Location: The Rittenhouse Hotel

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Registration for this event has not yet opened.

Location: The Rittenhouse Hotel

Time: TBA

Registration for this event has not yet opened.

Since founding Turner Impact Capital in 2014, he has rapidly built one of the nation’s largest social impact investment firms, with over $5 billion in investment potential to help address some of the country’s most pervasive social issues with real estate solutions. As former Chairman, CEO and Co-Founding Partner of Canyon Capital Realty Advisors (CCRA), he oversaw a commercial real estate and mortgage asset portfolio totaling over $12 billion and was responsible for launching several funds that helped define the “triple bottom line” investment movement. In his years as a social impact innovator, Bobby has dedicated himself to providing sound financial returns for investors while fostering opportunities for the communities in which his funds invest.

Location: JMHH G60

WREC and WUREC invite you to a speaker event featuring Nick Kittredge, President at Prologis. Mr. Kittredge oversees all operations and capital deployment across the eastern United States, covering key markets such as Toronto, New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and South Florida. Before his current role, Mr. Kittredge served as Senior Vice President and Country Manager for Prologis Brazil, leading the company’s strategic growth in Latin America.

Location: TBD

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Walton Street Capital is a privately held real estate investment firm with over 25 years of proven experience managing investments across all asset classes. With a 100% focus on real estate and deep expertise in both equity and debt investments, the firm has successfully navigated multiple market cycles while building 30+ year relationships with owners, investors, and partners. Their impressive track record includes over $55 billion in assets deployed through more than 500 investments. Walton Street Capital’s dual-platform approach—investing in high-quality U.S. commercial real estate and originating private real estate debt investments—coupled with a team of over 95 experienced professionals, positions them as a leader in delivering both scale and a boutique, high-touch level of service.

Rubenstein Partners is the fund manager for a series of private equity funds focused on office investments throughout the United States.

Location: SHDH 213

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We are honored to invite you to our first GBM of the spring semester, a unique speaker event wherein WUREC hosts Mr. Jim Maneri, Managing Director and Market Officer at Link Logistics, and Mr. Greg Rogerson, Principal at J.G. Petrucci. Mr. Rogerson has guided over $1 billion worth of contract negotiations, leases, brownfield revitalizations and municipal approvals of real estate transactions. J.G. Petrucci is full-service, design/build specialist, developer and owner of commercial, industrial and residential properties throughout the Northeast. Mr. Maneri steers Link’s strategic direction, overseeing key corporate functions, and ensuring seamless operations across various departments of the company. Link Logistics, Blackstone’s U.S. industrial real estate platform, owns and manages approximately 520 million square feet of warehouse and distribution properties nationwide. Food will be provided in addition to the feature event.

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Arlen Hook from the Charlotte office of JLL is coming to campus to teach students about real estate leasing brokerage!

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Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm with a primary focus on global real estate. Since its inception in 1991, the Firm has raised over $80 billion of capital and currently has approximately $115 billion of assets under management. Over the past 33 years, Starwood Capital has invested in excess of $245 billion of assets, including properties within every major real estate asset class.

Location: Houston Hall

Location: TBD

Register: https://groups.wharton.upenn.edu/WUREC/rsvp_boot?id=120218

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On December 4th, WUREC will hold its third GBM of the semester. Join us for an evening of fun, games, and a chance to connect with fellow WUREC members. It also helps to maintain your active-member status, so don’t miss out!

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Parse Capital, a subsidiary of the Wolff Company, is a principal investor focused on structured investments exclusive to the multifamily space.

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Two investment professionals from Blackstone Strategic Partners (description below) will be on campus on Wednesday, November 20th from 5:15PM – 6:15PM to discuss a Summer 2026 real estate internship opportunity. Although the opportunity is targeted towards sophomores, anyone interested in the firm, regardless of class year, is encouraged to attend.

Blackstone Strategic Partners (“BSP”) is Blackstone’s dedicated secondary investment business. The Strategic Partners business was founded in 2000 and has significant experience in providing limited partners a range of liquidity solutions across illiquid asset classes on a fair, timely and confidential basis. Strategic Partners is one of the most prolific secondary market participants in the world and is recognized as an innovative investor, with broad transaction capabilities that reinforce its established reputation as a nimble and responsive investor. Through its private equity, infrastructure and real estate platforms Strategic Partners has executed over 2,000 transactions that represent interests in approximately 5,400 underlying fund interests managed by over 1,600 different financial sponsors. Strategic Partners is one of Blackstone’s fastest growing business units, with AUM of $9 billion at its time of acquisition by Blackstone in 2013 to ~$82 billion of AUM today.

BSP has eleven real estate-dedicated investment professionals. BSP Real Estate is currently investing it’s eighth SP RE Fund, which has $2.2 billion in commitments.

BSP RE is looking for sophomores interested in interning in the Summer of 2026. Qualified applicants should have a demonstrated interest in finance (ideally in private equity and / or real estate). 

Please contact Josh Sherman (jsherm17@sas.upenn.edu), who interned with BSP RE in Summer 2024 and will be returning full-time in 2025, if you have any questions.  

Register: Here

Registration Link (All Years Welcome): Here 

DR Horton is one of the largest homebuilders in the United States. Representatives from the firm will be coming to campus to teach students about the residential development sector of the real estate industry. DR Hortons is currently recruiting for their internship program across multiple roles including land acquisitions, finance, and more. 

Registration Link: Here
Happy Hour Registration Link: Here 

Ashford Inc. is an alternative asset management company with a portfolio of strategic operating businesses that provide global asset management, investment management and related services to the real estate and hospitality sectors. Ashford's principals have a long track record of success and many years of experience investing and operating in the hospitality industry. Currently, Ashford serves as the advisor to two NYSE-listed real estate investment trusts, Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) and Braemar Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: BHR). Ashford also has a Hospitality Products and Services initiative, where we strategically invest in operating companies that service the industry, and we act as an accelerator to grow those companies, through both our advised platforms and other third parties.

Ashford Trust is focused on investing predominantly in upper upscale, full-service hotels. Braemar's strategy is to invest in luxury hotels and resorts. Combined, Ashford Trust and Braemar Hotels & Resorts currently own 83 hotels with more than 20,000 rooms and have approximately $7.5 billion in gross assets. We are also excited to invite you to the happy hour following the event, which Ashford will host at their Notary Hotel in Center City!

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