2023 REBNY Honorees - Frederick Marek - The Louis Smadbeck Memorial Broker Recognition Award

“I am extremely grateful to REBNY and its members for this significant award. Many of the professionals I have worked with in the industry have become friends. My thanks for being awarded on the important basis of integrity and leadership.” Frederick Marek, Vice-Chairman of Helmsley Spear LLC.

Frederick Marek brings more than four decades of New York City commercial real estate experience with him to Helmsley Spear LLC. Frederick is dedicated to advising tenants in the NYC office market, with a heavy focus on those in the legal and financial service industries.

Prior to joining Helmsley Spear LLC and his short tenure at Avison Young, Frederick spent 15 years as the president and co-founder of The Vortex Group, a boutique commercial real estate advisory company. Almost immediately after earning an MBA degree from Syracuse University and at only 21 years old, Marek began his career at Julien J. Studley, Inc, a company he went on to invest 34 years of his career in.

Frederick ’s main focus throughout the entirety of his career has been utilizing his vast knowledge and commercial real estate experience to advise tenants and assist them with their office space requirements.

Frederick has been an active member of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) since the inception of his career. Marek spent 22 years as chair of REBNY’s Plaza committee, participated for two terms on the group’s commercial board of directors and since 2015, the REBNY board of governors.

Frederick is active in other areas of the community as well. He co-founded the DirectEffect research program at Rockefeller University in 1992 and is a member of the university’s council. Frederick has also been a trustee of Educational Alliance, a member agency of the United Jewish Appeal (UJA), for more than 20 years.

Frederick attended Syracuse University and earned a Master of Business Administration, Marketing.