Ryan Hagerty
experience
enterprise innovation institute
pkf consulting
city of ocean city
shanghai centre
aig global real estate
c. talanian real estate
campion and co.
era martin surette
shanghai centre
While studying Chinese at Fudan University, I was able to formally research Shanghai’s real estate market and learn the various components of asset management.  Shanghai Centre is China’s premier mixed-use development with the Portman Ritz-Carlton, 400 full service apartments, office space, luxury retailing, and fine dining.  My largest project included researching and writing a market survey of full-service apartments in Shanghai for both use in reports and presentations to investors and to better position Shanghai Centre in the weakening market.  I also had the opportunity to work directly with both expatriate managers and local staff to understand the management and operations—finance, marketing, engineering, and sales—of a Chinese real estate operating company. 

Beyond real estate, Shanghai Centre was a great opportunity to work with people from around the world.   English was the official language of the office, but I was able to work with locals on my Chinese and help to improve their written and spoken English.  For more of my experiences and observation of life in a Chinese office, please check out my blog post.