Date: Oct 11, 2011

Economic Turmoil = Real Estate Investments?

Conference Examines Investments in Real Estate Under the Current Economic Environment

Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York –The Hofstra University Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies in collaboration with the Frank G. Zarb School of Business and The Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra University will hold a one day conference, Investments in Real Estate Under the Current Economic Environment, on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 from 8 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. in the Hofstra University Club, David S. Mack Hall, north campus.

Presenting at the conference will be:

Keynote Address
Randy Anderson
Howard Phillips Eminent Scholar Chair and Professor of Real Estate
University of Central Florida

Investments in Real Estate, Part I
Misha Haghani
Principal
Paramount Realty USA, LLC
Peter LaMassa
Executive Director
J.P. Morgan Private Bank Alternative Investments Group
Milena Petrova
Assistant Professor of Finance, Syracuse University
Real Estate Consultant

Investments in Real Estate, Part II
Mark K. Bhasin
Vice President
Basis Investment Group LLC
Jared Epstein
Vice President of Acquisitions, Development & Leasing
Aurora Capital Associates, LLC
Diane Garnick
Investment Strategist
Hyde Park Angels
Gregory Kalikow
Vice President
The Kalikow Group

Luncheon Keynote Address
Constantine E. Kontokosta
Associate Professor and Director
Center for the Sustainable Built Environment
NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate
Principal and Founder of the KACE Group

Admission to the event is free however registration is required as seating is limited. To register, please email Breslin@hofstra.edu or call (516) 463-7214.

The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate
The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate aims to promote professionalism and to be a trusted, authoritative source for real estate education, mentoring and networking for the Long Island real estate industry. The center will host additional conferences and seminars throughout the year, analyzing critical issues in real estate and bringing together leading scholars and practitioners. 

Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution of higher education where more than 12,000 full and part-time students choose from undergraduate and graduate offerings in liberal arts and sciences, business, engineering, communication, education, health and human services, honors studies, a School of Law and the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine.

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