New Sustaining Sponsor Supports the Real Estate Center
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 Retail Properties of America, Inc. (RPAI), is a self-managed REIT focused on the acquisition, development and management of strategically located retail assets. As one of the la rgest owners and operators of shopping centers in the U.S., RPAI has a diversified mix of properties including power centers, community centers, and lifestyle centers. The Sustaining Sponsors of the Real Estate Center welcome the support of RPAI and look forward to partnering with Shane Garrison (MBA '05), Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Investment Officer at RPAI who will serve on the Center's Executive Committee.
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2016 Annual Scholarship Awards Celebration
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The Real Estate Center traditionally kicks off the new academic year with a fall reception that brings together students, faculty, alumni, Center sponsors and staff. Part of the evening program is to recognize the accomplishments of our fine students by awarding academic and travel scholarships for the 2016/17 academic year. Thanks to the many supporters of the real estate program, this year the Center awarded more than $100,000 in scholarships to undergraduate and graduate real estate students. Congratulations to the recipients:
The Douglas & Cynthia Crocker Real Estate Endowed Scholarship- Daniel Jackson, David Okun and Michael O'Shea
Susanne Ethridge Cannon Endowed Scholarship  Michael J. Horne Endowed Scholarship - Lizbeth Flores, Derek Fohl, Pete Kravaritis and Corey Shupp
Kenneth McHugh Endowed Scholarship Robert and Howard Weitzman Endowed Scholarship 
Founding and Sustaining Sponsors Scholarship - Nicolette Domaradzki, Joshua Jasien, Jing Jiang, Gerald McNicholas, Michael Mintz and Rahul Patel
DePaul Real Estate Alumni Alliance (DREAA) Scholarship - Eric Gross and Lindsey White
Charles H. Wurtzebach and Susan M. Marshall Endowed Travel Scholarship - Sean Aldridge, Nick Antoniou, Rob Damrat, Nicolette Domaradzki, Christopher Ferrer, Ryan Fleming, Justin Hucek, Sean Jacobson, Xiansong Liu, Victoria Michael, Michael O'Shea and Rahul Patel
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Industry Organizations Support Real Estate Education
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The NAIOP Chicago University Scholarship Program as well as the Goldie B. Wolfe Miller (GBWM) Women Leaders in Real Estate Initiative each recognized the academic and professional excellence of two graduate students enrolled in the real estate program. NAIOP Chicago awarded a $10,000 scholarship to Rahul Patel, and GBWM selected Nicolette Domaradzki to receive a $10,000 academic scholarship. Rahul and Nicolette were recognized at the Center's Fall Reception along with the organizations that provided the financial support. |
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NAIOP Chicago Representatives Cameron Trefry and Keith Stauber with scholarship recipient Rahul Patel and department chairman, Charlie Wurtzebach.
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| GBWM scholarship recipient Nicolette Domaradzki with department chairman, Charlie Wurtzebach.
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Both scholarship packages come with mentoring and networking opportunities with Chicago's leading real estate community so that the recipients have a head start in building their professional network. |
Twelfth Annual DePaul/REIA Summit
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The Real Estate Center and REIA have been joining forces for twelve years to inform real estate professionals about the latest trends in the industry. This year's event will take a close look at the commercial real estate market and expert panelists will discuss which property types will perform best; how millennials are affecting retail and residential and what dislocations are occurring in the commercial real estate market. The program will open with a real estate forecast outlook by DePaul's very own James D. Shilling PhD, Michael J. Horne Chair in Real Estate Studies. A panel discussion will follow with: Moderator:Charles Wurtzebach, Chairman, Department of Real Estate at DePaul University and the Douglas & Cynthia Crocker Endowed Director of the Real Estate Center Panelists: Neil Freeman, Director, REIA and Chairman/CEO, Aries Capital Keith Lord, Director, REIA and President, The Lord Companies David Schwartz, Co-Founder/CEO, Waterton Event Details:
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2016
Time: Breakfast 7:45 a.m. - Program 8:15 - 9:30 a.m. 
Place: Maggiano's Little Italy 111 W. Grand, Chicago
Cost: REIA Member - $35 Non-Member - $55 Student - $20 After 9/19/16 - REIA Members - $45 Non-Members - $65 Student - $30
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Join the Conversations on the Real Estate Center Social Networking Websites
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You no longer have to wait for our monthly newsletter to be up to date with the Real Estate Center. The Real Estate Center has recently joined the social networking movement on both Facebook and LinkedIn. Join these groups to receive up to the minute information about the Real Estate Center.
 
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