From marionoc at MIT.EDU Mon Feb 7 09:05:56 2005 From: marionoc at MIT.EDU (Marion Cunningham) Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:05:56 -0500 Subject: [Crealums] SAVE THE DATE! -- MIT CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE's 20th ANNIVERSARY -- THE NEWVISIONS CELEBRATION Message-ID: <200502071405.j17E5w0Z019522@outgoing.mit.edu> The NewVisions 20th Anniversary Weekend http://web.mit.edu/cre/events/events/20thanniversary.html Save the Date! Friday, March 18 - Saturday, March 19, 2005 In March, the MIT Center for Real Estate will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary. Included in the festivities will be a NewVisions Gala for both alumni and members and a conference spotlighting the Center's role as a thought leader in the real estate industry. Mark your calendars! Our 20th Anniversary promises to be a landmark and celebratory event! Schedule Friday, March 18 Organized by the Alumni/ae: BACK TO THE FUTURE: REfresh, REvisit, REdiscover! Noon - 1:00 - Networking Luncheon and Speech Keynote Speaker -- Lawrence S. Bacow, Ph.D., President, Tufts University * 1:00 - 2:00 - Class Session #1 * Financing the Future -- Tod McGrath * Designing for Tomorrow's Developments -- Dennis Frenchman (Choose One) * 2:15 - 3:15 - Class Session #2 * Building for Tomorrow's Developments Today -- Jim Becker and Chris Gordon * Leadership in the Real Estate Industry -- Gloria Schuck (Choose One) * 3:30 - 4:30 - CRE's own "CLICK AND CLACK" -- Ray Torto and Bill Wheaton Ray and Bill will provide a brief summary of where real estate markets are, and where they are likely to be headed. Following their summary, those in attendance are invited to pick their brains about literally any real estate topic. Prizes will be given for the most interesting, difficult and profound questions........ NEW VISIONS CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEECH and RECEPTION 6:30 - 7:00 - Welcome Address Welcome Address -- Susan Hockfield, Ph.D., President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7:00 - 8:30 - Reception Saturday, March 19, 2005 NEW VISIONS CONFERENCE Program "Cities in the New Century: Models for Urban Growth" * 8:00 - 8:30 - Coffee * 8:30 -- Welcome and Vision Statement * 9:00 - 12:00 - Morning Sessions -- Case Studies in Urban Development * New Songdo City -- Korea * Canary Wharf -- United Kingdom * University Park -- United States * 12:00 - 1:00 - Luncheon Speaker Nobel Laureate, Dr. Phillip A. Sharp, McGovern Institute for Brain Research Dr. Sharp was the co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine in 1993 * 1:00 - 4:00 - Afternoon Sessions -- Break Out Groups - Identifying the Value Proposition * Financing Considerations * Partnering and Partnerships * Branding and Placemaking * The Tenant Perspective * Non-Traditional Dimensions of Value Creation * 4:00 - 4:30 - Conference Wrap-up NEW VISIONS GALA EXTRAVAGANZA! -- Park Plaza Hotel and Tower * 6:00 - 7:00 - Cocktails * 7:00 - 9:00 - Dinner and Program Three Visionary Awards will be presented. One will be given to Hank Spaulding, co-founder of the Center for Real Estate. * 9:00 - 11:00 - Dancing the Night Away Sunday, March 20, 2005 * 11am - 1pm AACRE Alumni/ae Brunch Registration Info On-line registration available! Marion Cunningham Associate Director MIT/Center for Real Estate 77 Massachusetts Avenue W31-310 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 Phone: (617) 253-2680 Fax: (617) 258-6991 http://web.mit.edu/cre/ CRE: 20 years of building the future -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/crealums/attachments/20050207/65bae8b5/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 2637 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/crealums/attachments/20050207/65bae8b5/attachment.gif From marionoc at MIT.EDU Fri Feb 18 18:07:23 2005 From: marionoc at MIT.EDU (Marion Cunningham) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:07:23 -0500 Subject: [Crealums] MIT/CRE E-NEWSLETTER -- February 2005 Message-ID: <200502182307.j1IN7O0Z007362@outgoing.mit.edu> MITCenter for Real Estate Elite o Visionary o Relevant Greetings! Included in this edition of the MIT/CRE Alumni/ae E-newsletter are the following items: * CRE 20th Anniversary Program Update, March 18 - 20, 2005 * 20th Anniversary Request for Alumni/ae Project Photos * Bill Wheaton Discusses "Housing Bubbles" on MITREX * Carr Capital (Oliver Carr, '92, and Clint Fisch, '02) IPO * MIT/CRE Research (Thesis Ideas, NCC) * Save the Dates (Heather Smith Memorial Fellowship, New York Trip!) * Reminders and Notices (Alumni Directory, MITREX, Class of 2005 Resume Book, and Job Postings!) New