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David Geltner is a Professor of Real Estate Finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. He held the George Macomber Chair and has served as the Academic Director of the MIT Center for Real Estate from 2003 to 2008, and as the faculty chair of MIT’s Master of Science in Real Estate Development program from 2008 to 2014. Geltner is a lead author of the widely cited textbook 'Commercial Real Estate Analysis & Investments'. In recognition of his excellence and influence in real estate investment research, he received the prestigious Graaskamp Award from the U.S. Pension Real Estate Association in 2011. Geltner has held significant roles including Academic Advisor for the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries and Director of MIT’s Commercial Real Estate Data Laboratory, where he developed groundbreaking commercial property price investment performance indices. His academic contributions include teaching real estate investments and finance since 1989 and conducting influential research published in leading journals. Geltner received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Civil Engineering, focusing on infrastructure finance and economics, along with degrees in urban studies from Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Michigan.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Professor of Real Estate Finance in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.