Weisbrod to speak on Political Environment of Development
Cornell Real Estate Industry Seminar
Date: March 16, 2007
When: 4:30 – 6:30 pm
Where: 396 Beck
Admittance: By Invitation Only
The Cornell Program in Real Estate welcomes Carl Weibrod, President of the Real Estate Division for Trinity Church and Executive Vice-President of Trinity Church-St. Paul’s Chapel, to the Cornell Real Estate Industry Seminar March 15 for a presentation on the political environment of development.
Weisbrod currently manages and develops Trinity’s real estate holdings in Manhattan, which total 28 sites and approximately six million square feet. Mr. Weisbrod oversees the management of existing properties, the conversion of older industrial properties to new uses, as well as the construction of new buildings on vacant lots.
Just prior to joining Trinity, he was the founding president of the Alliance for Downtown New York, the nation’s largest business improvement district, which was established in 1995 and charged with revitalizing lower Manhattan. From 1990 to 1994 Weisbrod served as founding president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Prior to this experience, Weisbrod held positions as Executive Director of New York City Planning Commission, then President of the 42nd Street Development Project, Inc., a subsidiary of the New York State Urban Development Corporation.