• Fall Members' Meeting
  A complete, illustrated summary of our Fall Members' Meeting, November 1-2, including a report on the speakers, panel sessions, and Farash Distinguished Lecture. Note to our Members: Audio of the meeting is now available on-line. Please contact Ron Smith for more information.
  
  Attendees: If you have not done so already, kindly complete an online evaluation of the meeting.
  
  
• Save the Date
  • Spring Members' Meeting – Thursday and Friday, April 19 and 20, 2007.
  
  
  
• Student Resume Book
  We invite you to visit our on-line interactive Resume Book, representing students seeking positions in the real estate industry.
  
  
• Real Estate Career Fair
  We are pleased to announce the sixth annual Real Estate Career Fair at Wharton to be held on Friday, January 19, 2007.The fair creates an opportunity for company representatives to meet the University of Pennsylvania's best and brightest, who are seriously interested in exploring the challenges and opportunities to be found in the real estate profession. A company does not need to have an active search in progress to attend. Email Ron Smith for more information and to register your company.
  
  
• Student News
  A focus on student activities.
  
  
• Research Focus
  "A New Measure of the Local Regulatory Environment for Housing Markets: The Wharton Residential Land Use Regulatory Index" by Joseph Gyourko, Albert Saiz, and Anita Summers. [179K PDF]
  
  
• Wharton News
  Wharton real estate professors' speaking engagements, media reports and publications.
  
  
• New Members
  A list of new members who have joined with us in our pursuit of excellence.

• Fall Members' Meeting—Agenda and Registration
  A complete agenda and opportunity for members to register online for the Fall Members' Meeting, Thursday, November 2, 2006 on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. If you would like to attend the Fall Meeting and are not yet a member of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center, please visit our Members' page
  
  
• Career Mentor Program
  Zell/Lurie Members are invited to mentor a Wharton student. If you have not done so, please complete the form.
  
  
• Research Focus
  "Superstar Cities" by Joseph Gyourko, Christopher J. Mayer and Todd Sinai [343K PDF]
  
  
• Center Hosts PREA Institute
  This year's PREA Institute was held for the third time at the Wharton School…
  
  
• Wharton News
  Wharton real estate professors' speaking engagements, media reports and publications…
  
  
• New Members
  A list of new members who have joined with us in our pursuit of excellence …

The Zell/Lurie Center regrets to note the death of William Zucker, Ph.D., on May 13, 2006. Dr. Zucker, the Meshulam Riklis Professor Emeritus of Creative Management at the Wharton School, was the founder and co-director of Wharton's Real Estate Center, the first such center of a major business school devoted to real estate in the United States. Dr. Zucker also served as associate director of the Wharton Entrepreneurial Center and director of Wharton's Executive Education Program for five years. A memorial service will be held in Cathedral Hall at Cathedral Village, 600 E. Cathedral Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19128 on Saturday June 24, 2006 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Habitat for Humanity-Philadelphia, 1829 N. 19th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19121.

Below, please find the May 2006, edition of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center's E-Newsletter. Contact Janice Leberman lebermaj@wharton.upenn.edu if you would like to subscribe to this newsletter and be on our mailing list.

• Spring Members' Meeting
  A complete, illustrated summary of our Spring Members' Meeting, April 20 and 21, 2006, including a report on the speakers and panel sessions: if you have not done so, kindly complete an online evaluation of the meeting. To listen to a webcast of the meeting, please contact Ron Smith (215-746-4709)
  
  
• On-line Resume Book
  We invite you to visit our recently revised on-line Resume Book representing a selective list of students seeking summer and full-time positions in the real estate industry.
  
  
• Research Sponsors Program Meeting
  Research Sponsors luncheon in Chicago scheduled for June 1, 2006
  
  
• International Housing Finance Program
  The widely acclaimed conference, "Improving Housing Finance Systems," will be held June 5 to 15, 2006, at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. A workshop on "Mortgage Securitization" will follow the main course, June 16 and 17, 2006. Information and application forms can be found on the program's web site or by emailing housingfinance@wharton.upenn.edu
  
  
• Research Focus
  "Forecasting 2020 U.S. County and MSA Populations" by Peter Linneman and Albert Saiz [400K PDF]
  
  
• Wharton News
  Wharton real estate professors' speaking engagements, media reports and publications…
  
  
• New Members
  A list of new members who have joined with us in our pursuit of excellence …

Below, please find the April 2006, edition of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center's E-Newsletter. Contact Janice Leberman lebermaj@wharton.upenn.edu if you would like to subscribe to this newsletter and be on our mailing list.

• Spring Members' Meeting-Agenda and Registration
  A final opportunity to register for the Spring Members' Meeting on April 20 and 21, 2006. Speakers include Harvard economist Martin Feldstein, President of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania.
  
  
• Student Resume Book
  We invite you to visit our new on-line interactive Resume Book representing students seeking positions in the real estate industry.
  
  
• MBA Career Management
  If you and/or your colleagues are in need of some Wharton MBA talent for summer projects or full-time work, join the more than 130 real estate companies this year that have posted positions on the free Wharton MBA Job Board. To post a position go to http://employer.wharton.upenn.edu/recruiting/index.cfm and select "MBA Job Board." For further information about how to access Wharton MBA talent, please contact Virginia Sherno, Recruiting Relationship Manager, Wharton MBA Career Management Office, at sherno@wharton.upenn.edu or 215-898-4584.
  
  
• Research Sponsors Program Meeting
  Research Sponsors Roundtable in New York City and luncheon planned for Chicago in June
  
  
• International Housing Finance Program
  The widely acclaimed conference, "Improving Housing Finance Systems," will be held June 5 to 15, 2006, at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. A workshop on "Mortgage Securitization" will follow the main course, June 16 and 17, 2006. Information and application forms can be found on the program's web site or by emailing housingfinance@wharton.upenn.edu
  
  
• Research Focus
  "What is a Tree Worth? Green-city Strategies and Housing Prices" by Susan Wachter and Grace Wong [114K PDF]
  
  
• Wharton News
  Wharton real estate professors' speaking engagements, media reports and publications…
  
  
• New Members
  A list of new members who have joined with us in our pursuit of excellence …

Below, please find the February 2006, edition of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center's E-Newsletter. Contact Janice Leberman lebermaj@wharton.upenn.edu if you would like to subscribe to this newsletter and be on our mailing list.

• Spring Members' Meeting-Agenda and Registration
  An impressive array of panelists will be featured during all sessions of the Spring Members' Meeting on April 20 and 21, 2006, including Harvard economist Martin Feldstein, President of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania.
  
  
• Student Resume Book
  We invite you to visit our new on-line interactive Resume Book representing students seeking positions in the real estate industry.
  
  
• Real Estate Career Fair
  Sixty-seven companies and more than two hundred students attended the fifth annual real estate career fair.
  
  
• Student News
  A focus on student activities.
  
  
• Wharton News
  Wharton real estate professors' speaking engagements, media reports and publications…
  
  
• New Members
  A list of new members who have joined with us in our pursuit of excellence …