs to his Real Estate Clinic course at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time on the first day of April. It’s a similar greeting he’d be giving to students rushing into his classroom in Washington D.C. But on this early April afternoon, he’s greeting virtual heads popping up onto a computer screen. This is the new reality of residential full-time MBA programs across the country and globe. Once sitting next to one another, the students are spread to who knows where.
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Why Buying Is Not Always Smarter Than Renting
“If you move every year or two, there’s a cost to that, financial and emotional,” said George Yeonas, managing director of the Steers Center for Global Real Estate at Georgetown University.
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Can An MBA Help Build A Career In Property?
Even as a child at school, Aaron Bothner had a passion for property. “My parents were thinking of moving home and I went with them to look at houses and work out how they were priced,” he recalls. “Real estate fascinates me because it’s living history,” says Bothner, 33, now a vice-president for real estate acquisitions at Wafra, a Kuwaiti state-backed investment firm in New York City. “Every building represents a confluence of what happened in the past and where people envisioned the future.” An MBA at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, Washington DC, in 2014 helped lay the foundations of his career in property….Matthew Cypher, director of the Steers Center, adds there will be jobs in acquisitions too: “In a recession, if you have money, you’ll be feasting on assets with low prices. As Warren Buffet says, ‘be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful’.” Subscription required.
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Steers Center Announces 2019-2020 Poland Family Real Estate Fellows for MBA Program
The Steers Center for Global Real Estate has announced Poland Family Real Estate Fellows for the 2019-2020 school year. The MBA fellowship program creates a select community of talented, emerging bus
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MBA Students Place Third in 2019 National Real Estate Challenge
A team of Georgetown MBA students placed third in the 2019 National Real Estate Challenge at the University of Texas at Austin. Georgetown McDonough was among 20 top business schools participating
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$12M from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation Expands Opportunities at Georgetown McDonough
The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation has invested more than $12 million in the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University to support undergraduate financial aid and global real estate
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Matthew Cypher of Steers Center Interviews Chef and Humanitarian José Andrés about Hurricane Relief Efforts
At the ULI Key Leaders Breakfast held on September 19, Matthew Cypher, Atara Kaufman Professor of Real Estate and director, Steers Center for Global Real Estate, interviewed José Andrés, chef and own
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W. Matthew Kelly, CEO of JBG SMITH, Joins Steers Center for Global Real Estate as Executive-in-Residence
The Steers Center for Global Real Estate at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, named W. Matthew Kelly, CEO and a trustee of JBG SMITH, as an executive-in-residence. “The opportu
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