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Posted: September 27, 2022
2022 Industry Leaders: Michael Zere, Zere Real Estate Services
Nominee’s Name & Job Title: Michael Zere, Executive Vice President
Nominee’s Company/Affiliation: Zere Real Estate Services
Nominee’s City & State of Employment:Ronkonkoma, NY
Describe what you would consider to be ONE of your top career highlights:
Zere Real Estate Services recently sold a commercial office building investment portfolio of properties to one of their investors over the past several months. I exclusively handled all of the office leasing over the past 20 years for the previous owner. The investment deals were the following:
- 1660 Rte. 112, Port Jefferson Station sold for $2.4 million (16,098 s/f building).
- 496 Smithtown Bypass, Smithtown sold for $5.225 million (40,000 s/f building).
- 2100 Middle Country Rd., Centereach sold for $10.7 million (66,000 s/f building).
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