Jack Corgel, Ph.D

Jack Corgel (President, Cordial Hotel Property Research) serves as consultant to CBRE Hotels Research where he helps the firm manage and develop products for the hotel industry based on property-level financial and real estate performance information. His work includes the preparation of short, data-driven articles (Hotel Currents) on issues and questions facing participants in the U.S. hotel industry and he makes contributions to the team’s advisory assignments.

Prior to retirement from the faculty at Cornell University, Corgel held the Robert C. Baker Professorship in Real Estate and was the Director of Graduate Studies for the Baker Program in Real Estate. After receiving a Ph.D. degree from the University of Georgia in real estate and corporate finance, he held faculty positions in business schools at major universities before joining Cornell where he retains emeritus status.

Corgel published over 80 articles in academic and professional journals, mainly on the subjects of real estate finance, investment, valuation, and hospitality real estate. His research appeared in the most prestigious journals in real estate (Real Estate Economics), urban economics (Journal of Urban Economics), insurance (Journal of Risk and Insurance), business law (Journal of the American Business Law Association), and hospitality management (Cornell Quarterly and International Journal of Hospitality Management). In addition, he has written for nearly every national journal read by real estate professionals. His textbook, Real Estate Perspectives, was used throughout the nation for introductory real estate courses.