RE Seminar: Kirk Sykes
Date: Thursday, September 29th
When: 4:30-6:30 with reception to follow in the Statler Hotel’s Regents Lounge
Where: Beck 198
Attire: Business
Kirk Sykes
president of Urban Strategy America Fund, L.P.
The Cornell Program in Real Estate Distinguished Speakers Series welcomes Kirk Sykes, President of Urban Strategy America Fund, a New Boston Real Estate Fund. Urban Strategy America is an urban investment, development and redevelopment fund for select institutional investors. The Fund is a true “triple bottom-line fund” that offers investors an opportunity to transform urban and economic development areas in their states, regions and cities while achieving an attractive return on their investment by prioritizing diversity in the asset types and locations in order to maximize returns. Mr. Sykes is responsible for the supervision of the partnership equity placement, the identification of investments and the day-to-day business operations of the USA Fund.
Learn more about the Urban Strategy America Fund here: http://www.usa-fund.com
Mr. Sykes combines his professional training and hands-on experience in the areas of development, design and construction to create customized responses to the complex issues of urban real estate development. His approach is grounded in the bottom-line driven perspective gained during his tenure as a member of Federal Reserve Bank, Lehman Brothers REIT, Fleet Bank and BankBoston’s First Community Bank Advisory Boards and various other for-profit and nonprofit board affiliations. His combination of business and community-based experience allow him to bridge the competing concerns that sometimes block urban projects from moving forward. His specialty is the creation of urban mixed-use developments. Kirk is a graduate of Cornell (B’arch) and a member of the Cornell Real Estate Council. USA Fund is a New Boston Real Estate Fund, which includes a number of Cornellians and Program in Real Estate graduates among its leadership.
Kirk will provide insight into the “triple bottom line” approach taken at Urban Strategy America as part of his prepared remarks on REAL ESTATE VENTURES WITHIN AN URBAN & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MISSION.