This event, developed by Cornell School of Hotel Administration professor Daniel Quan, attracts a global array of students and tasks the teams with analyzing an actual commercial real estate transaction, rendering a recommendation, and providing a presentation of their analysis and proposal. The competition itself is the culmination of an intensive five-day analysis preparation by the students and a full day of presentations.
The teams are judged on their investment recommendations, approach to the problems, and presentation skills. Judges in the competition are real estate executives representing top companies in the industry.
The WEBS Group, representing Cornell University, took first place at the 12th Annual Cornell International Real Estate Case Competition on November 6, 2020. Second place went to Summit Capital, representing the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, and third place to Perpetuum Partners, representing Indiana University. The competition was held online and the finals were Livestreamed with the help of eCornell.
Participating Universities:
Cornell University
Indiana University
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at North Carolina
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sauder School of Business, UBC
Southern Methodist University
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The University of Texas at Austin
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Villanova University
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
Industry judges include:
Jackie Soffer P ’20, Chairman and CEO, Turnberry Associaates
Jay Mantz P ’21, President, Rialto Capital
John Ryan, CEO, Metro Development
Fabiana Lotito, Personal Sponsor
Adam Falk, Managing Director, Criterion Real Estate Capital
Saul Goldstein ’92, CEO and CIO, ActivumSG Capital Management