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Our IRES colleague Stanley McGreal, Professor Emeritus at Ulster University, died unexpectedly in July. Stan played a key role in the growth and development of both ERES and IRES.

Stan joined the then Ulster Polytechnic in 1978 and was instrumental in establishing the international reputation of Ulster University in real estate education and research. Stanley played a leading role in the development of the applied real estate research program at UU at a time when such industry & policy focused applied research was not the norm in Europe.

Stan published over 300 journal papers, book chapters and reports, accumulating over 6,000 citations along the way. Furthermore, Stanley published across a wide range of topics. While housing work was often to the fore, Stan also published groundbreaking work looking at the role of property markets in urban regeneration. Stan captured the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of real estate as well as anyone. He also always sought to emphasise the implications of research findings to the wide variety of stakeholders involved, including policy makers, investors, developers and individual homeowners and renters. Stanley’s contribution to real estate research also went far beyond his own personal work. As well as being on the editorial boards of several journals, Stan was key in the establishment and development of the Journal of European Real Estate Research, serving as its managing editor from 2009 to 2017.

Stan was a regular attendee ERES, ARES and PRRES conferences. His long-standing affection for Australia was strengthened by his visiting position at the University of South Australia.

Stanley played a significant role in the development of IRES. He was also at the centre of the attempts to establish a regional society covering the Middle East and North Africa. During his career, Stan received the ERES Achievement Award (2006) and Service Award (2024), IRES Service Award (2007) and Achievement Award (2017), and the PRRES Achievement Award (2018).

Stanley encouraged collaboration between researchers across the world. In particular, he was always generous with his time with early career researchers. You could guarantee that Stan would be present at ARES, ERES and PRRES doctoral sessions. Just as with the PhD graduates from the Ulster University, many people from across the world benefited from the quiet and insightful advice Stan would often provide.

Our deepest sympathy is extended to Stan’s friends and colleagues at Ulster University and to his family, especially his daughter Barbara and son Bryan.

He, and his wife Irene, will be sorely missed and we would like to remind him as a friend and colleague, through our best images.

On behalf of the Officers and Board Directors.

Prof. Paloma Taltavull, IRES Webmaster

Dr. Karen M. Gibler, IRES Executive Director.

Irene Elizabeth McGreal (née Gillender)

IRES is saddened to announce that Irene McGreal, wife of IRES past-president Professor Dr. Stanley McGreal, passed away peacefully on 18^th March, 2023. She was the loving mother of Barbara and Bryan, and devoted granny to Finn and Harry. In life she lived for those she loved and those she loved remember.

The IRES leaders feel a tremendous sense of loss with Irene’s passing.  Her absence will be felt on the many continents where she participated in sister society conferences and touched the lives of many of our members.  We will sorely miss her laughter and sense of humor.

Family flowers only, donations if desired, direct to Friends of the Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital 51, Lisburn Rd, Belfast BT9 7AB or via Irene’s MuchLoved tribute page at www.mulhollandsfuneraldirectors.com

The international real estate research community mourns the loss of one our leaders, Dr. David Chan, President of the Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES) and member of the IRES Board of Directors, on 9 November 2022.

Prof. Chan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, a master’s degree in China laws from Jinan University, and a doctoral degree of management science in tourist management from Sun Yat-Sen University. He also completed an Advanced Management Programme from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. Dr. Chan had more than 30 years of experience in the hotels and resorts industry and previously held managerial roles in several international hotel chains, including Area Vice President of Grand Hyatt Guangzhou. In addition, he actively contributed to the development of the industry.

Dr. Chan became Professor and Director of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management in the Faculty of Business Administration at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2018 where he was highly respected and regarded as a peer, supervisor, leader, mentor, and friend. Dr. Chan joined the AsRES Board of Directors in 2019, became Vice President in 2020, President Elect in 2021, and President July 2022. He was also elected as one of the three AsRES representatives to the IRES. Board of Directors. He was also serving as President of the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress at the time of his death.

The international real estate research community mourns the loss of one our leaders, Prof. Dr. Emilio Haddad, former president of the Latin American Real Estate Society (LARES,) on July 2, 2022.

Son of immigrants who already lived in Brazil, Emilio Haddad was born in Lebanon when his parents were there visiting relatives. He graduated in Physics at University of São Paulo (USP), out of passion and in Civil Engineering at Escola Politécnica, out of vocation. He also studied at Stanford University and at University of California at Berkeley.  He completed his doctoral research at FAU –  Architecture and Urbanism School at University of São Paulo, focusing on the subdivision of cities in homogeneous zones, for planning purposes.  

Emilio started his career at Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas (IPT) in São Paulo, until, after his master’s degree abroad, he was invited to become a professor at FAU on urban planning techniques. In 1983, Emilio took office as a director of COHAB-SP, the São Paulo city housing company. In 1986 he left City government to become a director of the USP Campus Management Authority. He was responsible for the creation of graduate courses at FAU on Introduction to Real Estate Markets and Urban Planning Policy. He also coordinated an MBA program at FUPAM (a foundation supporting FAU), on real estate development.

More recently, after his retirement, Emilio coordinated a project on the real estate market in Paraisópolis, one of the largest favelas (slums) in São Paulo city.

A first moment enthusiast of LARES, Prof. Haddad was present on its activities since its out birth, in 1998. He participated on all LARES conferences since then, presenting papers, coordinating panels, helping in prize awarding, always supporting and stimulating students and fellow professors to join in. He represented LARES in many meetings of the sister societies and of IRES. He presided LARES on 2005 and was awarded with IRES service award in 2010.

His good humor, intelligence and positive attitude towards life will remain in the memories of all those who had the opportunity of having him as a friend and colleague. He will be sorely missed and we would like to remind him through some of our best images.

On behalf of the Officers and Board of Directors,

Dr. Karen M. Gibler, IRES Executive Director

Dr. Francois Viruly, IRES President

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