Date: Jun 02, 2010

Milton Cooper to Speak at Hofstra University’s Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies Luncheon

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY – Milton Cooper, executive chairman of Kimco Realty Corporation, will be the keynote speaker at the Fourth Annual Institute of Real Estate Luncheon hosted by the Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies on Thursday, June 15, 2010 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, North Campus.

Mr. Cooper is the executive chairman of Kimco Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates North America's largest portfolio of neighborhood and community shopping centers; and a founding member of Kimco. He is also a director of Getty Realty Corp and Blue Ridge Real Estate/Big Boulder Corporation, a public company owning 20,000 acres of land and ski facilities in Pennsylvania.

Mr. Cooper is a former trustee of MassMutual Corporate Investors and MassMutual Participation Investors; former chairman of the board of governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts; former chairman of the Shopping Center Committee of the Real Estate Board of New York; and former trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers.

The luncheon fee is $100 per person.  Luncheon sponsorships are also available at $300. Sponsors will be recognized in the formal program and at the event.

Seating is limited. For additional information, to reserve your seat or sponsorship opportunities please contact Theresa M. Haller at (516) 463-4069 by June 8, 2010.

The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies is an interdisciplinary center which brings together the expertise and resources of Hofstra’s Frank G. Zarb School of Business, the School
 of Law and the Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University.  The Center provides real estate professionals, municipal officials, developers and the public with information, education and scholarly analysis about complex issues important in the real estate field.

The Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra promotes professionalism, real estate education, mentoring, information and networking for the real estate industry on Long Island. 

Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution where students can choose from about 150 undergraduate and more than 160 graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences, business; engineering; communication; education, health and human services;  and honors studies, as well as a School of Law. With a student-faculty ratio of 14-to-1, our professors teach small classes averaging 22 students that emphasize interaction, critical thinking and analysis. Hofstra offers a faculty whose highest priority is teaching excellence. The University also provides excellent facilities with state-of-the-art technology, extensive library resources and internship programs that match students’ interests and abilities with appropriate companies and organizations.  The Hofstra community is driven, dynamic and energetic, helping students find and focus their strengths to prepare them for a successful future.

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