2007 ING Clarion Award Finalists Announced

The Cornell Real Estate Review is pleased to announce that three graduate student submissions from University of California - Berkeley, Cornell University, and University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School) have been selected as finalists for the ING Clarion 'Most Outstanding Article Award' for 2007.

Janice Dornbush - ‘Japanese Real Estate: Does the government help or hinder development?’ (Dual Degree Candidate: MBA Wharton School/MA Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania)

Richard Kennedy (in collaboration with Richard Baker of National Realty & Development Corp) - ‘Private Equity Goes Retail’ (Master’s Candidate: Program in Real Estate, Cornell University)

Kristin Perkins - ‘The Future of Limited Equity Cooperatives’ (Master of City Planning Candidate, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley

The finalists’ articles have been forwarded on to a subcommittee chaired by the Director of the Program in Real Estate at Cornell University with Award recipients announced in May. According to Chris de Mestre, CRER-Executive Editor, there has been significant interest in the award in 2007 with an influx of submission as the March 30, 2007 deadline approached.

“We are very pleased with the response that the ING Clarion Award has generated,” said de Mestre. “The Award has proven to be a significant draw card for submissions and, with the support of ING Clarion, represents a distinguished recognition for scholarly work within the realm of real estate.”

The CRER editorial staff would like to extend their congratulations to the finalists. The winning article will be published in the upcoming edition of the Cornell Real Estate Review and all of the finalists’ articles will be available from the CRER website.

The ‘ING Clarion Most Outstanding Article Award’ would not be possible without the generous support of ING Clarion. The award is granted each year to the student with the most distinguished article that appears in the Cornell Real Estate Review. The award recognizes and encourages professional excellence in the study and practice of real estate. Nominees must be enrolled full-time in a Masters Degree or PhD in a field directly related to real estate.

A full description of description of the ING Clarion Award is available at the CRER Website.