Category: Blog
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Trump Is Moving to Bar Wall Street Firms From Buying Single-Family Homes. Here’s What That Would Mean for Affordability
Time Magazine Article Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, provides opinions of President Trump’s executive order restricting institutional investors from buying single-family homes, arguing that the policy rests on a misreading of what is actually driving unaffordability. In a recent Time Magazine feature, Norman…
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Commercial Real Estate’s Hopes and Fears about Mamdani’s New York: “A Lot of Virtue Signalling Going On”
The Real Deal Article Link New York’s commercial real estate elite gathered at NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate’s Capital Markets Conference in December 2025 with one question dominating the room: what does Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani mean for the city’s property market? The verdict was cautiously optimistic but laced with…
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CRE Braces for Increased Costs From Fed Changes: NYU Schack Panelists
Commercial Observer Article Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, co-hosted the Institute’s 58th Annual Capital Markets Conference, an event that stands as a testament to the platform he has built, one that regularly draws Wall Street’s most influential voices to wrestle with the questions…
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Conversations, AI, Refinancing Win Big at Commercial Observer’s Breakthrough Awards
Commercial Observer Article Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, took centre stage as emcee at Commercial Observer’s 3rd Annual Breakthrough Awards, bringing his trademark blend of academic perspective and industry fluency to one of commercial real estate’s most prominent annual gatherings. Held at 7…
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NYU Schack Special Report: No Credit Bubble Yet
Commercial Property Executive Article Link Marc Norman and the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate once again convened the industry’s most influential voices at the 58th Annual Conference on Capital Markets, providing the forum for a timely and closely watched debate: is the flood of private credit into commercial real…
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Private Real Estate Investors Divided over NYC Revival
PERE Article Link Marc Norman and NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate once again set the stage for one of the industry’s most candid conversations, as the Institute’s real estate capital markets conference in Midtown became the backdrop for a pointed debate about whether New York City is truly back,…
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The Long History of Issues Between Trump and the Pritzer Family
Straight Arrow News Article Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, brings valuable business context to what looks on the surface like a political feud, tracing the friction between President Trump and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker back to its real estate origins decades before either…
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The American Mall’s Decline is Leading to Sweetened Real Estate Deals for Local Business Owners
CNBC Article Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, offers a clear-eyed read on what the wave of chain store bankruptcies and retail closures actually means for the commercial real estate landscape: challenge for landlords, and unexpected opportunity for small businesses. In a recent CNBC…
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Andrew Yang, Marc Norman & Don Peebles talk NYC Mayoral Election and Building More Housing in NYC
The Real Deal Panel Youtube Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, joined Don Peebles of Peebles Corporation and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang at a Real Deal panel to take stock of what New York City’s mayoral race means for the property market, and…
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Talking New York Real Estate with Vince Rocco: Real Estate Education, Coaching & Mentoring
Talking New York Real Estate – More Network Youtube Link Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, joined host Vince Roco on Talking New York Real Estate to make the case that succeeding in this city’s property market takes more than a licence – it takes…