Five graduate students in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), one studying architecture and four in the Baker Program in Real Estate, entered the Kellogg Real Estate Venture Competition this year and were awarded first place among 28 entries from different teams nationwide. The venture competition was held in tandem with the annual conference hosted by the Guthrie Center for Real Estate Research at Northwestern University. Entries were by invitation only and provided an opportunity for students to pitch to a high-profile panel of judges for cash and in-kind prizes.

The interdisciplinary Cornell team included real estate students Evin Blatt, Muhammad Mahardhika, Kelly (Ying Shan) Ng, and Kai Yang (all M.P.S. RE '25) and advanced architecture design student Jihoon Kim (M.S. AAD '25). Their project, 15th Commons, received the top cash prize of $15K and $75K in in-kind venture incubation services from the Marks Center for Entrepreneurship. This is the first time a team from Cornell has received first place in the competition's 11-year history.

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