Join us for an engaging conversation with Professor Sam Chandan, Director of the Chao-Hon Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance, as he shares his latest insights on economic trends, infrastructure priorities, and the real estate outlook across the US and France —offering a forward-looking perspective on what to expect in 2026 and beyond. The program will be moderated by Stacy Meichtry, BA 2001, Paris Bureau Chief at the Wall Street Journal. The conversation will be followed by a reception with drinks and light bites.

This event is complimentary. You are welcome to register with a guest.

Speaker Bios:

Sam Chandan is Director of the Chao-Hon Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business, home to the school’s applied real estate research initiatives, industry and policy engagement, and undergraduate and MBA real estate programs. Prior to joining Stern in February 2022, Professor Chandan was the Larry & Klara Silverstein Chair and academic dean of the Schack Institute of Real Estate at the NYU School of Professional Studies. 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 on Apple Podcasts. Professor Chandan holds editorial board appointments with the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics; Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Finance World; and, Summit Journal. He currently serves as a chair of the International Well Building Institute’s Health Equity Advisory Board. He received his BSc in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, MA in Economics and MSc in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and PhD in Applied Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Stacy Meichtry is The Wall Street Journal’s bureau chief in Paris, where he writes about French politics and business. He also steers coverage of climate policy and the global luxury goods industry. He was previously the Journal's Italy correspondent. He shared an Overseas Press Club award for coverage of the eurozone’s debt crisis and a New York Press Club award for coverage of the Nov. 13, 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. He is co-author of "Pope Francis: From the End of the Earth to Rome."