Weisbrod joins NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate

According the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, Carl Weisbrod, the former president of Trinity Real Estate, has joined the faculty as a clinical professor and academic chair of the newly created concentration in Global Real Estate. He oversaw six million s/f of commercial property that is owned and managed by Trinity Church. He will join the NYU Schack faculty in January and will begin teaching in the fall semester. Along with Dean Stuckey, he will help guide the implementation and recruitment of faculty for the courses related to the concentration in Global Real Estate. He also will continue to serve as a consultant to Trinity relating to its neighborhood development strategies. "Having known Carl for years, I can genuinely say I'm confident that our students and faculty will all benefit from his arrival," said NYU Schack Institute Divisional Dean James Stuckey. "Carl's real world expertise with the public and private sector real estate capital markets is tough to beat, and his wealth of knowledge will greatly influence the new Global Real Estate program. Weisbrod has had a distinguished career in several public initiatives focused on revitalizing and developing New York City neighborhoods. Beginning in the 1970's, he led the successful city and state efforts to revive the Times Square area. During this period he served as the executive director of the New York City Department of City Planning, then became the president of the 42nd Street Development Project, Inc., which was a subsidiary of the New York State Urban Development Corporation. From 1990 to 1994, Weisbrod was founding president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. In 2002, Crain's New York Business named him one of the "100 Most Influential Leaders in Business." Prior to joining Trinity in 2005, he was the founding president of the Alliance for Downtown New York. As the nation's largest business improvement district, the Alliance is charged with revitalizing lower Manhattan. Immediately following the 9/11 attacks, the Alliance became a central conduit for rebuilding funds and relief efforts. Weisbrod currently serves as the chairman of the New York State Health Foundation, which funds innovative health care programs throughout New York State. He is director of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), the Convention Center Development Corporation (CCDC), the Trust for Governors Island, and, the Urban Land Institute, among other organizations. He also is a former trustee of the Ford Foundation. A graduate of Cornell University and the New York University School of Law, Weisbrod lives in New York with his wife Jody Adams, a Family Court Judge. About the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate The NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate (www.scps.nyu.edu/schack) was founded in 1967, at the initiative of prominent real estate leaders who encouraged NYU to establish an academic center that provided an educational foundation for professionals within their industry. Today, NYU Schack is home to graduate degree and related graduate certificate programs—notably the M.S. in Real Estate and the M.S. in Construction Management—which enroll some 700 full- and part-time students from more than 30 countries and have nearly 2,500 alumni degree-holders around the globe. In addition, each year approximately 7,200 working professionals enroll in the Institute's professional certificate programs, noncredit courses, and licensure-related offerings in such areas as real estate finance, sales and brokerage, sustainable design, facilities management, and architecture and civil engineering. The Institute also houses the NYU REIT Center and the Center for the Sustainable Built Environment and hosts key industry events, including annual conferences on Real Estate Capital Markets and REITs. NYU Schack is one of several comprehensive academic divisions within the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS), the NYU home for study and applied research related to key knowledge-based industries where the New York region leads globally.