The Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University has announced that it has partnered with Fred Sands, to create the Fred Sands Institute of Real Estate. Sands is one of California’s most successful real estate industry icons and chairs and is sole owner of Vintage Real Estate, LLC, which acquires and revitalizes regional malls across the nation.
Mr. Sands has also served as the chairman of California’s second largest real estate and financial services company, which was sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. He also currently chairs Vintage Fund Management, LLC, which invests in growth companies and historically has generated returns that would place it in the top quartile of comparable private equity firms and is the founder and current president of the Museum of Contemporary Art.
The new Fred Sands Institute of Real Estate will help to complete the Graziadio School’s MBA and business education resources. The institute will be anchored by an endowed chair occupied by the institute’s director. In the future, the Institute will host regional and national real estate conferences, a Fred Sands Fellows program and will have a master’s degree and certificate opportunities for students.
The Sands Institute will create programs and opportunities that will engage students and real estate professionals at both practical and policy levels. Conferences will explore real estate development trends and best practices, acquisitions, the brokerage business, financing opportunities, and other important industry related topics.
“In endowing this dynamic institute, Fred Sands affirms with us that real estate is far more than a business transaction,” said Pepperdine president Andrew K. Benton. “Real estate speaks to the heart and soul of America and what defines this country as an exceptional nation.”