The Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at Wharton  























The Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center was so named in recognition of its permanent endowment by Samuel Zell in 1998. The Center was established in 1983 by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to promote excellence in real estate education and research.


H I G H L I G H T S E V E N T S
Max M. Farash Max M. Farash
1915 – 2010
In Memoriam
The Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center mourns the passing of a dear friend.

Spring Members' Meeting
April 27 and 28, 2010

Larry Summers Registration is now open. View the agenda. Our dinner speaker on Tuesday, April 27, will be Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council for President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton. The luncheon speaker on Wednesday, April 28 is William Ackman, CEO and Founder of Pershing Square Capital Management. If you are not a member of the Center you may view the invitation and register for the meeting online. Members attend at no cost. Contact Janice Leberman to learn more about becoming a member. William Ackman

Claude Ballard Claude M. Ballard
1929 – 2010
In Memoriam
The Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center mourns the passing of a dear friend.

Peter Linneman
Peter Linneman
Prof. Peter Linneman Receives Graaskamp Award
The Pension Real Estate Association's biennial James A. Graaskamp award was presented to Peter D. Linneman at the 2009 PREA Fall Conference on October 28 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Linneman has requested that the $10,000 scholarship that accompanies the Graaskamp Award be divided between Wharton's Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center for an undergraduate or graduate real estate student, and his alma mater, Ashland University. "It is a great honor receiving this award from PREA, and the generous scholarship will help deserving students at these institutions," says Prof. Linneman. According to PREA, Linneman's "body of work embodies the very spirit of the Graaskamp Award, which is given to recognize those persons who contribute to the common body of knowledge some practical insights gained through significant research." The award highlights and encourages high-quality research in institutional investment in real estate, and is named in memory of the late Dr. James A. Graaskamp, a distinguished professor of real estate at the University of Wisconsin, and a champion of research of immediate use to investment decision makers.


Thomas Barrack
Thomas Barrack
Barrack Launches Schlager Lecture Series on Real Estate Entrepreneurship
Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Colony Capital, LLC, was the speaker at the first Eric and Beth Schlager Lecture Series on Real Estate Entrepreneurship, Wednesday, September 30, 2009, holding the rapt attention of a roomful of students, faculty and members of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center. For more information about this event or to learn about membership of the Center, please contact Janice Leberman at 215.898.3824 or lebermaj@wharton.upenn.edu.


Housing Finance in Changing Global Environment Program Registration is Open
The International Housing Finance Program 2010—"Housing Finance in a Changing Global Environment," with workshops on Mortgage Bond and Securitization—will be held on the University campus Monday, June 7 through Saturday, June 19, 2010. Initiated in 1986, the program is a comprehensive housing finance program educating senior officials and CEOs, particularly from emerging economies, in the institutional, policy, financial, managerial, and mathematical aspects of housing finance, and offers consulting services in housing finance and housing policy development. So far, the program has trained nearly 2,000 public and private sector officials from more than 70 countries. Under the direction of Drs. Marja Hoek-Smit and not sponsored by any special interest group, the program provides the most objective, comparative, and analytical education in the field of international housing finance. For more information, go to http://ihfp.wharton.upenn.edu/index.htm.


Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee
Fall Members' Meeting 2009 – Summary
The Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center Fall Members' Meeting took place on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 in Philadelphia. This year's meeting dealt with the general economy, the various regulatory programs affecting real estate, and developments in the capital markets. The Farash lecturer was Austan Goolsbee, member of the Council of Economic Advisers and staff director and chief economist of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. View the agenda. Attendees: Kindly complete an online evaluation of the meeting.


November 2009 Newsletter


Alumni
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December 2009 Alumni Newsletter

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R E S O U R C E S

Ballard Luncheon with Michelle Felman, Vornado Realty Trust -Open to students only (hours)
March 25

Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Spring Members Meeting
April 27 through April 28

Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Fall Members Meeting
October 18 through October 19

Zell-Lurie Tenth Annual Career Fair
January 21

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