Real Estate Forum

As Season 2 of the Real Estate Forum Podcast comes to a close, we’re proud to share a recap of a season filled with timely conversations and insights from some of the real estate industry’s most influential leaders and innovators.  Hosted by Raphael Sidelsky '99BUS , the season explored the ideas, strategies, and trends shaping the future of real estate across global markets. This season featu...

Hosted by Raphael Sidelsky, this episode features Gregorio Schneider, Chief Investment Officer at TC Latin America Partners and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Business Finance Division at Columbia Business School. Gregorio shares his career journey from banking in Mexico to building a leading investment platform focused on industrial, logistics, and infrastructure opportunities across Latin Am...

Lauren Hochfelder, Managing Director and Head of Global Real Assets at Morgan Stanley, joins Raphael Sidelsky to share insights from her 25-year career in real estate and investment banking. Lauren discusses her journey from studying ethics, politics, and economics at Yale to leading Morgan Stanley’s global real estate, infrastructure, and credit businesses. She explores key real estate investment...

Host Raphael Sidelsky sits down with David O'Reilly, CEO of Howard Hughes Holdings, to discuss his path from engineering and investment banking to leading one of the country’s most innovative real estate platforms. The conversation explores the company’s master-planned community model, its long-term “flywheel” approach to development, and how projects like Summerlin and Ward Village create val...

Keith Breslauer, founder and managing director of Patron Capital, joins host Raphael Sidelsky to discuss the evolution of Patron into a leading pan-European private equity real estate platform. He shares how the firm built its value-add and opportunistic strategy across Western Europe, expanded into mezzanine credit and separate accounts, and partnered with Mitsubishi Estate to scale the platform....

Host Raphael Sidelsky sits down with Meredith Marshall, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of BRP Companies, to discuss his journey from electrical engineering at AT&T Bell Labs to building a leading mixed-income and workforce housing platform. He explains how BRP has grown into a multi-billion-dollar developer by focusing on the “missing middle,” leveraging public-private partnerships, tax credi...

Raphael Sidelsky sits down with Anar Chudgar, Co-President of Artemis Real Estate Partners, to discuss her journey from investment banking to leading a $12 billion real estate platform. She shares how Artemis differentiates itself through middle-market investing, emerging manager partnerships, and a strong focus on healthcare and senior housing. The conversation explores today’s higher-rate enviro...

In our first episode of Season 2 of the Real Estate Forum Podcast, host Raphael Sidelsky sits down with Hossein Fateh, Founder and CEO of CloudHQ and Cloud Capital, to explore the evolution of the data center industry and why it has become one of the most durable and strategically important asset classes in real estate.   Hossein shares his journey from navigating real estate bankruptcies during t...

Welcome to Season 2 of the  Real Estate Forum , a podcast from the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate at Columbia Business School. Home to Columbia’s renowned MBA Real Estate Program, the Milstein Center serves as a platform for thought leadership and exchange, connecting world-class faculty and deep industry expertise in the heart of New York City. Hosted by Raphael Sidelsky '99, this seaso...

In this special episode of the Real Estate Forum podcast, two of Columbia Business School’s most distinguished economists, Glenn Hubbard, Dean Emeritus of Columbia Business School, and Abby Joseph Cohen, Professor at Columbia Business School and former Chief Investment Strategist at Goldman Sachs, came together on December 2, 2025, for a timely economic briefing at the 18th Annual Columbia Busines...

In this episode of the Real Estate Forum, host Raphael Sidelsky interviews Adam Gallistel, co-CEO and CIO of CBRE Investment Management. They discuss Adam's experience in global real assets investment, his insights on market cycles, and CBRE IM's strategic positioning in the evolving landscape of real assets. Adam shares his thoughts on the importance of humility, preparation, and flexibil...

In this episode of the Real Estate Forum , host Raphael Sidelsky sits down with Jonah Sonnenborn, Head of Real Estate at Access Industries, to discuss his journey from investment banking to leading a global real estate portfolio. Jonah shares Access Industries’ strategic approach to building and managing iconic properties worldwide, highlighting landmark projects such as Faena District, One High L...

In this episode of the Real Estate Forum, host Raphael Sidelsky sits down with Ron Dickerman, the founder and President of Madison International Realty, to discuss how he pioneered and scaled liquidity solutions in an asset class long considered illiquid. Ron shares Madison's journey from a niche strategy to a global institutional platform—highlighting key investments in iconic properties, the fir...

In this episode of The Real Estate Forum , host Raphael Sidelsky sits down with Melissa Roman Burch, Chief Operating Officer of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), to discuss her leadership in shaping New York City’s real estate and economic future. Melissa shares insights into how public-private partnerships are driving transformative projects such as the redevelopment of...

In this special episode of the Real Estate Forum , Jon Gray, President and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone, joins Professor Brian Lancaster, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Finance, for a candid fireside chat hosted at Columbia Business School on April 29, 2025, as part of the Capital Markets series, co-sponsored by the Distinguished Speaker Series. The conversation traces Gray’s journe...

Host Raphael Sidelsky talks with Sabine Gaedeke Stener—CEO of Elbe River Partners, Gaedeke Group, and Gaedeke Energy—about leading a transatlantic family office with investments in real estate, energy, private equity, and debt. Sabine shares her journey from media executive in Germany to building a vertically integrated U.S. and European portfolio rooted in placemaking, wellness, and long-term val...

In this special episode of the Real Estate Forum , host Raphael Sidelsky sits down with Ryan Cotton, Head of Bain Capital Real Estate and Head of Bain Capital Private Equity’s global Consumer vertical, for the closing keynote fireside chat from the 17th Annual Columbia Business School Real Estate Symposium, held on December 4, 2024, at Columbia’s Manhattanville campus. The conversation explores Ry...

In this episode of the Real Estate Forum , host Raphael Sidelsky sits down with Brian Steinwurtzel, Co-CEO and Principal of GFP Real Estate, to discuss how a third-generation member of the storied Gural family became a leading force in reimagining New York City’s real estate landscape. Brian shares the unconventional path that led him to spearhead the transformation of 4 New York Plaza into 25 Wat...

In this inaugural episode of The Real Estate Forum , host Raphael Sidelsky speaks with Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh—Finance Division; Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate; and Faculty Co-Director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate at Columbia Business School. The discussion centers around the profound shifts occurring in urban real estate, triggered by remote wo...

Presented by the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate at Columbia Business School, The Real Estate Forum podcast brings you insights into the evolving real estate landscape—from candid conversations with real estate thought leaders to cutting-edge research. Over the last two decades, the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate at Columbia Business School has been at the forefront of shaping real esta...