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Leanne Lachman

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Office: 209 Uris
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Executive-in-Residence
Executives in Residence Program

Executive-in-Residence
The Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate


BA, University of Southern California, MA, Claremont Graduate University

Teaching and research interests

M. Leanne Lachman is president of Lachman Associates, an independent real estate consulting company. Previously, Ms. Lachman spent 13 years as a partner at Schroder Real Estate Associates, a boutique real estate manager that was acquired by Lend Lease, a global institutional investment manager, where she spent four years. Her early career was with Real Estate Research Corporation, where she served as chief executive officer. A highly sought after speaker and widely published author of books and articles on the real estate industry, Ms. Lachman is also a member of the Urban Land Institute and a governor of the Urban Land Foundation, a director of Lincoln National Corporation and a trustee of Liberty Property Trust. She received her BA from the University of Southern California and her MA from Claremont Graduate University. Areas of interest: real estate, demographics (U.S. and global trends). corporate governance, and offshoring.

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