Welcome! My name is Soon Hyeok (Steve) Choi.

I am an Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance at the Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology.

New!

• It is an honor to be appointed as Director of Research Outreach for Real Estate Economics (REE), the premier journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA)

• Pricing Government Contract Risk Premia: Evidence from the 2025 Federal Lease Terminations with Cameron LaPoint (Yale)

• The Importance of Networks for Career Success: Evidence from the Real Estate Industry with Patrick Smith (UNC Charlotte) & Ali Tosyali (RIT)

Media Coverage!

• Federal Government Lease Terminations Hitting CMBS (Hollier, 2025) by Inside Mortgage Finance

Upcoming!

• 19th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association

• Miami University Finance & Real Estate Conference

• UNC CREDA Real Estate Research Symposium

Recent!

• Does Your First Handshake Really Matter? (Op-Ed Column)

• The Illusion of Stability: Rethinking the Risks of the Safest Tenant in Commercial Real Estate (Op-Ed Column)