Foundation News

Heartland Real Estate Business: Cornell & Fordham Universities Win Eisenberg Foundation’s Virtual Real Estate Challenge

April 22, 2021

Student groups from 11 universities competed in the 11th annual Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation Real Estate Challenge on Saturday, April 10 to create a hypothetical master plan for a five-parcel site in Chicago’s South Side Woodlawn community. Cornell University won the undergraduate division and Fordham University won the graduate division. Each university was awarded $5,000 […]

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Press Release: ELEVEN TEAMS COMPETE IN EISENBERG FOUNDATION’S ‘VIRTUAL’ REAL ESTATE CHALLENGE

April 19, 2021
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Connect Media: Eisenberg Foundation’s Real Estate Challenge Draws Biggest Field Yet

March 23, 2021

The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation’s 11th Annual Real Estate Challenge is tasking 14 collegiate teams from across the country with creating a hypothetical master plan for a five-parcel site in Woodlawn, near the Obama Presidential Center’s future home.

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Press Release: Eisenberg Foundation Tasks Student Teams With Vision For Next ‘Great Street of Chicago’

March 22, 2021
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Foundation Newsletter- Winter 2021

March 4, 2021
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REAL Bright Night featuring keynote speakers Penny Pritzker and Sam Zell

REJournals: REAL Bright Summit raises over $400,000, impacts hundreds of student/CRE professionals

February 22, 2021
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REJournals: Eisenberg Foundation announces 11th Annual Real Estate Challenge

February 19, 2021

The Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation announced its 11th Annual Real Estate Challenge. Student teams will be tasked with creating and conceptualizing a hypothetical development plan for a site on Chicago’s South Side in the Woodlawn neighborhood near the historic Jackson Park. The site is a short walk to the Museum of Science & Industry and the […]

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Press Release: 2021 Real Estate Challenge

February 18, 2021
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Connect Media: Sam Zell Expects Rebound for Office, Hospitality and Big-City Multifamily

February 1, 2021

Chicago’s own Sam Zell sees the future of certain commercial property sectors clouded by possible oversupply, but not so much by permanent shifts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Office use, hospitality and central-city apartments all will rebound, while the industry icon sees potential for oversupply in a couple of currently hot sectors. That’s among the […]

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Exclusive REAL Bright Night Interviews with Penny Pritzker & Sam Zell!

January 28, 2021

See the exclusive interviews with Penny Pritzker (PSP Partners) and Sam Zell (Equity Group Investments) from our REAL Bright Night celebration event, part of the REAL Bright Summit. Penny Pritzker was interviewed by Hanna Oimoen, Associate at Pritzker Realty Group and Associate Board Member of the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation. Click the button below to […]

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