The Real Estate Finance Initiative at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business is hosting a discussion on real estate capital markets featuring Barry Sternlicht, founder and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, at its annual Luminaries Series event Wednesday, April 23.
Barry Sternlicht formed Starwood Capital Group, a the private investment firm, in 1991. The firm focuses on global real estate, hotel management, oil and gas, energy infrastructure, and securities trading. Over the past 23 years, he has structured investments with an asset value of approximately $47 billion and Starwood Capital’s funds have invested in approximately 70,000 multifamily/condo units, 2,200 hotels, 44 million square feet of office properties, 39 million square feet of retail, and 46,000 lots of land in residential subdivisions.Sternlicht’s interview, which will be facilitated by Michael Kirby, co-founder, chairman, and director of research for Green Street Advisors, and Steven Wechsler, president and CEO of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), will be held at the Fisher Colloquium, Rafik B. Hariri Building on 37th and O Streets.
Following the interview, a panel discussion on return outside the United States will be held. Panelists include Sonny Kalsi, Founder and Partner, GreenOak Capital; Ronald Kravit, Head of Real Estate Investing, Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management; and Adam Metz, Managing Director and Head of International Real Estate, The Carlyle Group. The panel discussion will be moderated by Matthew Cypher, professor of the practice and director of the Georgetown McDonough Real Estate Finance Initiative.
You can register for the event online here.