Where to Invest in Commercial Real Estate? That Was the Question.
A recent Commercial Observer forum on capital markets gathered lenders and investors, and found divergent views
Commercial Observer | By Brian Pascus and Mark Hallum
Micro- and macroeconomic trends collided at Commercial Observer’s annual Capital Markets and Opportunistic Strategies Forum on Nov. 28 at 22 Vanderbilt, a newly renovated mixed-use office property on the site of the old Biltmore Hotel next to Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.
After a few words from the building’s host, Damon Lopez-O’Dwyer from Milstein Properties (and there were also a few words from Adrienne Coyle of Starwood Solutions, one of the event’s sponsors), the morning opened with Ryan Severino, chief economist and head of research at investment firm BGO, holding court with Sam Chandan, founding director and professor at the C.H. Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business.