On October 7, REFA is hosting James Clayton, Ph.D, vice president of Research at Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, LLC a Hartford-based global real estate investment adviser with affiliate and subsidiary offices in the U.S., UK, Europe and Asia. Cornerstone provides core and value-added investment and advisory services, including a comprehensive suite of real estate debt, equity and securities expertise, to institutional and other qualified investors around the globe. Cornerstone is a member of the MassMutual Financial Group.
At Cornerstone, Clayton is responsible for monitoring and forecasting real estate and capital market trends and delivering applied research and strategic thought pieces to the firm's leadership and investor clients. Prior to joining Cornerstone in December 2008, he was the director of research at the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA). Before joining PREA in 2006, Clayton held faculty positions at the University of Cincinnati and Saint Mary's University (in Halifax, Nova Scotia) and was an instructor at the University of British Columbia.
He is currently an adjunct professor in the real estate program in the School of Business at the University of Connecticut, and also teaches in executive education programs for NAIOP and the Real Property Association of Canada (REALpac).