Name: Louis Moskowitz
Title: Senior Associate Broker - Retail Services
Company: GFI Realty Services
Location: 50 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10004
Place of birth: Bronx, NY. Grew up on Ave. A (Alphabet City) in Manhattan which instilled a solid "street smart" foundation to my life
Family: Married to Audrey Klein - graduate of The French Culinary Institute. Children Jennifer and Seth-married to Carrie, and Alexander Henry (grandson)
College: Queens College - CUNY, BA - Communications Arts and Sciences
First job unrelated to your current field: Actuarial assistant - New York Life Insurance Co.
First job in current field: Salesperson - John Anthony Group, Inc.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? GFI Realty Services is a full-service, national commercial real estate brokerage firm. Our future plans are to increase our market share primarily in the New York metropolitan area.
Hobbies: Food and wine. Exploring the neighborhoods of New York City
Favorite novel: "The Power Broker: Robert Moses and The Fall of New York" by Robert Caro
Favorite film: Godfather 1 and 2
Keys to success: Stay focused on the objective - never give up and always have a positive approach
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Nelson Mandela. His strength of character and perseverance of spirit literally changed the world.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Documentary film maker
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? I would like to say there was an outstanding transaction for me this past year but 2024 was more a culmination of long-term relationships, most of which continued to transact. Deals were smaller in many cases but we saw robust leasing both on the agency side as well as on the tenant side.