Urban Land Institute

A dedicated and passionate teacher, Dr. Tu has taught many courses at the graduate, undergraduate and professional levels. His expertise is in finance-related subjects, such as real estate finance and investment, asset management, capital markets, and financial modeling. Dr. Tu produced academic research in a wide range of topics, including housing valuation, smart growth and the new urbanism, sustainable and green buildings, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), real estate investment trusts (REITs), multifamily housing, retail shopping centers, and real estate education. He has also published with ULI. Dr. Tu received his PhD from George Washington University and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Margarita Kaprielyan, PhD. is an Associate Professor of Finance at Elon University. She teaches Financial Modeling with Excel and Real Estate Finance amongst other finance courses at Elon University. Her classes are designed for application of financial concepts in financial and real estate industries practice. She is also ARGUS Software Certified in ARGUS Enterprise (AE) and teaches AE software application at Elon. Her research covers investments, including mutual funds, mutual fund families, and the investor behavior towards different asset classes and asset class performance. In the area of corporate finance, she researches the topic of corporate divestment. She also serves as a private business consultant to small business start-ups, on topics such as valuation, budgeting, and operations. She earned her PhD in Finance from Florida Atlantic University in 2017.

Allan Kotin has over 50 years of experience in real estate economics with an emphasis on financial planning and redevelopment. He is proficient in transaction negotiation, financial structuring, and market assessment for developers, investors, lenders and public agencies. Entering the real estate field in 1963, Mr. Kotin held key positions with several major real estate consulting and strategic planning firms before founding Kotin, Regan & Mouchly, Inc. (KRM) in 1980. This firm operated from 1980 to 2001 under the names KRM, Sedway Kotin Mouchly Group, KMG Consulting, and PCR Kotin. Allan D. Kotin & Associates (ADK&A) was formed as one-man sole proprietorship in 2001. Mr. Kotin’s management responsibilities have included market research, feasibility analysis, development monitoring, and the strategic planning. Since 1980, Mr. Kotin has been actively involved in public private joint ventures, often acting as a key strategist and negotiator for public agencies in major redevelopment and asset management transactions. Within this area, Mr. Kotin developed particular expertise in participatory ground leasing, a topic on which he has lectured before several national associations of government officials. He has been a key member of lease negotiating teams on several of the largest ground lease transactions in Southern California, including Marina City Club at Marina del Rey, Hollywood Highland in Hollywood, Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center in Santa Barbara, and Monterey Marketplace in Rancho Mirage. In addition to consulting work, Mr. Kotin teaches and lectures widely. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy, where he teaches classes on public-private enterprise planning, the development approvals process, and real estate finance. Mr. Kotin has lectured at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and has taught real estate economics at the University of California School of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is a frequent lecturer, presenter, and panelist at conferences for the Urban Land Institute, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the former California Redevelopment Association, and other organizations. https://www.adkotin.com/