
Charles F. Wu
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Charles Wu has been investing in institutional real estate since 1985. He recently retired from his role as Managing Director and founding partner of BayNorth Capital, a Boston-based private real estate equity firm. BayNorth and its affiliates had invested approximately $2.6 billion of equity capital for over $10 billion of real estate for 45 institutional clients. Investments included equity, participating debt, joint ventures, land acquisitions and partnerships.
Prior to co-founding BayNorth Capital in July 2004, Charlie co-founded the private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners in July 1998. He was a Managing Director of its predecessor firm, Harvard Private Capital Group, the private equity and real estate investment unit of Harvard Management Company. Before joining Harvard Private Capital in 1995, Charlie was a Managing Director at Aldrich Eastman & Waltch, where he directed the restructuring group and was a portfolio manager. Prior to AEW, Charlie worked at Morgan Stanley in their corporate finance department.
Charlie has an MBA, with distinction, and a BA, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University.
Charlie serves on the Facilities and Capital Planning Committee for the Harvard Corporation and is a Trustee of Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He was a founding Board member of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, a past President of the Newton Schools Foundation, and was recently appointed by Governor Baker to the five school University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees. He is also a Board member of the University of Massachusetts Building Authority.
- Cases and Teaching Materials
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- Wu, Charles F., Marie Archibald, Will Begley, Maya Kazamel, and Ryan Lee. "Amazon and the Concrete Jungle." Harvard Business School Case 221-013, November 2020. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., Moe Bakri, Mimi DiSipio, Clay Macfarlane, Sam Rashin, and Baruch Shemtov. "Love It or List It: An Aging Asset on Sixth Ave." Harvard Business School Case 221-004, January 2021. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., and Sean Bracken. "Love It or List It: An Aging Asset on Sixth Ave." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 221-022, January 2021. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., Mariana Cal, and Fernanda Miguel. "Experiencya Cuba: Two Entrepreneurs in Havana." Harvard Business School Case 220-024, August 2019. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., Levi Abramson, Anne Jacobs, and Briana Richardson. "Lovango Cay: Developing a Boutique Resort in the U.S. Virgin Islands." Harvard Business School Case 220-008, July 2019. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., Mo Gulamhusein, Ryan Liu, Wande Olabisi, Mahek Mehta, Anna Ponting, and Yingjia Wang. "The Ford Foundation: Creating Alpha with Affordable Housing?" Harvard Business School Case 220-010, August 2019. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., and Arthur R. O. Sobral. "Kev McDonald Had Some Land..." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 219-054, October 2018. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., and Arthur R. O. Sobral. "Brooklyn Lodgers: 78 South Third St., Brooklyn, NY." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 219-023, August 2018. (Revised August 2018.) View Details
- Wu, Charles F. "A Green Forest Grows in Brooklyn: Joint Venturing with the Chinese." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 219-011, August 2018. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., Teddy Blank, Chris Grenga, Carlotta Weller, and Curtis Wu. "Cannabis: Growing Profits for Real Estate." Harvard Business School Case 219-028, August 2018. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., Jackie Bereiter, and Signe Conway. "Brooklyn Lodgers: 78 South Third St., Brooklyn, NY." Harvard Business School Case 219-022, August 2018. (Revised December 2019.) View Details
- Wu, Charles F., Max de la Bruyére, and Gregory D. Himmel. "National Storage Affiliates: The REIT IPO Decision." Harvard Business School Case 219-026, August 2018. (Revised September 2018.) View Details
- Wu, Charles F., and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Miami Price: Bidding on an Iconic Transit-Oriented Development Site." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-082, May 2018. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., Aaron Stolear, Vitali Bourchtein, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Miami Price: Bidding on an Iconic Transit-Oriented Development Site." Harvard Business School Case 218-034, September 2017. (Revised December 2019.) View Details
- Wu, Charles F. "A Green Forest Grows in Brooklyn: Joint Venturing with the Chinese." Harvard Business School Case 218-010, July 2017. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., and Alexander W. Schultz. "SOHO China: Transformation in Progress." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 217-034, January 2017. View Details
- Wu, Charles F. "Real Estate in China: A Technical Note for SOHO China." Harvard Business School Technical Note 217-029, September 2016. (Revised February 2017.) View Details
- Wu, Charles F. "SOHO China: Transformation in Progress." Harvard Business School Case 217-023, September 2016. (Revised January 2017.) View Details
- Wu, Charles F., and Alexander W. Schultz. "Songy 2011: Restructuring to Survive (Or, Surviving to Restructure?)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 217-014, August 2016. View Details
- Wu, Charles F. "Songy 2011: Restructuring to Survive (or, Surviving to Restructure?)." Harvard Business School Case 217-012, August 2016. (Revised February 2017.) View Details
- Wu, Charles F., and Daniel Woodbury. "To Buy or What to Buy: Your First Home." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 216-011, August 2015. (Revised January 2016.) View Details
- Wu, Charles F., Steven Hirsch, Beatrice Liem, Kevin Ryan, and Derrick Snyder. "To Buy or What to Buy: Your First Home." Harvard Business School Case 215-080, June 2015. (Revised January 2016.) View Details
- Wu, Charles F., and Ben Eppler. "Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 215-029, October 2014. View Details
- Wu, Charles F., and Joseph Beyer. "Overview of Senior Housing in the United States." Harvard Business School Technical Note 215-005, August 2014. (Revised August 2015.) View Details
- Wu, Charles F., and Joseph Beyer. "Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living." Harvard Business School Case 215-003, July 2014. (Revised May 2015.) View Details
- Wu, Charles F., and Arthur I Segel. "Technical Note on Financial Leverage in Real Estate." Harvard Business School Technical Note 208-041, August 2007. (Revised April 2012.) View Details