October 14, 2024

I’m pleased to announce that San Diego-based publisher Cognella has just released "Real Estate Capital Markets: Evolution, Structure, Participants” a book I’ve co-authored with Tino Korologos, CRE and Merrie Frankel. I’m updating my biographical information to be consistent with that publication.
Hugh heads his own consulting practice, Hugh F. Kelly Real Estate Economics, which serves the private sector, governmental organizations, and not‐for‐profit agencies.
Hugh served as the Board Chair of the Counselors of Real Estate in 2014, and in November 2019 received the CRE’s highest honor, the Landauer/White Award for his professional achievements and for his civic and non-profit community work. He served six years as Board President of the affordable housing agency of Brooklyn/Queens Catholic Charities, and is presently a vice-chair of the diocese’s real assets management board.
Hugh’s book 24-Hour Cities: Real Investment Performance, Not Just Promises (Routledge) won the Gold Award for books from the National Association of Real Estate Editors in 2017.
Hugh was the lead author of Emerging Trends in Real Estate from 2015 to 2020, and of Integra Realty Resources Viewpoint from 2017 to 2024. His columns on economics and real estate appeared regularly in Commercial Property Executive and The Appraisal Journal.
Kelly earned his B.A. in philosophy (magna cum laude) from Cathedral College (Douglaston, New York) and his Ph.D. in real estate and the built environment at the University of Ulster, (Belfast, Northern Ireland).
Hugh taught from 1984 to 2016 at NYU’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, where he earn the rank of full Clinical Professor. From 2017 to 2021 he helped Fordham University establish its Masters Degree program in Real Estate.