Sam Chandan Director of the Center for Real Estate Finance NYU Stern
D. Sam Chandan, PhD is the Larry & Klara Silverstein Chair and Academic Dean of NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate. He is also founder of Chandan Economics, an economic advisory and data science firm serving the institutional real estate industry, a contributor to Forbes, and host of the Urban Lab Podcast and the Real Estate Hour on SiriusXM Business Radio, the latter airing in special editions. His current research is focussed on the urban epidemiology of microbial diseases and the preparedness of systemically important urban areas in managing novel public health threats.
Dean Chandan’s commentary on commercial and residential real estate markets and the broader economy has been featured regularly in national and global press, including the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, CNBC, and Bloomberg. Among his recent publications, he is the editor and co-author of Real Estate Financing, published by PEI, and the lead investigator for Regulatory Design and Real Outcomes, a major study on the regulation of commercial real estate lending commissioned by the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC).
Moreover, Dean Chandan’s applied research is focused on commercial real estate capital markets and risk analytics, as well as long term changes in space use patterns and the impact of these changes on cities. Dean Chandan presents regular updates on commercial real estate lending trends to US and global regulators, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). He holds an honorary appointment as the Economist Laureate of the Real Estate Lenders Association and has served on the real estate advisory council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
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Dean Chandan received his PhD in Applied Economics from the Wharton School and was a Doctoral Scholar in the Economics Department at Princeton University. In addition to real estate, his academic work has focused on issues relating to school access, poverty reduction, and development economics. In addition to his doctorate. He holds graduate degrees in economics and engineering and an undergraduate degree in economics, finance, and public policy.
Dean Chandan was previously the Laurence and Susan Hirsch Adjunct Associate Professor of Real Estate. At the Wharton School. In addition, a visiting professor on the faculty of the Economics Department at Dartmouth College. Prior to founding Chandan Economics, Dean Chandan was Global Chief Economist and Executive Vice President at Real Capital Analytics (RCA). During his tenure as Chief Economist and Senior Vice President at Reis (NASDAQ:REIS). Furthermore, he was part of the executive team that took the company public.
Academic Credentials (In Order of Precedence)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Applied Economics, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- Doctoral Scholar, Economics Department, Princeton University (2002-2003)
- Firstly, Master of Public Health, Epidemiology (MPH). Yale School of Public Health (Division of the Yale School of Medicine). Yale University (In Progress)
- Master of Science, Infectious Diseases (MSc), University of London (In Progress)
- Master of Science in Engineering (MSc), School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania
- Lastly, Master of Arts, Applied Economics (MA), The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- Bachelor of Science in Economics (BSc), The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
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Sam Chandan Director of the Center for Real Estate Finance NYU Stern
NYU Stern – Sam Chandan – Director, NYU Stern Center for Real Estate Finance Research
