{"id":5760,"date":"2005-12-01T11:52:54","date_gmt":"2005-12-01T15:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=5760"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:04:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:04:53","slug":"first-herbert-a-wertheim-lecture-of-the-season-draws-nearly-one-hundred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2005\/12\/first-herbert-a-wertheim-lecture-of-the-season-draws-nearly-one-hundred\/","title":{"rendered":"First Herbert A. Wertheim lecture of the season draws nearly one hundred."},"content":{"rendered":"


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When Glenn J. Rufrano<\/strong> (MS Real Estate \u201974), CEO of New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc., gave the first Herbert A. Wertheim lecture of 2005-2006 on November 10, 2005 at Florida International University, he had an impressive audience: ninety-seven individuals, many of them finance and real estate students in the College, and Herbert A. Wertheim<\/strong> himself. <\/span><\/p>\n

Wertheim, a long-time supporter of the University and the College and member of the Florida International University Board of Trustees, endowed the lecture series in 1993 to bring distinguished speakers and experts in business leadership and entrepreneurship to campus to address the College\u2019s students.<\/p>\n

The title of this season\u2019s first lecture by alumnus Glenn J. Rufrano was \u201cPublic versus Private Pricing of Real Estate Investment Trusts.\u201d In addition to the lecture, guests were treated to lunch.<\/p>\n

Under Rufrano\u2019s leadership, New Plan, which he joined in 2000, has been transformed into one of the nation\u2019s largest public real estate companies, focusing on the ownership and management of more than 440 community and neighborhood shopping centers encompassing more than 63 million square feet of retail space.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis presentation was from the standpoint of modern real estate finance at an institutional level,\u201d said Paul Jones<\/strong> (BA Real Estate \u201978), president, Pyramid Realty Group and founder of the University\u2019s Real Estate Alumni Council\u2014now an Affinity Group of the Business Alumni Chapter. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was interested to hear about how he was diversifying his portfolio and reducing risk with a joint venture in Australia,\u201d said Craig Kirsner<\/strong> (MBA \u201904), senior financial analyst at Commercial Capital Resources, LLC, and vice president of the Real Estate Alumni Affinity Group. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jones agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cRufrano\u2019s work with an Australian firm demonstrated the wave of the future for real estate investors because the lowest cost of capital may not be domestic,\u201d he said. \u201cThe subject matter was a perfect introduction to the University\u2019s Master of Science in International Real Estate.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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From left, Florida International University Board of Trustees member and donor Herbert A. Wertheim<\/strong>, College Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam<\/strong>, and CEO of New Plan Excel Realty Trust Glenn J. Rufrano<\/strong> (MS Real Estate, \u201974). <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This new program offering will begin in January, 2006, at the College\u2019s Downtown Center, located in Macy*s Florida\u2019s corporate offices at 22 East Flagler Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe talk was amazing,\u201d said Bill Wilson<\/strong> (BA \u201904), who is working on his MBA with a concentration in finance. \u201cI felt as though I had walked into a working lunch with a professor who literally taught us. It was ideal because you realized that you don\u2019t have to be in a formal classroom to learn.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s assessment of Rufrano\u2019s teaching skill is accurate. Among his many accomplishments, he is an adjunct professor at New York University\u2019s Real Estate Institute, where he also serves on a number of boards.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to being very knowledgeable and approachable, he\u2019s one of our own,\u201d Jones said, \u201ca sterling alumnus with a phenomenal background.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRufrano is a great example of how our graduates succeed,\u201d said Wilson, who serves as liaison for the Council of 100, working within the Office of Corporate Relations in the Division of University Advancement. \u201cAs a student and employee, I was really happy to see that students get what they pay for when they choose our business school for their education.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Glenn J. Rufrano (MS Real Estate \u201974), CEO of New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc., gave the first Herbert A. Wertheim lecture of 2005-2006 on November 10, 2005 at Florida International University, he had an impressive audience: ninety-seven individuals, many of them finance and real estate students in the College, and Herbert A. Wertheim […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[285,500,677,1026,1093,2212,2215],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24498,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5760\/revisions\/24498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}