Visions: The 20th Anniversary Celebration -- Program Update MIT/CRE 20th Anniversary -- March 18 - 20, 2005 http://web.mit.edu/cre/events/events/20thanniversary.html The Center for Real Estate's 20th Anniversary begins with a trip back to the future to "REfresh, REvisit, REdiscover". Along for the trip are some familiar faces such as Center co-founder, Larry Bacow, former Building Tech professor, Jim Becker, and MIT's own Fric and Frac, Bill Wheaton and Ray Torto. Once back to the present, newly minted MIT President, Dr. Susan Hockfield, will welcome you the to Center's conference on "Vision Driven Cities". Vision-Driven Cities will examine the ways in which emerging technology allows an urban area to be created specifically to fulfill a need or vision: a financial district, a creative community, a logistics hub. At the conference, the successes and lessons of pioneering work being done in 3 focal cities--New Songdo City outside Seoul, Korea; Canary Wharf in London; and what has been termed the "Republic of MIT" in Cambridge, Massachusetts--will be examined and extrapolated to future developments. The keynote speaker at the conference is Dr. Phillip Sharp, Nobel Laureate, Institute Professor, and Director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Dr. Sharp is also a founder of Biogen (now Biogen Idec). Capping the conference events, the Center will present its first set of "Visioneering" awards to Hank Spaulding, CRE's co-founder and pioneering genius; the Walt Disney Company; and Gerald Hines. The excitement is palpable. I hope you will be a part of it. A complete agenda for the 20th Anniversary events can be found at http://web.mit.edu/cre. (Note The preferential hotel rate at the Hotel @MIT, the University Park Hotel, has been reduced from $159 to $139 until March 2, 2005!) New Visions: The 20th Anniversary Celebration -- Project Request Wanted by March 4, 2005 ! Marylynn Gentry (CRE '88) is putting together a slide show for the Gala that will showcase alumni projects. If you have that one, special picture, (preferably a jpeg), that you would like to share, feel free to email it to her at gentryriley at comcast.net . Make sure you get the information to her by March 4th! Bill Wheaton's "Housing Bubbles" Presentation on MITREX http://cre-mitrex.mit.edu/index.html What is a Real Estate ?Bubble?? ?Definition A:repeated ups and downs in prices with the appearance of some predictability, but with no implication as to cause.?Up and down economic shocks to the Housing market??Inherent cyclic dynamic by the market to shocks? ?Definition B: a run up in prices specifically caused by unsustainable beliefs on the part of market participants. ?How to assess? Certainly not with aggregate data.?CSW/FISERV recent buyer survey. To learn more about "bubbles" log on to MITREX! Oliver Carr (CRE '92) and Clint Fisch (CRE '92) File REIT IPO http://web.mit.edu/cre/alumni/newsprojects.html#news A just-filed REIT IPO -- Columbia Equity Trust (COE) -- will be headed by Oliver T. Carr, III, whose father is Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Founded in 1994, Carr Capital, the predecessor to COE, intends to focus on small-to-medium size commercial office properties in the Greater Washington, D.C. area. For more information about the transaction, visit Alumni News on the Center's web site. MIT/CRE Research * New Century Cities (http://web.mit.edu/cre/research/ncc/index.html) -- The site includes case studies for each of the NCC projects, presentations from the "Show Me Yours" technology showcase, and some of the Power Point slides that were used as part of the panel discussions. * Thesis Research (http://web.mit.edu/cre/membership/pdf/CRE%20Members-Thesis.pdf) -- If you would like to sponsor a student thesis or have an idea for a research-related initiative that is relevant to your firm, take a look at the requirements for a good thesis and give Tony Ciochetti, the Center's new Chairman, a call at 617-253-4373. ALUMNI CALL FOR HELP! Greg Derby is looking to see if someone has a good multi-family (apartment) development pro forma in Excel that they are willing to share. If you have the information, e-mail Greg at gderby at concordeastridge.com. SAVE THE DATES! Heather Smith Memorial Fellowship Award Ceremony February 28, 2005 -- Finale Park Plaza; Boston, MA -- 6pm to 8pm The Heather Smith Memorial Fund was founded shortly after her death as result of the September 11, 2001 tragedy. Funded by the contributins of family, friends, and colleagues, over $200,000 was raised. In honor of Heather's legacy, an annual fellowship is presented to a female graduate student at the MIT Center for Real