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CRE Alumni Present at REit Initiative Mexico Conference
CRE Alumni-studded panels at the first REit Initiative Mexico Conference in Mexico City March 9, 2017. MIT/CRE’s Head of Industry Relations Steve Weikal (MSRED ’08) delivered the opening keynote “Innovation and Technology: New Pieces of the Real Estate Puzzle”. The theme of the event was Disrupting Real Estate: innovation + technology and the Industry’s Future.
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Steve was joined by MSRED alums Avi Spielman (MSRED ’16), who participated on panel about Real Estate Blockchain, and Fernanda Sanchez (MSRED ’17), who moderated a panel on innovative senior housing for Mexico. The conference, presented by Urban Land Institute (ULI), was attended by over 350 industry leaders from across Mexico.
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