Treks

Conversations with real estate industry leaders and tours of major properties.

The Treks Committee organizes small group trips to top real estate firms and property sites throughout the year. Some recent Trek highlights have included NYC, Philadelphia, Dubai and Chicago. Trek applications are open to all members of WUREC.

Trek Highlights

New York City

Silverstein Properties, Brookfield & Vornado

Members visited the top floor of 3 World Trade Center to meet executives from Silverstein Properties, took a tour of Manhattan West with Brookfield's Development Team, and met with executives from Vornado Realty Trust about their transformative PENN 1 office development.

NYC 11.2021

New York City

Howard Hughes, Silverstein, JEMB & Brookfield

Members visited Howard Hughes, Larry Silverstein of Silverstein Properties, JEMB and Brookfield.

New York City

Tishman Speyer, JP Morgan & Oz Management

Members met with Jerry Speyer of Tishman Speyer Properties, visited JP Morgan's Global Real Assets Division and Oz Management.

Philadelphia

Brandywine Realty Trust & Rubenstein Partners

Members met with the CEO of Brandywine Realty Trust, Jerry Sweeney, and toured the Wanamaker Building with Rubenstein Partners.

New York City · Finance Trek

Silverstein, Thor Equities & WeWork

Members met with the CEO of Silverstein Properties, a New York Times real estate reporter, representatives from Thor Equities, and the real estate finance team at WeWork.

Chicago

Walton Street Capital, SOM & Ventas

Members met with Sam Zell and Brett Rose at Walton Street Capital; Iana Kolev at SOM; Ray Lewis at Ventas REIT; and representatives at The Trump, Chicago.