# Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh cites the growing real estate job market for MBAs; MBA students David Gleitman and Alex Lebowitz are featured

1 School News January 10, 2016 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025699.jpg?itok=5SpaxEbn)>

Excerpt from the [Financial Times](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/5b128f44-9dcb-11e5-b45d-4812f209f861.html#axzz3wx8PGdgZ) -- "'A lot more pension funds and sovereign wealth funds dramatically expanded their portfolios into real estate,' says [Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stijn-van-nieuwerburgh), professor of finance at NYU Stern. This expansion is creating jobs in real estate beyond being a developer or landlord on the ground. 'Employers are contacting me daily to circulate positions among our real estate students,' he says."

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