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Posted: August 26, 2014
25 Year Anniversary Q&A Blast from the Past: 1989: Laurence Ross
Name: Laurence Ross
Title: Co-Founder/Managing Principal
Company Name: Highcap Group
Year Founded: 2009
Years with Company: 5
Years in real estate industry: 29
Q: The approximate number of years you have been a subscriber and/or how the NYREJ has been a benefit to you and/or your business:
A: Since the beginning. Helps me keep up to date on what's happening in the local market and who is doing what deals and where. Always loved NYREJ's diversity and ability to not only keep up with the latest trends, but to be a trendsetter.
Q: The approximate year you discovered the NYREJ and what business you were in at the time:
A: Subscriber and big fan from day 1.
Q: Your most memorable "15 minutes of fame" in the NYREJ:
A: Some deal I sold but could have been real estate tech column during the 1st dot com boom, don't want to start dating myself.
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