Syracuse, NY, November 1, 2018– Earlier this past month, Orange Real Estate Group members and Syracuse University students and staff attended the Urban Land Institute conference in Boston. Held on October 8-11, the conference was primarily focused on networking and making connections to leaders from all branches of the real estate industry.
The conference attendees represented a cross section of the real estate industry and gave an opportunity to make good impressions and converse with high level executives. “The ULI organization offered a lot of different opportunities to connect with other attendees such as: panel discussions, networking lunch, and fun events like a boat tour of the Boston bay which was awesome,” said Mitch McColl, OREG member and SU Sophomore. “Those who had been in the business for some time were enthusiastic and willing to talk to ambitious youth and to help in any way they can to invest in future development. The conference also hosted many other institutions and people not only directly involved with real estate, but also government officials, non-profit company owners, and many other fields of the industry that provided an interdisciplinary population of attendees in the building.
In addition to the students in attendance, Dr. Greg Arcuri, Syracuse University Whitman School of Management professor and OREG
Chairman, was also in attendance and stressed the importance of taking advantage of the opportunities provided at the conference. “It really benefits the people and the club. We were with approximately 6000 key individuals across the country from every sector of the real estate industry,” said Dr. Arcuri. “The club got to speak with important members which opened a lot of doors for internships and the conference also provided networking opportunities for the club and for the students.”
The conference was a big step forward for the Orange Real Estate Group and allowed the club to move into their first project. For some the conference was a new experience. “It was my first real networking experience with people in the actual workforce and I learned a lot about real world business that you can’t learn in a classroom,” said Mitch McColl.
