Related Companies’ Post

As summer nears its close, Related Companies said thank you and farewell to our 2024 class of summer interns. We were pleased to have 36 summer interns this year across four cities, who came from superb schools ranging from Columbia, NYU, Fordham, and Stony Brook here in New York, to Stanford, MIT, University of Michigan (Go Blue!), Northwestern and even as far away as the University of St Andrews. For ten weeks, they fully immersed themselves within our teams across development, construction, affordable and market-rate housing, architecture and design, marketing, and finance. Like many of our executives, I had a chance to spend substantive (and fun) time with this smart and entrepreneurial group of students, and I fully expect we’ll be welcoming a couple of them to join the Related team when they have concluded their studies. But I want to share the broader message that I gave these students as they begin their job search and asked how to think about the early part of their careers. There is so much pressure for students coming out of school today to land at the biggest name companies. But I truly believe the most important consideration when you are starting your career is the quality and expertise of the person you are going to work under each day. That’s the person that’s going to teach you and mentor you.