Estate. The presentation of the 2005 Heather Smith Memorial Fellowship will take place on Monday, February 28, 2005 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm at Finale Park Plaza (One Columbus Avenue; Boston, MA). Tax deductible donations can be made at the door or in advance by contacting Michael Jammen (CRE '97) at mjammen at comcast.net. The MIT/CRE Class of 2005 Comes to New York City -- Twice! March 10, 2005 and April 28/29, 2005 * March 10, 2005 -- Real estate students from the Center for Real Estate, Sloan, HBS, and the GSD will hit New York City on Thursday, March 10th and will mark their arrival with a social mixer. If you would like to lend your support, contact Vadim Goland at vadim at sloan.mit.edu * April 28 -29, 2005 -- The Center for Real Estate will be conducting its annual visit to New York's investment banks. The event has traditionally been characterized by a reception the evening of Thursday, April 28th and a breakfast panel discussion hosted by the New York chapter of the Alumni Association of the Center for Real Estate the following Friday (April 29th). For more information about the plans, contact Rachel Matthai at rmatthai at alum.mit.edu. CRE FIRE -- San Francisco. Co-sponsored with member firm, AMB Property Corporation, we look forward to a San Francisco forum on the impact of technology on the demand for commercial real estate. Keep an eye on the Center's web site for further details! April 2005 -- CRE FIRE -- Asia. Co-sponsored with Merrill Lynch, we are planning a FIRE event in April in Beijing. We are very excited about this engagement and will update you as the details are confirmed. May 2005 -- MIT/CRE'S Housing Affordability Conference. In May, the Center for Real Estate is sponsoring a conference on housing affordability in the Boston metropolitan area. The conference will spotlight the findings of work currently underway by Professor Lynn Fisher and Research Associate Dr. Henry Pollakowski. The Housing Affordability Initiative is being supported by the major housing organizations in the Boston area and the conference promises to be highly informative. Reminders and Notices * Support the Center for Real Estate ( http://web.mit.edu/giving/priorities/schools/architecture/cre.html). The need for funding to support the "new vision" of the Center is ongoing. Please continue your support! * Center for Real Estate Alumni Directory. The 2005 Directory has been completed! To request an electronic copy of the CRE Alumni Directory, e-mail Marion Cunningham at marionoc at mit.edu. * Join the Alumni Association of the CRE, AACRE ( https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?). Thanks to joining the larger MIT Alumni Association, CRE Alumni can pay their dues on line. Log in using your Infinite Connection login. Select the dues type you'd like to pay from the simple, secure, one-page form. Enter your billing and credit card information, and your dues are paid for this fiscal year (7/1 to 6/30). If you would prefer to complete your membership by mail, go to the CRE alumni web site (http://web.mit.edu/cre/alumni/index.html) and download the membership form. * MIT Real Estate Exchange, MITREX ( http://cre-mitrex.mit.edu/index.html). MITREX is a searchable database that can be used to find documents of specific interest and alumni/ae and members with expertise or interests in specific areas. Currently, MITREX has 244 members and 234 items that have been contributed. This promises to be an invaluable tool. * MIT/CRE Resume Book ( http://web.mit.edu/cre/resumehome.html). The Class of 2005 resume book has joined the Class of 2004 resume book on line. Take a look, our students and graduates are impressive! * Note New URL!! Job Listings ( http://web.mit.edu/cre/jobs/index.html). Have a job you want to fill or seeking a new opportunity? We have the right person and the right job! Send your job listings to marionoc at mit.edu and they will be posted. * Update Your Alumni Contact Information ( http://web.mit.edu/cre/alumni/alumupdate.html). We want to stay in touch and keep you informed. To help us do so, please use this URL to update your contact information. * Alumni Network Services ( http://alum.mit.edu/index.html). Visit the MIT Alumni Association's web site to find addresses and contact information for classmates. * Alumni Projects ( http://web.mit.edu/cre/alumni/index.html and http://web.mit.edu/cre/alumni/alumprojects.html ). Send me ( marionoc at mit.edu) notices of your projects, publications, promotions, and noteworthy events for posting on the MIT/CRE web site. Best regards, Marion O. 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